Consumer Goods Consulting

Our approach to consumer goods consulting combines our experts’ deep knowledge with fact-based analysis, proven methodologies, leading practices, and innovation. This produces meaningful results by leveraging our clients’ backgrounds with Parker Avery’s industry expertise, new ideas, and insights.

COVID-19 and disruptions over the past year have substantially changed consumer behavior. Further, consumer brand perceptions are constantly under scrutiny. Leading brands can quickly identify and proactively respond to changes in the consumer landscape and supply chain. Critical to this response is the ability for the entire organization to pivot when needed to drive revenue and optimize margins. This entails business processes, roles, and supporting systems across an entire consumer goods organization to cohesively change course when needed, including external business partners.

To enable this type of collaborative model, the foundational elements within a consumer goods company must be strategically and solidly in place. These capabilities enable leading consumer brands to not only withstand disruption and constant change, but also achieve the benefits of technology innovation. Key foundational elements encompass business processes, organizational roles and responsibilities, as well as supporting technologies.

Consumer Goods Consulting Areas of Expertise

Our consumer goods consulting services leverage industry best practices, business expertise, project management, change management leadership, and innovative thinking across each of our CPG focus areas:

Category Management

Forecasting and Demand Planning

Product Development and Supply Chain

More than 100 Parker Avery client case studies showcase how these projects have resulted in significant and measurable improvements in revenue, margin, and operational execution. Simply put, our team provides an unparalleled combination of CPG industry knowledge, experienced consultants, and proven methodologies.

System Selection

System selection projects are often done to replace the myriads of complex spreadsheets we often encounter even in some of our larger, global clients. The Parker Avery Group has completed system selection projects across a wide variety of functional areas, and our professionals are familiar with the leading applications. Our thorough and objective approach is focused on selecting the system that will deliver functionality that meets each individual client’s business requirements and ultimately support desired capabilities.

OUR SYSTEM SELECTION APPROACH

CPG Demand Analytics

Built with decades of deep experience across a variety of consumer brands, as well as collaboration with global companies and academia, we believe Parker Avery’s Enterprise Intelligence is far superior to other demand planning systems. Our solution is focused on not only deeply understanding consumer demand, but enabling CPG companies to vastly improve how they collectively and proactively respond to the demand.

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System Implementation

Our extensive experience implementing leading systems enables us to quickly understand alignment to client requirements and proactively address gaps. We employ proven project and program management tools and tactics and work with implementation partners to drive deployments that are on time, within budget, and align with the project objectives. Further, we partner with the business to ensure that future functional processes are designed to take full advantage of the new technology, while also infusing tailored change management strategies to strengthen organizational understanding and acceptance of new ways of working. Our comprehensive approach results in more efficient solution deployment and better adoption and sustainment for the end users. In addition, our solution-focused services help our clients achieve meaningful business results through enabling technology.

SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES

Business Transformation

The Parker Avery Group’s consumer goods consulting services focus on the business. We strongly feel that technology is only one part of the overall solution to a CPG business challenge. In fact, in many of our projects technology plays only a minor role. As such, we prioritize strategy, business process design, organizational impacts, and change management efforts to drive sustainable improvements and meaningful results. When you partner with The Parker Avery Group, you will be equipped with sustainable capabilities that drive meaningful business value.

BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION SERVICES
CHANGE MANAGEMENT SERVICES

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