Industry Description
Consumer Product Manufacturing Industry covers many SIC codes. It does not have a classification of its own. It includes manufacturers that make products sold to consumers. The industry is made up of products that you typically see on the shelves of retailers:
- Toys
- Electronics
- Appliances
- Household supplies
- Clothing
- Food & Beverage
Many of these manufacturing types are addressed in their own section of mySolutionsGallery.com because they have special requirements.
The information needs of the consumer product manufacturing company are driven by their retail customers who are often big box retailers.
Applicable SIC Codes
- 31 – 33 - Manufacturing
- Apparel, Beverage, Paper, Plastics, Appliance, Furniture, and Miscellaneous
Critical Requirements
Consumer product manufacturing companies should evaluate the following Critical requirements:
- Navigation and Personalization
- Business Intelligence
- Internet Portals
- Worflow
- International
- Security
- Customer Relationship Management
- Quoting & Estimating
- Order Processing
- Product Configurator
- Product Data Management (PDM)
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
- Document Management
- Engineering Change Management
- Forecasting and Demand Planning
- Multi Plant
- Materials Management
- Mixed Mode Manufacturing
- Projects
- Engineer To Order
- Lean Manufacturing
- Supply Chain Management
- Advanced Manufacturing Planning
- Quality
- Warehouse Management
- Plant Equipment
- Cost Accounting
- Accounting
- Fixed Assets
- Human Resources
ERP Vendors
Consumer product manufacturing companies should evaluate the following vendors:
Tier I Vendors
SAP
Oracle
SAP
Oracle
Tier II Vendors
Infor
Microsoft
Lawson
IFS
QAD
Epicor
Fujitsu: Glovia
3I Infotech
Ramco
proAlpha
Pronto
TGI
American Software
Infor
Microsoft
Lawson
IFS
QAD
Epicor
Fujitsu: Glovia
3I Infotech
Ramco
proAlpha
Pronto
TGI
American Software
Vertical Vendors
Friedman
Friedman
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