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Global Services for Retail and Consumer Goods
Make the most of your energySM
In retail and fast-moving consumer goods, speed is life.Is your IT keeping pace?
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Global Services for Retail and Consumer Goods
Get the expertise and technology you need to stay ahead.
The high-energy world of retailing and consumer goods is driven by decision
makers who know how to navigate the intersection of consumer lifestyles,
emerging trends, product development and power branding. Beyond a
mastery of these ever-shifting factors, success in this sector demands rigorous
business discipline, from merchandising to supply chain management to store
operations.
Schneider Electric Global Services has the expertise, infrastructure and
fl exibility to support CPRD companies as an all-in-one partner across the
whole IT life cycle, helping you meet new challenges without ever losing focus
on your business goals.
We offer a comprehensive, vendor-neutral portfolio of services that makes your
company more profi table in both the short run and the long term. We provide
consulting, integration and outsourcing services to guide and support your
business, IT systems, and processes, from strategic planning through day-to-
day operations.
ConsultancyWith vast consulting experience in retail, consumer goods, distribution and
logistics, we offer a complete view on the challenges facing CPRD sector
companies, and we are fully equipped to address those challenges with
industry-specifi c business process and technology solutions. Our consultants
can help create a competitive advantage in areas such as:
Purchasing and supply chain management•
Manufacturing and production•
Distribution, inbound, and outbound logistics•
Store management•
Operations•
Human resources and talent management•
Financial, expansion and information systems.•
Integration and OutsourcingIn working with CPRD clientele and with clients in other sectors, we have
developed an impressive array of specifi c solutions that can be implemented
either through internal integration or outsourced applications and services. Our
integration and outsourcing services reduce your IT costs and enable you to
shift talent, resources and attention to your core business. Services include:
02 | Retail and Consumer Goods
Schneider Electric
operates a mature
network of software
factories, with more
than 400 CMMi-
certifi ed professionals
providing high-quality,
cost-competitive
programming services
Management and integration of suppliers, •
implementing purchasing models to drive
improvements in the supply chain through
process automation and advanced IT
applications
Loss prevention with specifi c solutions to •
detect fraud at the point of sale
Automated inventory tracking and control from •
manufacturing to sale
Implementation of standard solutions (ERP, •
BI, CRM) to optimize IT project execution and
reduce integration cycles
Defi nition of e-commerce and Internet •
merchandising strategy, implementing SaaS
solutions, and migrating from an e-commerce
investment model to a pay-per-use model
Innovative point of sale solutions that integrate •
processes and systems to support enhanced
customer relationships
Workforce management, mapping staffi ng •
needs with strategic vision and required tasks,
and optimizing the use of staff talent and
resources
Innovative and robust solutions in production •
management and lean manufacturing, Six
Sigma, RFID, asset management, and
warehouse management.
To deliver these services, Schneider Electric has
built a wholly owned IT infrastructure, staffed
by some of the best IT talent available. This
infrastructure gives us the capacity to manage
mission-critical solutions that support your
business 24x7 with the highest levels of security.
For the CPRD sector, these resources include a
dedicated innovation center, which serves as a
technology and trends observatory for the industry,
as well as a development and testing lab where
new services are vetted for viability before being
introduced to the market.
Retail and Consumer Goods | 03
We also operate a mature network of software
factories, with more than 400 CMMi-certifi ed
professionals providing high-quality, cost-
competitive programming services. These facilities
are global development competence centers
for the major companies in the CPRD sector. In
addition to these development facilities, we operate
the largest integrated network of data centers in
Spain and Portugal, as well as an SAP competency
center to provide maintenance services and
customer support.
Schneider Electric will help you build the best back room in the businessIn selecting a consulting and IT partner, your
fi rst question will always be: “do they know our
business?” Most certainly, Schneider Electric
does understand the CPRD sector. We invite
you to learn about the impact we’ve made for
businesses like yours. Our clients include some
of the best companies in the retail, consumer
goods, distribution and logistics categories. We’ve
assisted them with a broad array of projects that
span the entire value chain, with services provided
on a regional, national and global level.
Schneider Electric
C/ Valgrande, 6,
28108 - Alcobendas (Madrid) (Spain)
Telephone: 34-902-33-55-99
Fax: 34-91-714-70-05
http://www.schneider-electric.com ©2
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