Resilience to Resurgence – FMCG Industry

17/06/22 Becky Howe

Have you managed to give yourself a pat on the back? Have you allowed yourself to say, “we did it”, “we kept going regardless”? This type of self-affirmation should go out to every single person in the UK and across the globe. There are way too many facets of society to thank for where we are today. We completely understand and are sensitive to the difficulties people and business have faced. So, within this blog covering the FMCG industry, we turn our attention to the resilience of businesses, how to build on that resilience and build towards a resurgence of growth.

A business is in many ways like cultivating a garden, starts with heavy lifting, heavy preparation, laying the foundations and having overwhelming levels of patience. In some cases, protection from stormier times. There is no “One size fits all” as things rapidly change and as people within a business are different and provide different skills and services, there is not a one size fits all template. That being said, there are some key factors that determine success. Resilience, determination, and the ability to change.

We at Enperma believe that due to the incredible challenges of the last year or two, there has never been more reliance on our key finance and operational functions. The number one priority for the FMCG industry is to keep their employees safe. This is of paramount importance. Every facet of every decision is driven and interlinked to the safety of our employees, our people.

The commercial knock on within the FMCG sector, is even more challenging, the buying behaviours of the consumer is driven by that same factor, safety, which is driven by a large volume of workers now working from home. Whilst at the same time the UK is starting to open, closer to “normal”. However, by opening we are then still challenged by the implications from Brexit. You start to get the picture. The myriad of change is happening on almost a daily basis, requires superior resilience, determination, and the ability to change quickly.

So how do we do this? How do we change so quickly? How do we adapt? We need more information at our fingertips than ever before, providing new and deeper insights than we are used to, giving us the platform to make these critical decisions in this uncertain time.

We at Enperma believe that businesses require a much simpler, cost effective transformation, where the Return on Investment is so much faster than typical large scale re-platforming projects of the past. More than ever before, FMCG businesses must be able to analyse and model all aspects of their operations, from supply chain challenges, to reducing wastage, to calculating full product, customer and channel profitability.

This is why we have developed and have ready to showcase to you, the FMCG Insights and Analytics Accelerator. There is no need to pay overwhelming consultancy costs to cover the cost of unused offices. We at Enperma utilise our now virtual offices and pass on that saving to you, the customer, whilst providing outstanding quality. Please reach out so we can help you on this journey to resurgence!