Consumer Goods and Services

Using Mergers & Acquisitions to Achieve Strategic Objectives and High Performance in the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

2012-04-25T05:00:00Z

In this paper, Accenture explores how consumer goods and services companies are turning to mergers and acquisition (M&A) strategies to address key industry challenges and market trends, and pursue market leadership through constant re-evaluation and realignment of their product portfolios.

Global Beverage Manufacturer: Talent and Performance Management Toolbox

2012-04-05T05:00:00Z

Read how Accenture helped this global beverage manufacturer create a Talent and Performance Management Toolbox to improve performance globally.

Asia Consumer Product Trends: Implications for Retailers and Manufacturers

2012-02-16T06:00:00Z

Read Accenture's report about Asia consumer product trends, implications for retailers & manufacturers and how consumer buying behaviors are changing due to economic cycles.

Next-Generation Collaboration: The New Frontier of Shopper Value and Industry Growth

2012-02-01T06:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s research about the Next-Generation Collaboration and learn why retailers and manufacturers need to work together more and explore collaborative business models.

Global Eyewear Company: Oracle-Based Planning and Reporting System

2012-02-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helps a leading global eyewear company implement an integrated planning solution, enabling improved budgeting and reporting.

Are Your Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Brands Maximizing the Return on Your Digital Investment?

2012-01-29T06:00:00Z

Accenture, comScore, and dunnhumbyUSA study shows direct correlation between CPG brand website usage and in-store purchase behavior.

European Cross-border E-commerce: The Challenge of Achieving Profitable Growth

2012-01-17T06:00:00Z

Accenture study reveals enticing e-commerce opportunity beset by challenges for Europe’s retailers.

Carlsberg: Business Standardization Program

2012-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture teams up with Carlsberg to design a solution for common processes when faced with the challenge of very independent country operations.

CPG Manufacturer: Aligns Assortment Planning with Consumer Preferences – Project Snapshot

2012-01-01T06:00:00Z

This major North American Consumer Packaged Goods manufacturer sought to optimize product allocation and evaluation as well as maximize the potential for capturing demand transfer across products.

Home and Personal Care Company: Optimizes Product Portfolio and Realizes Significant Profit Improvement – Project Snapshot

2012-01-01T06:00:00Z

In the highly competitive market for home and personal care products, one leading company recognized the need to rationalize its product assortment by up to 50 percent in the next year.

Retail Pricing is About to Get Personal

2011-12-28T06:00:00Z

The day is coming when retailers will have to optimize prices at the individual customer level, on the fly and in full view of everyone.

Project Snapshot: Global Alcoholic Beverages Company SAP Human Capital Management

2011-11-30T06:00:00Z

Accenture is helping a global alcoholic beverages company to deploy an SAP Human Capital Management system to improve performance and drive growth.

Project Snapshot: Leading Brewer: Accenture CAS Solution

2011-11-29T06:00:00Z

Accenture is working with one of the world’s leading brewers to implement the Accenture CAS mobility solution to improve its performance.

Leading Agribusiness Company: SAP Enabled Business Transformation -- Project Snapshot

2011-11-29T06:00:00Z

Accenture is working with a leading agribusiness company to deploy an SAP enabled business transformation to improve its performance.

The Era of the Healthcare Consumer

2011-11-11T06:00:00Z

Why is consumer centricity the secret to healthcare transformation?

Asia Consumer Product Trends: Implications for Retailers and Manufacturers

2011-11-04T05:00:00Z

Our research can help companies understand the current consumer mindset and position themselves for future growth.

MillerCoors: Enhancing Interaction with Promotion Specialists

2011-11-03T05:00:00Z

MillerCoors works with Accenture to equip a promotion on Apple iPads.

Delivering the Goods: Technology Investments that Boost Consumer Packaged Goods' Performance

2011-10-05T05:00:00Z

Consumers are more choosy and disciplined than ever, both in purchasing staples and in their discretionary spending.

Private Label: Don’t Fight It, Thrive In It

2011-09-21T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s research on the Private Labels and how manufacturers and retailers can collaborate on insight-driven product development and merchandising.

Supply Network Digitization for Consumer Products: Tapping New Sources of Value Creation

2011-07-22T05:00:00Z

Read how Accenture explains that supply network digitization will enhance the free flow of information and reduce cost to transform consumer goods supply chain.

