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QAD Enterprise Management Software provides consumer goods manufacturers with QAD enterprise application solutions that can help balance the growing number of new products, product line expansion, demanding customers, and complex and unstable supply chains between customers and regulators. QAD's solutions enable companies to optimize inventory, collaborate with suppliers, and operate production environments more efficiently. QAD can improve the efficiency of the supply chain, while helping to control costs, increase profits, and collaborate more effectively with customers. QAD solutions support major industry initiatives such as sustainability, import and export regulation, customer-centric supply chain, and quality improvement and compliance. QAD's consumer goods industry solutions can meet global e-commerce needs in a single environment. QAD can provide support to major countries, offering comprehensive training and partner support to important global retailers.


Key issues in the consumer goods industry


Establish customer information on product safety and quality: Customers are increasingly concerned about the source and quality of products and components.

QAD enterprise applications provide complete tracking and query functionality. The company is always able to accurately understand where the product materials come from and where they are sold.

Global Compliance: Concerns about terrorism have intensified, redefining global business rules. The increasingly stringent compliance reports have put new pressure on the supply chain and support systems.

The tools provided by QAD enterprise applications can help businesses strengthen their company policies and track transactions.

Measures to support global sustainability: Global retailers require manufacturers to implement sustainability plans, address emissions in the environment, save natural resources, and improve material utilization.

QAD enterprise applications support environmental initiatives through their features, such as tracking reusable containers and packaging.


Consumer goods industry value chain


The value chain of the consumer goods industry is particularly complex. Manufacturers often collaborate with many different levels of suppliers, distributors, and channels. QAD's solutions for the consumer goods industry can enhance communication at all levels of the value chain, providing tools for managing demand, promotion, product launch, and brand development.
QAD enterprise applications suitable for the consumer goods industry can help customers throughout the value chain achieve their business goals.
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Market segmentation of consumer goods industry


Consumer Electronics: QAD has been providing industry-specific solutions to consumer goods manufacturers for nearly 20 years. QAD requirement management helps ensure product consistency, effective service and support, and effective management of quality assurance and service contracts through accurate forecasting.
Office equipment: QAD enterprise applications enable easy collaboration with every member of the value chain, ensuring consistent and trustworthy product delivery. QAD product configurator can achieve large-scale customization of products, provide multiple change solutions, quickly obtain sales and supply information, and accurately communicate with partners.
Home and Personal Products: QAD Enterprise Applications provide end-to-end integrated solutions to optimize planning, production, and inventory, maximizing product availability at a lower cost. Repetitive production or mass production of household and personal items.
Sports equipment: Many sports equipment have international standards, making sports equipment a globalized industry. Multi language and multi currency functions, integrated with a wide range of global services, can help businesses grow into international enterprises and improve their trading capabilities with manufacturers, suppliers, subcontractors, and retail trading partners in new markets.


Functional advantages of solutions for the consumer goods industry


QAD solutions support major initiatives in the consumer goods industry, such as sustainability, import and export regulation, customer-centric supply chain, and quality improvement and compliance.
QAD solutions meet the diverse needs of consumer goods manufacturers, including:
• Lean production
• Enterprise asset management
• Trade and Promotion Management
• Inventory management
• Transportation management
• Quality management
• Supplier management and collaboration
• Distribution network management
Electronic Data Interchange
Inventory managed by delegation and suppliers
• Electronic record management
• Customer management
• Demand planning and forecasting
• Return management
The following flowchart illustrates the scope of application of QAD's consumer goods industry solutions.