Do you need to reduce end to end Supply Chain costs Or maybe improve on shelf or in store product availability? Or maybe you are carrying too much stock? These are all problems we have solved many times before…

Our experience with Retailers and Retail Suppliers covers many sectors such as these:

• Agriculture
• Appliances
• Baked goods
• Beverages
• Canned goods
• Cold stores
• Consumer goods
• Cosmetics
• Dairy
• Dry goods
• Meat
• Milling
• Retail – Grocery
• Retail – GM&A
• Retail – Fashion
• Retail – Furniture
• Retail – Discount & Variety
• Packaging
• White goods

We are very proud and privileged to count amongst our consulting customers some of the leading organisations in the area of Retail, FMCG and CPG

Examples of Projects:

Retail, FMCG, CPG – Strategy

• Review of retail supply chains for fresh food, including the creation of a Supply Chain strategy using an issues based methodology
• Grocery Retail, Supply Chain strategy re-alignment
• GM&A Retail Supply Chain strategy development
• Retail Logistics strategy development
• Development of channel management options
• Due diligence of major grocery retail supply chains
• Cost To Serve Nationally and Internationally
• Retail distribution network design including asset specifications, asset quantity, exit strategy, new manufacturing facility design and process review

Retail, FMCG, CPG – Tactics

• GM&A retail, redesign of DC network.
• Multiple outsourcing of food products distribution centres including managing tender process, service provider selection and contract negotiations
• Multiple outsourcing of food products transport tenders including management of the RFT process, provider selection and process review
• Review and develop Field sales force territories
• Transport rationalisation reviews for retail food services and food manufacturing companies
• DC rationalisation for food manufacturing companies
• Design of retail distribution centres including automated equipment requirements
• Contract preparation and negotiation for transport and DC commercial agreements

Retail, FMCG, CPG – Operations

• Implementation of contract change-overs to outsourced service providers including project management, IT selection and reviews, commissioning of contractors
• Contract management of customers‘ warehouses across multiple sites
• Facility management during post implementation
• Development of retail Supply Chain KPIs

Retail, FMCG, CPG – Optimisation

• Group retail supply chain reviews across businesses with up to sixteen Divisions
• Group rationalisation of transport operations
• Major warehouse productivity improvement projects
• Business process re-engineering across multiple divisions