Accenture 2011 Global Risk Management Study: Consumer Goods and Services Industry Report

2011-07-01T05:00:00Z

Accenture 2011 Global Risk Management Study: Consumer Goods and Services Industry Report on risk management.

The Wide World of Consumer IT: A Crash Course for Executives

2011-06-21T05:00:00Z

Read about Accenture article on the changing world of consumer IT and how it is bringing new worries to businesses executives, but also opportunities to those that understand them.

The Innovation Death Spiral

2011-05-27T05:00:00Z

Read about the nature of innovation, the characteristics of the “innovation death spiral” and how to turn things around.

Achieving High Performance in Consumer Health

2011-05-25T05:00:00Z

Read about Accenture research on consumer health and learn how strong brand portfolio management and close partnership with retailers are the keys to high performance.

Charting Your Course to Trade Promotion Optimization

2011-05-06T05:00:00Z

Read about Accenture and POI survey report on how companies are moving from control and accountability of funds/payments (TPM) to optimizing trade promotion.

Dare You Quit on a Crest of a Wave? To Survive in Business You May Have to Jump While the Going Is Good

2011-04-23T05:00:00Z

Read about Accenture Dare You Quit on a Crest of a Wave article that shows The S-curve Success Story.

Achieving High Performance in Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages

2011-04-04T05:00:00Z

Growing commodity prices and stiff competition from emerging market players and private label brands has put enormous pressure on food and non-alcoholic beverage companies.

Achieving High Performance in Alcoholic Beverages

2011-04-04T05:00:00Z

The alcoholic beverages industry will face significant challenges and opportunities in the years to come. Companies poised for the future will have to employ razor sharp focus to reap rewards.

Achieving High Performance in Home and Personal Care

2011-03-28T05:00:00Z

The key to sustained growth in the home and personal care market will be emerging markets where the population boom and increase in disposable income will provide much needed growth.

Apple Goes Slow to Win Fast

2011-03-02T06:00:00Z

Read more about Accenture’s Paul Nunes and Tim Breene’s write up about “going slow in order to win fast”—in today’s hyper-kinetic business world.

How Companies Evolve Through CEO Transitions

2011-02-28T06:00:00Z

Read how Accenture’s Paul Nunes & Tim Breene find out the right way for a company to transition from one CEO to another in their new book Jumping the S Curve.

New Era of Sustainability in Consumer Goods

2011-02-08T06:00:00Z

CEOs around the world are starting to see the shape of a new era of sustainability coming into view.

Campina: Product Life Cycle Management

2011-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helped Campina create a new platform that enabled greater business-wide transparency. This ensured that new legislative requirements were met in record time.

Six Questions for Consumer Goods Executives to Ask About Cloud Computing

2010-11-22T06:00:00Z

For consumer goods and services executives wanting to evaluate what cloud computing can do for their businesses, asking the right questions is a good place to start.

Greetz: Rich Internet Application and Open Source Software

2010-10-10T05:00:00Z

Accenture helped Greetz leverage innovative Web 2.0 technologies to create a better user experience and scale to meet expected growth in demand.

Supply Chain Mastery in the Consumer Goods Industry

2010-09-27T05:00:00Z

Accenture identifies six ways that consumer goods companies are adjusting their supply chains to respond to today’s challenges.

Emerging Stronger: The Relevance of the CIO in Challenging Times

2010-08-16T05:00:00Z

This detailed discussion addresses the evolving role of the CIO and outlines four areas where CIOs must focus to make IT an integral part of a high-performance government:

Achieving High Performance in the Fashion Industry

2010-06-04T05:00:00Z

In a new environment where customers demand greater value for money, the companies that emerged from the rigors of Accenture’s High Performance Business research methodology as high performers in fashion—in the context of a peer set of 80 publicly held companies—are representative of an industry characterized by large numbers of small and mid-size businesses.

Masters of Rural Markets: The Hallmarks of High Performance

2010-02-09T06:00:00Z

This report chronicles the business sector’s growing confidence in India’s rural markets.

Food Firm: Operational Excellence in Promotions

2010-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helped this food company rethink the design of its premium promotions program process to mitigate associated costs and maximize its investment to enable efficient growth and increase revenue and profit potential—all critical steps on the path to high performance.

