Grom Associates is a leader in providing SAP solutions and services to CPG companies, with over 25 years of experience. They offer expertise in supply chain optimization, collaborative planning, trade promotion management, new product development, and lean manufacturing. Grom helps CPG clients streamline operations, respond flexibly to markets, and optimize distribution, marketing, sales, and supply chains. Their GEM methodology fully leverages SAP best practices and industry-specific processes for CPG companies.

1. Industry Solutions – Consumer Packaged
Goods

2. Implementing SAP in the CPG industry?
Here is how we can make it easier.
For over 25 years, Grom Associates has been a recognized leader in providing the global Fortune 2000 with
planning, implementation, and project management for SAP solutions. Grom offers unmatched technical
capabilities and vertical market expertise across Consumer Packaged Goods helping companies effectively
streamline their business operations, and respond more flexibly to consumer and market demands. Grom is a
trusted partner with a long roster of clients in the Consumer Products Industry. Grom has earned a reputation
for proven success helping clients optimize their distribution channels, marketing and sales, and supply chain
initiatives with solutions designed for the CPG space. These solutions include:
Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Supply Chain Optimization
Replenishment (CPFR) GROM can help you develop a method to more efficiently
GROM works with our CPG clients to provide Vendor Managed manage distribution, logistics, and transportation – and achieve
Inventory (VMI) for your customers. We can help you take greater cost savings and flexibility.
advantage of timing strategies to accurately synchronize
inventory and quickly react to changes, implement consignment Trade Promotion Management
inventory strategies, reduce cash-to-cash cycle times and create GROM can help you align cross-functional marketing, sales, and
deeper commercial relationship with your customers manufacturing teams involved in promotion, provide an
integrated view across planning and execution of events,
New Product Development and Introduction optimize spending, analyze results and to ensure the success of
GROM can help you implement NPDI to bring products to each campaign.
market faster, capitalize on market opportunities, control product
portfolio and pipeline, and bring visibility of manufacturing data GEM Methodology
into the process, enabling companies to benefit from the rewards All of Grom’s Life Sciences solutions are implemented using the
of innovation. Grom Empowerment Methodology (GEM) for CPG which fully
leverages the best practices and accelerators of GEM, but further
Manufacturing Excellence extended with industry-specific threads – including Data
GROM can help you integrate your supply chain systems Migration & Data Governance, Regulatory Compliance &
(horizontally between facilities and vertically down to shop Controls, and Validation & Quality Assurance.
floor), in order to capture and utilize collective output from
disparate systems, track and respond to events on the shop floor, Why use GROM?
minimize excess inventory and increase overall adaptability of • One of the few firms certified by SAP America for Run
the supply chain. SAP™
• Multiple Certified Business Process experts in SAP™ and
Lean Manufacturing Run SAP™
GROM can help eliminate/reduce waste and implement a “pull” • Over 20 years of dedicated SAP™ experience
replenishment system to streamline material planning, reduce
inventory, shrink cycle time, cut costs – and be more nimble and Contact us
responsive. • Call us at 800-515-1727
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