Consumer products

Challenges

Highly variable products, short product lifecycles, and distributed responsibilities increase the requirements regarding data quality, transparency, and cross-departmental collaboration.

High pressure to innovate

Depends on a high level of agility in product and packaging development as well as a short time to market.

Sustainability and regulatory requirements

Require transparency on materials, packaging, origin, and environmental impacts.

Complex quality and compliance guidelines

Encompass recipes, ingredients, labels, and country-specific regulations.

Global supply chains

Require consistent data, end-to-end traceability and stable processes.

Consumer products

Solutions

SAP-based PLM solutions connect products, packaging, processes, and relevant parties on a shared data basis. This creates transparency, improves decision quality, and supports companies in bringing innovations to market efficiently and securely

Faster, sustainable product and packaging development

End-to-end PLM processes accelerate the definition, development, and launch of innovative products.

Transparency throughout the entire product lifecycle

Central data on packaging and products allows for traceability, sustainability, and quality.

Strong support for sustainability goals

Integrative PLM helps managing material data, evaluating CO₂ impacts early on, and complying with regulatory guidelines.

Increased efficiency with digital workflows

Automated processes reduce manual efforts, improve data quality, and shorten the time to market.