Seven Lessons for Building a Winning Brand in China

2010-01-01T06:00:00Z

As Chinese consumers become more affluent, their expectations about what a brand should deliver are rising.

Ecolab: Lean Six Sigma

2010-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helped Ecolab use Lean Six Sigma to improve its ability to provide excellent customer service—an essential prerequisite for high performance, particularly in today’s tough economic climate.

In Search of the Lost Customer: Insights into the Accenture 2009 Global Consumer Satisfaction Survey Podcast

2010-01-01T06:00:00Z

In this Accenture High Performance Business podcast interview, Chris Allen, an Accenture senior executive, reveals key findings from Accenture’s 2009 Consumer Satisfaction Survey.

Developing Innovation and Products Lifecycle Management (PLM) Strategies

2009-10-19T05:00:00Z

Companies that have focused on PLM show that a handful of refinements to capabilities underpinning PLM can spell the difference between product leadership and being mired in the middle of the pack.

At the Top of the Secure Food Chain

2009-07-20T05:00:00Z

As supply chains lengthen and government scrutiny tightens, food and beverage businesses must improve the security of their supply chains to enhance performance and mitigate the risk of product recalls.

Preparing for the Upturn: Five Ways to Get Your Organization Ready Now

2009-06-26T05:00:00Z

As companies begin to plot their best strategic course as the economy begins to turn around, the ability to be agile will become increasingly critical.

Achieving High Performance in the Asia Pacific Alcoholic Beverages Industry

2009-06-17T05:00:00Z

Asia Pacific is where the action is likely to be in the future, and that prognosis holds good for alcoholic beverages companies, too.

Retail and Distribution Channel Optimization

2009-06-11T05:00:00Z

Manufacturers of branded products are finding themselves in a value squeeze.

How to Make the Most of the Great Consumer Trade Down

2009-06-08T05:00:00Z

As discretionary spending all but disappears, companies must make adjustments in product mix, pricing, promotions and channel strategy to deliver the innovation today’s customers value.

Adapting to the Multi-Polar World: The New Globalization Playbook

2009-06-07T05:00:00Z

High performers are writing a new playbook for globalization that will help businesses withstand short-term pressures while laying the groundwork for long-term growth.

Seven Imperatives for Achieving Dynamic Supply Chains

2009-05-21T05:00:00Z

One of the biggest challenges for companies is creating dynamic supply chains.

Respond to Consumer Needs with a Demand-Driven Operating Model

2009-04-07T05:00:00Z

Transform the way you work with manufacturers and retailers to shift from the traditional “push” model and develop a more consumer-centric “pull” model.

Fulfillment Mastery Research for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

2009-04-03T05:00:00Z

The ability to fill customer orders reliably and efficiently—on time, at the right place, with the right merchandise and at efficient cost—has become a hallmark of high-performance businesses.

Manufacturing Mastery Research for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

2009-04-03T05:00:00Z

Globalization has had a dramatic impact on every large company over the past decade. But its impact on manufacturers and their supply chains has been especially profound.

Supply Chain Mastery Research for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

2009-04-01T05:00:00Z

Our research findings tell us that while large, global companies have improved their supply chain planning considerably over the past decade, substantial improvement opportunities remain.

Consumer Products: Target Practice

2009-01-22T06:00:00Z

For most leading consumer products companies, “crowdsourcing” is a way to combine consumer insight and the insights of frontline, customer-facing employees.

Value Creation in Consumer Goods and Services Companies

2009-01-09T06:00:00Z

A holistic enterprise performance management capability with integrated analytics that link strategy.

Heineken España S.A.: Customer Relationship Management

2009-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture collaborated with Heineken Spain to build and implement Customer Relationship Management (CRM) methodologies and tools—based on SAP CRM.

Optimize your Product Portfolio to Appeal to Customer Preferences -- Summary

2008-10-30T05:00:00Z

Focus on building portfolios distinctive enough to meet customer expectations and build revenue.

Achieving High Performance in the Asia Pacific Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages Industry

2008-09-18T05:00:00Z

Global multinationals and emerging regionals achieve high performance in the Asia Pacific food and non-alcoholic beverages industry by applying market focus, distinctive capabilities and performance anatomy.

The High Performance Supply Chain Study: Product Development

2008-09-17T05:00:00Z

Companies face new challenges in developing the successful new products that are a foundation for high performance.

