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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.

Digital Logistics

Minimize risk, increase agility, enhance customer experience and reduce costs by leveraging digital systems, collaboration and automation, analytics and insights, and cognitive decision-making.

Cognitive Manufacturing

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.

Autonomous Planning

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.

Smart Procurement

Deliver procurement value using a consulting-driven approach to enable process automation, strategic sourcing, spend optimization, supplier diversification, real-time collaboration and contract governance.

Digitalization

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

Accelerate your transformation by leveraging our assessment and advisory services, proven methodologies, proprietary accelerators and enablers, and change management expertise.

Analytics & AI

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.

Integration & Automation

Realize the incredible power of a connected enterprise by integrating and automating your systems, platforms, devices, sensors, apps, data, networks and cloud technologies.

Modern Engineering

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.

SAP 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.

Platform Solutions

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.
  • Fixed price, fixed scope.
  • Proven framework.
  • Best practice templates.
  • Industry-specific process maps.
  • Customized training materials.
TRACE.AI
Real-time customer order tracking and condition monitoring using an IoT-enabled tracking solution.
  • Leading indicators for ETA/EQA for multi-carrier tracking.
  • Automation with ERP and TMS.
  • Timely alerts on delays, missing assets, counts and performance.
  • Location/movement visibility.
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IBPNOW
Packaged solution for SAP IBP accelerates time to value, reduces implementation risks and increases user adoption.
  • Preconfigured industry-specific scenarios and assets.
  • Customizable documentation and training materials.
  • ERP integration templates.
ARIBA NOW
Packaged solution for SAP Ariba accelerates deployments, drives predictable outcomes and maximizes business value.
  • Standard configurations and ERP integration interfaces.
  • Best practice templates and industry-specific process maps.
  • Customized training materials.

Insights & Resources

Explore these resources to learn more about our work with consumer businesses.

Case Studies

Global Home Appliance Manufacturer Defines Best-in-Class Last-Mile Operations

Comprehensive assessment identified process, technology and integration gaps that hampered end-to-end operational efficiency and last-mile visibility.

White Papers

Demystifying Point of Sale Analytics

This white paper explores POS data and how it can be leveraged to extract key business insights that can increase revenue and boost customer loyalty.

White Papers

6 Critical Focus Areas for Procurement Success

Drawing from our extensive experience working with a range of organizations, we have identified six critical focus areas for procurement to achieve success.

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.

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