Consumer Products Overview

The consumer products industry is experiencing unprecedented disruptions and consumer preferences are changing daily. Manufacturers need to stay ahead of the market changing by being adaptive and agile. Product development and replenishment life-cycles can shrink, supply chains feel the impact of every buying pattern shift, and manufacturers face tightening margins. In order to gain share and increase profit, consumer products companies must anticipate and meet customer demand on the shelf, while managing their margins and complying with ever-evolving safety and environmental regulations.

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The Consumer Products Adaptive Enterprise

Business planning, operation and supply chain processes must be supported by composable and adaptable processes based on collective intelligence and responsiveness.

Driving Business Impact for Consumer Products Manufacturers

• Adaptable business models to streamline processes, save on costs and improve flexibility in the the face of a rapidly changing consumer marketplace
• Future-proof cloud-based delivery stack
• Manufacturing best practices framework delivers fastest time to value, while maximizing efficiencies and minimizing costs
• Integrated Supply Chain Management synchronizes all aspects of the supply chain, enabling agility for changing markets
• Proven productivity gains for manufacturing enterprise from supply chain, forecasting/planning through shop floor operations
• Quality management to meet the needs of ever-changing regulations
• Integrated supplier and customer management to stay connected with your trading partners and ecosystem

QAD Technology Proof Points for the Consumer Products Industry

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Solution Capabilities and Best Practices for Consumer Products Manufacturers

Future proof business foundation

QAD Adaptive ERP provides a comprehensive solution that supports most core business processes and operations for the global manufacturer addressing changing markets

Manage critical inventories

Inventory is one of a manufacturer's most expensive assets. Managing inventory levels and tracking inventory movement is critical to bottom line performance

Production responsiveness via dynamic scheduling

Effective production scheduling and re-shuffling of production orders maximizes capacity usage and optimizes customer SLAs

Empower the organization through a connected workforce

An average of 29% increase in productivity gains via operator engagement delivering higher quality product, predictable performance, hassle-free audits and a culture of winning

Lower cost of quality through the vertical enterprise

Maintain but lower the cost of quality through the vertical enterprise while reducing risk, increasing performance and delivering to increase customer expectations

Optimized procurement and supplier performance

Optimize procurement and supplier performance with a digital, cloud-based solution with real-time data access between suppliers and trading partners

Next generation digital supply chain planning

Next generation digital supply chain planning delivers instant visibility and intuitive decision support, greater agility and meeting the challenges of complex, modern supply chains

Adapt to evolving commercial business models

Adapt to evolving commercial business models and changing value chains with a powerful and scalable e-commerce solution for both B2B and B2C

Strategic management of global transportation

Transportation disruptions create supply chain havoc. Efficient management of global transportation streamlines import, export and delivery operations

Accelerate your business sustainability and governance

Accelerate your business sustainability and governance with systemic approaches to eliminating waste and managing risk

Data-based decision-making through collaboration

Data-based decision making through collaboration between planning and operations drives improved response to customer demands and resource variability

Driving process intelligence through AI

Driving process intelligence through AI combines leading-edge process mining with industry best practices to enable radical and actionable business transparency

Adapting to a Spectrum of Consumer Products Manufacturers

Household and Personal Packaged Goods

End to end supply chain visibility and efficient processes are critical for household and personal packaged goods’ manufacturers to deliver high quality products on time. QAD can help improve processes by effectively managing trade and promotional requirements, while tracking products and information across the entire supply chain.

Consumer Electronics

Consumer electronics manufacturers compete in a constantly changing marketplace where the ability to rapidly develop and introduce new products is critical to their success. QAD can help reduce costs, improve supplier and customer collaboration, manage high volume materials and shorten product life cycles while maintaining profitability.

Assembled Products

Manufacturers of assembled and discrete products are looking to gain market share, increase products by meeting customer demand and address the ongoing push for new products. QAD can help these companies streamline manufacturing processes, improve customer service and manage complex supply changes.

Luxury Goods

The ability of luxury goods manufacturers to track materials, manage bonded warehousing and sensitive transportation methods while minimizing manufacturing costs is essential to maintaining profits and competitive advantage. QAD provides full traceability and the ability to manage inventories of sensitive or high value items and products.