Achieving High Performance in the Asia Pacific Home and Personal Care Industry -- Summary

2008-09-17T05:00:00Z

The Asia Pacific region is growing in importance as a source of profitable growth for the home and personal care industry.

The High Performance Supply Chain Study: Sourcing and Procurement Mastery

2008-08-20T05:00:00Z

Procurement—as a key enabler of supply chain mastery—can play an important role in achieving high performance.

The High Performance Supply Chain Study: Manufacturing Mastery

2008-08-20T05:00:00Z

Increasing global sourcing and demand requires fundamental changes to manufacturing models.

Optimizing Trade Promotions Management to Achieve High Performance

2008-04-15T05:00:00Z

Accenture can help manufacturers implement the capabilities necessary to maximize return on investment and achieve high performance.

Dabur India Ltd: Operational Excellence and Competitive Advantage

2008-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helped Dabur by implementing a new sales and distribution strategy, supply chain management capability, optimizing enterprise resource planning (ERP) capabilities and outsourcing IT operations.

Mastering Data Makes the Difference in Consumer Goods

2007-12-05T06:00:00Z

A manufacturer corrected a weight error on one item and saved US$2.2 million in annual transportation costs. Imagine the potential in your organization.

How Consumer Goods Companies Compete on Analytics to Achieve High Performance

2007-07-11T05:00:00Z

Leading consumer goods companies are finding ways to use sophisticated analytics to be more competitive.

New Growth from Enterprise Systems for the Consumer Goods and Services

2007-06-11T05:00:00Z

New research by the Accenture Institute for High Performance shows that companies in the consumer packaged goods and retail industries recognize the potential of enterprise systems to create distinctive capabilities to enable high performance.

Compass Group: HR Efficiency and Excellence

2006-01-01T06:00:00Z

Compass Group finds new direction via Accenture’s Pecaso and SAP HR.

Diageo: SAP-based Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

2005-07-19T05:00:00Z

Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with a turnover of £8.9 billion, using consumer insights to build world-class brands every day, everywhere.

CJ Corporation: SAP Portal

2003-01-01T06:00:00Z

Procter & Gamble: Interactive Production Management

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture and Procter & Gamble demonstrated that high performance can be delivered by leveraging a global delivery network, a collaborative approach and a commitment to achieving marketing excellence in the digital world.

Consumer Goods: Planning Solution for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

The Accenture Planning Solution for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management is a commercial and financial planning and analysis solution for consumer goods companies.

Portfolio Optimization for Consumer Packaged Goods Companies

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture’s portfolio optimization solution offers unique capabilities that consumer packaged goods companies need to achieve high performance.

Pricing and Profit Optimization for Consumer Packaged Goods

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Consumer packaged goods companies are facing a number of external pressures driving the need for more statistical and fact-based price and profit optimization.

Rapid and Sustained Cost Management for Consumer Goods and Services Companies

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helps clients develop comprehensive, process-driven strategies for rapid and sustained cost management that leverage deep insights and analytics.

Sensor Technology for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

True wine aficionados can tell you what the weather was like the year their favorite vintage was being grown and bottled, or speak of soil conditions that bring out a particular flavor or nuance.

Sales Effectiveness for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Creating a road map for sales force development, our approach helps clients to achieve high performance through more effective sales.

Pernod Ricard: IT Merger Integration

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

To achieve the planned synergies from a complex merger, Pernod Ricard knew that integrating and streamlining its IT systems was vital.

Driving High Performance through SAP-Based Solutions for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helps organizations find creative ways to use enterprise software applications.

Sourcing and Procurement Management for Consumer Packaged Goods Companies

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture’s sourcing and procurement management solution helps consumer packaged goods companies drive down costs and deepen operational capabilities on the road to high performance.

Supply Chain Collaboration for Consumer Packaged Goods Companies

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture's supply chain collaboration solution lets consumer packaged goods firms collaborate with retailers and other customers and partners on business solutions.

Supply Chain Strategy for Consumer Goods and Services Companies

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helps consumer packaged goods companies realign their supply chain strategies and equips them with the physical, technological and managerial ability to cope with rapid and unpredictable change.

