Meet demand and exceed expectations.
Consumer
Today’s consumer businesses are upping their CX game while mitigating risk and accelerating processes with supply chain network digitalization and optimization, demand sensing, real-time collaboration, cloud adoption, cognitive automation, mobile enablement, and other technologies.
Challenges
Key Challenges Reported by Consumer Business Leaders
92
Unreliable Data
87
Lack Visibility
30
Unexpected Delays
20
Lost Inventory
15
Compliance Issues
Solutions
Power the future of your intelligent enterprise and create unmatched business value with our transformative industry solutions.
Minimize risk, increase agility, enhance customer experience and reduce costs by leveraging digital systems, collaboration and automation, analytics and insights, and cognitive decision-making.
Create faster and smarter design-to-production processes, accelerate time to market, and extend asset life with manufacturing insights, connected assets, intelligent automation and digital quality.
Boost productivity and service levels by integrating disparate systems and data sources and rolling out AI-powered self-learning planning processes that improve forecasting and automate decision-making.
Deliver procurement value using a consulting-driven approach to enable process automation, strategic sourcing, spend optimization, supplier diversification, real-time collaboration and contract governance.
Realize incredible business value by transitioning to a truly digital enterprise – built on a modern cloud infrastructure, with an intelligent data and analytics strategy, that delivers a great customer experience.
Benefits
Our Consumer Solutions Drive Measurable Business Value
90
Decrease in Manual Logistics Tracking
30
Increase in Asset Utilization
29
Fewer Stockouts
10
Faster Inventory Turns
5
Improvement in Service Levels
Services
Thrive on change with our specialized digital transformation services spanning strategy, design and build, and implementation.
- Digital Consulting
- Analytics & AI
- Integration & Automation
- Modern Engineering
- SAP Solutions
- Platform Solutions
Accelerate your transformation by leveraging our assessment and advisory services, proven methodologies, proprietary accelerators and enablers, and change management expertise.
Put your data to work by tapping into our AI-powered analytics capabilities to unlock valuable insights, enhance visibility and enable smart data-driven decision-making.
Realize the incredible power of a connected enterprise by integrating and automating your systems, platforms, devices, sensors, apps, data, networks and cloud technologies.
Build and modernize your application and data landscape by engaging our proven expertise and enablers to enhance CX, transition to the cloud, and leverage data lake solutions.
Transform and modernize your SAP-powered intelligent enterprise. As a preferred SAP partner, we can position you for success with SAP S/4HANA, IBP, Ariba and Analytics.
Implement and integrate proven technology platforms into your digital framework to elevate your ERP environment and boost your operational agility, visibility and performance.
Testimonials
“Bristlecone brings decades of supply chain experience from around the globe. Their team, always highly committed and service-oriented, supports both our project plan and our business case.”
Suzanne Wagner
Project Leader, Swarovski
“With Bristlecone, we’ve professionalized the support of one of our core SAP platforms, and we’ve partnered on what we would call enhancement projects. They’re also the right partner for us as we contemplate new capabilities that we want to add.”
Michael Murray
COO, Ferrara Candy
Accelerators
Through our proprietary, customized accelerators, we empower enterprises to leverage cutting-edge technologies to accelerate solution deployment, increase user adoption and maximize business value.
S/4NOW CPG
Industry-specific SAP-qualified partner-packaged solution for SAP S/4HANA accelerates new deployments and conversions.
Industry-specific SAP-qualified partner-packaged solution for SAP S/4HANA accelerates new deployments and conversions.
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Fixed price, fixed scope.
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Proven framework.
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Best practice templates.
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Industry-specific process maps.
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Customized training materials.
TRACE.AI
Real-time customer order tracking and condition monitoring using an IoT-enabled tracking solution.
Real-time customer order tracking and condition monitoring using an IoT-enabled tracking solution.
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Leading indicators for ETA/EQA for multi-carrier tracking.
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Automation with ERP and TMS.
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Timely alerts on delays, missing assets, counts and performance.
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Location/movement visibility.
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Insights & Resources
Explore these resources to learn more about our work with consumer businesses.
Case Studies
Large North American Retailer Boosts Customer Satisfaction by Accelerating Order Fulfillment
Process and system improvements are drastically reducing order fulfillment times, increasing payment settlements and enhancing customer experience.
Videos
Last-Mile Delivery Integration Strategies for CPGs
Last-mile delivery is a proving ground for CPGs. Those that get it right are pulling ahead. Integration of last-mile delivery tech stacks is the focus of this broadcast.
Case Studies
AI-Powered Spend Analytics Software Helps Manufacturing Company Identify $55 Million in Noncompliant Purchase Orders
Manufacturing company leverages spend analytics to enable the tracking, monitoring and analyzing of spend data – and improve visibility on a global scale.
Case Studies
Retail Giant Solves Complex Attrition Problems Using AI/ML-Based Prediction Models
Workforce analytics solution helps large retail company identify attrition factors to reduce employee churn and improve the accuracy of headcount forecasting.
Blog
Now is the Time for CPGs to Adopt Autonomous Planning
CPGs continue to face volatile demand patterns, rising raw material costs and supplier uncertainties. AI-powered planning optimizes S&OP in real time.
Case Studies
FMCG Redesigns Supply Chain Planning Organization Structure Post-IBP Implementation
Redesigned planning org structure, now aligned to new business processes and objectives, mobilizes talent, cuts costs and enriches user experience.
Case Studies
Luxury Goods Company Gains P2P Process Efficiencies with Supplier Collaboration
Supply chain collaboration platform provides a robust solution for different maturity levels and a framework that enables control of customizations.
Blog
The Role of Digital Twins in Digital Logistics
Digital twins leveraged in digital logistics applications arm businesses with the ability to anticipate disruptions and develop strategies to handle them.
Case Studies
Toy Manufacturer Saves Time and Money, Enhances Reporting by Moving to SAP S/4HANA
Moving to SAP S/4HANA, with planning and reporting integrations, has enabled consolidated global insights, streamlined decision-making and accelerated growth.
