Staying ahead of the competitive curve, leveraging capital, managing human resources, and successfully navigating compliance issues while creating long-term value are some key challenges facing leaders in the manufacturing, retail, and distribution sectors.

Accume Partners’ Manufacturing, Retail and Distribution (MR&D) Practice has the knowledge and experience to provide insights and solutions that address the key challenges you face. Whether you are…

• a manufacturer with responsibility for balancing product development, time to market, product mix, packaging, supply chain management, and process risks; or
• a retailer interested in improving customer satisfaction and market-facing processes, maximizing value from supplier promotions, controlling shrinkage, or creating retail-chain operational efficiencies; or perhaps
• a wholesaler or distributor concerned with warehousing logistics, picking/packing and fulfillment efficiencies, just-in-time inventory implementation, minimizing inventory cost, or addressing other profitability factors;

we have the experience to help you successfully navigate the challenges of your business, and emerge with meaningful results and measurable success.

Our MR&D team possesses a balance of technical expertise – in operations, process management, audit, risk management, and compliance – combined with an average of 15 years’ experience actively applying their skills to assist leading organizations create value, efficiency, and competitive advantage. We consistently deliver industry knowledge and subject-matter expertise to assess and diagnose client issues with pinpoint accuracy; and propose efficient and effective solutions, strategies, and implementation programs that produce desired results for our clients.

We offer a broad array of services to support your specific needs, including:

• Risk Assessment and Risk Management Programs
• Compliance Program Design/Support
• Retail-Store Audits and Compliance Reviews
• Business Process Improvement – Functional Through Composite
• Supply-Chain Process Management
• Inventory, Fulfillment, and Retail Product Distribution Management
• Shared Services, Efficiencies for Multiple-Unit Retail Operations
• Manufacturer Merchandising Program Assessments/Audits
• Policy, Procedure, and Training Development and Best Practices Implementation
• Plant, Store, Distribution-Center Process Reviews
• Vendor Contract Management Audits and Process Reviews
• Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay Processes
• Composite Process and Extended Enterprise Analysis
• Loss Prevention and Shrinkage Control Process Management/Audits
• Sales-to-Payment Cycle Analysis/Process Efficiency
• Product Profitability; Cost and Pricing Process Analysis
• Systems Technology – Security / Vulnerability, Continuity, Recovery
• PCI (Payment card industry) DSS Compliance
• EDI (Electronic data interchange) Implementation Assistance
• Pre and Post Implementation Reviews
• e-Commerce and Application Controls

Let Accume Partners help you meet your strategic goals and management objectives through innovative solutions designed for the specific needs of your organization.

Contact:
Doug Banski
dbanski@accumepartners.com