Procter & Gamble: Virtual Solutions BPO Services

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Read how Procter & Gamble (P&G) engaged Accenture’s Virtual Solutions BPO Services to manage its end-to-end global service delivery for 20 visualization centers around the world.

Talent Management Services for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Talent management is a key factor in achieving high performance for consumer goods and services companies.

Accenture Talent Planning and Management Solution

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

The Accenture Talent Planning and Management Solution addresses market trends—including generational shifts, globalization and demographic changes—that are altering the workplace.

Procter & Gamble: eLearning Program

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

By maintaining and supporting Procter & Gamble’s learning management system, Accenture is working to ensure that Procter & Gamble people have access to the critical training necessary to help the company remain on the path to high performance.

Procter & Gamble: Enterprise Information Management

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture is providing application management and development services to help revamp and rationalize the company’s enterprise information system called “decision cockpits”.

Product Innovation and Product Lifecycle Management for Consumer Goods and Services Companies

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Effective product lifecycle management is extremely complex for most consumer goods and services companies, requiring them to integrate many internal and external resources and capabilities, not all of which are controlled by the manufacturer.

SABMiller: Supply Chain Academy

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Read how Accenture Supply Chain Academy helped SABMiller improve its supply chain performance, identify gaps in supply chain maturity and fill them with tailored content.

An Effective Route-to-Consumer Approach for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

High performers within the consumer goods and services industry work to ensure their value proposition is accurately delivered to the end customer.

Accenture CAS—The Leading Integrated Sales Platform for the Consumer Goods Industry

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Enterprise Performance Management for Consumer Goods and Services Companies

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

A holistic enterprise performance management capability with integrated analytics that link strategy and execution magnifies the benefits delivered to a consumer goods and services business.

Swedish Match: Enterprise Performance Management Framework

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Transformation was key to Swedish Match’s strategy for outperforming competitors and meeting investor expectations.

Unilever: Divestiture of European Frozen Foods Business

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helped Unilever achieve high performance by successfully divesting its European frozen foods business.

Consumer Goods Distributor: Securing SAP Environment

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helped this major consumer goods distributor develop a comprehensive strategy for securing its SAP environment, a vital vehicle for its journey to high performance.

Unilever: Integrating and Streamlining Logistics

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Read how Accenture helped Unilever in Southern Africa by integrating and streamlining its logistics function.

Mastering High Performance through Data Management for Consumer Goods Companies

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture's master data management solution draws upon our deep functional knowledge and integrates proven approaches to governance, technology, people development and processes.

Unilever: Transforming Business Processes with SAP Solutions

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture teamed with Unilever to deliver Sirius/Mountain, helping the company make a significant step toward its global One Unilever vision.

Manufacturing Management for Consumer Packaged Goods Companies

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture’s manufacturing management services enable consumer packaged goods companies to drive down costs, improve manufacturing performance and supply chain execution.

Integrated Demand and Supply Planning for Consumer Goods and Services Companies

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helps consumer goods and services companies with aligning customer expectations with supply chain plans through our integrated demand and supply planning approach.

Unilever: Driving Unified Business Operations

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Learn about the Accenture video in which Carsten Jurgens explains how we are helping Unilever in aligning its business groups on one SAP platform.

IT Transformation for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

IT Transformation is a key factor in achieving high performance for consumer goods and services companies.

Accenture Innovation Center for Manufacturing Brochure

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

The Accenture Innovation Center for Manufacturing in Chicago enables senior client executives to see how they can translate their ideas into action.

Accenture Advanced Enterprise Solution (AAES) for Consumer Goods Companies

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

The Accenture Advanced Enterprise Solution (AAES) for Consumer Goods is an innovative and comprehensive enterprise resource planning solution that supports organizations in their ERP and customer relationship management (CRM) based transformation and anticipates and resolves the related challenges.

Application and Infrastructure Outsourcing for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture’s application outsourcing services and infrastructure outsourcing services deliver proactive guidance to help create a technology environment that is flexible and responsive throughout the enterprise.

Fonterra: New Global Customer Support Organization

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture is helping Fonterra achieve high performance with a new global customer support organization.

Accenture CAS Retail Execution—Building Brand Loyalty to Help Consumer Goods Companies Achieve High Performance

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Field Sales Force Services for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

The supplier/retailer relationship has shifted from tough negotiation and confrontation to collaboration and partnership.

