Consumer Products

Appealing to the consumer and exceeding retailer expectations are ongoing challenges for consumer products manufacturers. To improve customer responsiveness, companies have reengineered processes and linked directly with suppliers. Production runs and cycle times have been significantly reduced while supplier responsiveness has increased. Despite years of targeted, increasingly specialized new products, manufacturers are now faced with unprecedented consumer and retailer demands.

Growth in consumer products is fueled by the need to manage pressure on margins and increase customer yield. Therefore, the consumer drives today's supply chain. Each link is interdependent on one or more of the other links, as well as an integral part of the whole. That is why KPMG has created a market approach that is designed to create clear, distinctive strategies for our clients that can help them handle the specific challenges they face. As a result, many organizations consider a variety of initiatives to either improve or derive greater value from:

• Brand Management
• Visibility from Source to Shelf
• Customer Information Management
• Business-to-Business Sales
• Strategic Positioning
• Inventory Management and SKU Reduction
• Product Cycle Time

KPMG understands these issues, and we have the means to help you. We follow the trends to develop insights and use an approach that incorporates a team of Audit, Tax and Advisory professionals to address your key issues in a comprehensive manner. In addition, we help organizations develop strategies to leverage their financial assets. Whether you are building new storage facilities or expanding operations to foreign markets, KPMG is prepared to help you identify cost-saving opportunities and safeguard your financial investments.