Accenture Consumer Goods and Services’ Alliances: Helping You Reach High Performance

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

In today’s competitive marketplace, no single company can provide everything. Partnership, alliances and collaboration pave the way to high performance.

Accenture CAS Receives a "Strong Positive" in Gartner MarketScope for Sales Force Automation in the Consumer Goods Industry

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture CAS receives highest possible rating in Gartner's 2011 MarketScope for Sales Force Automation.

Forecast Optimization for Consumer Packaged Goods Companies

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture’s forecast optimization solution helps consumer packaged goods companies overcome the challenge of predicting consumer demand for their products to drive category and sales growth.

Groupe DANONE: Global Business Process Transformation

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture identified that a new enterprise resource planning solution based on SAP software would help Groupe Danone harmonize common practices and streamline information systems worldwide.

Application Services for SAP: Consumer Goods and Services

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helps consumer packaged goods companies leverage SAP to achieve high performance.

Real-World Showroom: Silent Commerce for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

A prototype by Accenture's Technology R&D Labs, called Real-World Showroom, illustrates how silent commerce could transform consumers into "agents."

Alliance Management for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

We help companies collaborate with other businesses—a move that's becoming ever more critical to creating business value. We've seen consumer goods and services companies stimulate new demand and deliver with greater efficiency through ownership, strong alliances, outsourcing, or all three.

Demand Generation for Consumer Goods and Services Companies

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helps consumer goods and services companies optimize their sales and marketing functions to achieve high performance.

Consumer Goods and Services: Building Competitive Stamina in a Downturn

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Successfully addressing today’s marketplace conditions can help consumer goods companies strengthen operations and come through today’s tough climate with greater competitive stamina for the future.

Large Premium Brewer: Operational Efficiency and Excellence

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

With Accenture's help, this large premium brewer boldly reinvented its entire budgeting and forecasting solution, reducing the level of detail, streamlining and standardizing the processes, and automating them on a single platform.

Business Process Outsourcing for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Outsourcing business processes is becoming a key strategic tool for consumer goods and services.

Industrialized Global Enterprise Resource Planning Deployments for Consumer Goods and Services Companies

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

The Accenture Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Transformation Solution for consumer goods and services companies focuses on business value while driving sustained cost savings.

Leading Branded Food Company: Master Data Management -- Summary

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helped this company implement a master data management plan, complete with a data management organization, data governance structure, process, standards, metrics and supporting tools.

Leading Consumer Packaged Goods Company: Identifying Opportunities for New Ventures

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Operating in the highly competitive consumer packaged goods industry, the client has always strived to find new ways to stay ahead of its peers.

LEGO Co: SAP Customer Relationship Management

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

LEGO Co. is one of the world's largest toy manufacturers and the largest in construction toys, with $1.4 billion in revenue, 8,000 employees and sales and production operations in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Insight and Decision Making for Consumer Goods and Services Companies

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helps consumer goods and services companies achieve high performance by helping them understand what is needed to gain insight and why.

Major Global Brewer: Best Practices with SAP

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

A major global brewer enjoying impressive scale, with a portfolio of more than 120 popular brands, facilities in 61 countries around the world, 2005 revenues of US$13.7 billion and more than 100,000 employees.

Major Packaging Manufacturer: Business Process Management Lifecycle

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Read how Accenture helped a major packaging manufacturer use Business Process Management Lifecycle to get the most out of its SAP system.

Martini & Rossi: Improving its Supply Chain to Achieve High Performance

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture's High Performance Business research shows that supply chain excellence is one of the cornerstones of high performance.

Managed Collaboration Services Telestration

Watch Accenture's video and learn how managed collaboration services, between retailer and supplier, can bolster shopper loyalty, drive more sales and improve brand reputations.

Leading Bottling Company in Thailand: Business Process Improvement -- Project Snapshot

Accenture is helping a leading bottling company in Thailand enhance its performance through a business process improvement program.

Reaching for High Performance in the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

Accenture’s deep industry experience can help consumer goods and services companies fully understand what it takes to achieve high performance.

Mellin: Accenture CAS Digital Merchandising Service

Accenture works with Italian baby nutrition company Mellin to conduct a pilot program leveraging the Accenture CAS Digital Merchandising Service.

Mengniu Dairy: Business Process Reengineering & Strategy

Accenture helped Mengniu Dairy develop a detailed blueprint for process improvements to help achieve its ambitious goal of doubling productivity in two years.

Sales and Marketing for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

Accenture helps consumer goods and services companies optimize their sales and marketing functions to achieve high performance.

Natuzzi: Collaborating on SAP and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for High Performance

Applying unmatched industry insights and leading SAP delivery skills, Accenture helped Natuzzi S.p.A. implement a robust enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution and utilization plan that, together, drive operational excellence and business efficiencies.

Unilever: One Unilever Transformation Program Delivers Results

Unilever launched a number of IT transformation programs aimed at simplifying, streamlining and standardizing operations and business processes.

Project Snapshot: Order to Cash BPO at a Leading Service Provider

Accenture is helping a leading service provider improve its performance by implementing order to cash BPO services.

Otto Group: Corporate Responsibility

Read how Accenture helped Otto Group develop a world-class sustainability program.

Sustainability Solutions for Consumer Goods and Services Companies

Accenture can help consumer goods and services companies implement sustainable strategies and practices in a methodical way, regardless of where companies are on the ‘sustainability curve’.

Pickberry Vineyard: Accenture Prototype Helps Improve Crop Management

To demonstrate the potential of sensor telemetry and how remote sensor network functions in a rugged, real-word environment, the Accenture Technology Labs’ team launched a field test with Pickberry Vineyard.

GS1 Portugal: Creating a Sustainable Supply Chain

Read how Accenture helped Portugal’s consumer goods manufacturers reduce the industry’s carbon footprint.

Digital Marketing – Video

Read about Accenture and Avanade building digital marketing solutions based on the latest Microsoft technologies.

Procter & Gamble: Commercial Services

Accenture helps P&G achieve high performance through increased speed to market and delivering products that meet consumer expectations by managing the implementation of their commercial services consistently across the globe.

Windows 7 Touch Technology Applications – Video

Read how Accenture and Avanade are bringing you the best of Touch Technology Applications, including Microsoft Windows 7.

Leading Global Appliance Manufacturer: Oracle Transportation Management

Accenture helped this leading global appliance manufacturer take control of its North American transportation operations using Oracle Transportation Management.

Procter and Gamble: Trade Promotion Management -- Summary

Partnering with Procter & Gamble to deliver new, high performance trade promotion management capabilities

Products Client Partnerships are Essential for Success

One of Accenture’s strengths is our ability to partner with our clients on their business journey to help them achieve high performance. Listen to our clients as they share their experiences with Accenture’s people, and the partnerships they fostered.

Leading Beverage Firm: Business Process Transformation

The power of collaboration: How Accenture helped a leading global beverage firm reinvent its operating model to achieve high performance

Global Packaged Foods Company: Sales Promotions Process Improvement

Accenture helps a food company develop a promotional recipe for achieving high performance through operational excellence.

Accenture CAS Direct Store Delivery

Enhancing Sales and Delivery to Help Consumer Goods Companies Achieve High Performance

Project Snapshot: Leading Luxury Apparel Company: SAP-Enabled Business Transformation

Accenture is working with a leading luxury apparel company to implement a SAP-enabled business transformation that will improve its performance.

Accenture CAS—Trade Promotion Management and Optimization for the Consumer Goods Industry

Project Snapshot: Chinese Consumer Goods Manufacturer: SAP Implementation

Accenture is helping a large consumer goods manufacturer in China improve its performance by implementing an SAP transformation program.

Project Snapshot: Multi-Year SAP Implementation Sets the Stage for Global Transformation at Cargill

An SAP-based solution developed and implemented by Accenture for Cargill connects nearly 80 business units in 67 countries under a common business process and governance model.

Project Snapshot: Leading Fruit Beverage Manufacturer: SAP Systems Integration and Application Outsourcing

Accenture is working with one of Europe’s leading fruit beverage manufacturers to implement an SAP system and application outsourcing program that will improve performance.

Scottish and Newcastle plc: SAP Human Capital Management Solution

After a number of acquisitions, Scottish & Newcastle plc (S&N) found itself with a complex organizational structure and set of HR processes.

Starbucks: Business Transformation

Listen to Karen Metro, vice president-global business system solutions, Starbucks, explain Accenture’s role in Starbucks’ multi-year, global business transformation supported by its Oracle applications suite.

Project Snapshot: Leading Consumer Goods Company: Commercial Services and Analytics

Accenture is helping a leading consumer goods company in Italy improve its performance through commercial services and analytics.

Accenture CAS Digital Merchandising Service—Winning the Purchase at the Point of Sale

Conbipel: Enterprise Performance Management

Read how Accenture helped Conbipel move to Hyperion to improve its enterprise performance management and achieve financial and planning excellence.

Multinational Food Distributor: Customer Relationship Management Audit and Road Map

Accenture’s customer relationship management consulting experience keeps a multinational food distributor on a high-performance path.

Consumer Goods and Services: Services Overview

Through our management consulting, outsourcing and technology services, Accenture helps companies in the consumer goods and services industry transform businesses to attain high performance, increasing shareholder returns and ensuring long-term success.

Diageo: New Sustainability Strategy and Framework to Help Improve Performance

Read how Accenture helped Diageo align is social responsibility and sustainability strategies in order to drive high performance.

Accenture Integrated Business Solutions for Consumer Goods and Services

Integrated business services are designed to help consumer goods companies achieve high performance by rising to their core challenge—to successfully develop a winning operating model that has both global reach and scale and local relevance and intimacy.

Achieving High Performance in the Agribusiness Industry

A combination of sheer scale, outstanding operational efficiency, astute investment management and a sophisticated approach to tackling risk distinguish the high performers in Agribusiness.

Findus: Business Intelligence, Reporting and Data Project

Read how Accenture helped Findus to develop a business intelligence strategy that would allow it to leverage its data for more effective decision-making.

Project Snapshot: Leading Global Consumer Goods Company: Global Media Audit and Reporting

Accenture is working with a leading consumer goods company to improve performance through global media audit and reporting optimization.

Enterprise Solutions for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

We help consumer goods and services companies stay focused on improving inventory turnover, customer relationships, increasing productivity through collaborative networks, reducing administrative burdens and expanding operations.

Global Brewing Company: Post-Merger Change Management

Aspiring to high performance, a global brewing company taps Accenture for post-merger journey management.

The CMO-CIO Alignment Imperative Research Report

The CMO-CIO Alignment Imperative research report explores the state of collaboration between marketing and IT in corporations worldwide in the digital age.

The CMO-CIO Alignment Imperative Research Highlights

Key findings from the CMO-CIO Alignment Imperative report that addresses the alignment of CMO and CIO roles in corporations in order to achieve customer relevance.

Global Consumer Goods Company: IT Strategy & Transformation

Accenture IT strategy consultants help this global consumer goods company position IT as a strategic asset in the company's journey to high performance.

Marketing Productivity Services for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

Our Marketing Productivity team and Marketing Sciences group help you develop value-generating customer relationship management strategies, improve return on your marketing investments, build your corporate brand and streamline your marketing operations to be highly efficient and cost effective.

GS1 Nederland: Retail Category Management Virtual Training Development

Accenture worked with international nonprofit association GS1 Nederland to develop an interactive, Web-based training game for category management.

Demand Fulfillment for Consumer Goods and Services Companies

The Accenture Global Operations Solution drives excellence across demand fulfillment and delivers rapid and sustained cost optimization in selling, general and administrative areas.

Customer Insight for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

We help consumer goods and services companies develop an integrated view of customers, powerful segmentation and predictive modeling tools, adaptive campaign management and intelligent customer interactions.

What Global Brands Require from Global Business Services

A presentation by Gareth Morgan, vice president of Finance Shared Services at Bristol-Myers Squibb; Dan Stempkowski, vice president of Pepsi Business Services at PepsiCo; and Gary Duncan, global shared services lead, Accenture, to the Accenture Global Shared Services Conference, Miami, Florida.

Lantmännen Energi: Enterprise Performance Management

Read how Accenture helped Lantmännen Energi to implement an enterprise performance management strategy that helped align its strategic plan with daily operations.

Large Convenience Retailer: Innovative Identity-Management Solution

Accenture helped this large convenience retailer enhance its identity-management capabilities, using the Accenture Enterprise Identity Management.

Lion Nathan Australia: Demand Chain Planning

Lion Nathan Australia, Australia's second largest brewer, engaged Accenture to assist in the redesign of its demand chain planning processes.