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Manufacturers are transforming to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving business landscape. To remain competitive, they will need to accelerate their transformation.
Manufacturing, Retail & Distribution: How Business Technology Can Drive Better Business Outcomes
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In today’s economic downturn, no sector may be impacted more than manufacturing, retail and distribution as companies face lower consumer spending, trading down and tight credit markets. But innovative business technology can help companies achieve better business outcomes even – in fact, especially – in tough times
Read more about our Manufacturing, Retail, Distribution and Consumer Products practices.
How Capgemini Can Help
Capgemini leverages its deep industry expertise to help manufacturing clients navigate through this increasingly dynamic and volatile marketplace. Our manufacturing solutions focus on critical areas such as supply chain management, Service-Oriented Architecture and transformation through outsourcing and collaboration.
For example, we worked with Heidelberger Druckmaschinen to help the company disentangle methods, processes and IT in a complex transformation to structure the global reporting function more efficiently and cost effectively.
At Corus, Capgemini helped develop a strategic framework for a Service-Oriented Enterprise via Service‑Oriented Architecture and SAP.
With a dedicated team of professionals worldwide, our 14,000+ strong manufacturing practice offers clients solid industry expertise and sector knowledge. We help guide companies through the process of adapting their infrastructure to a global, cross‑functional, collaborative environment.
Our Experience
“Our collaboration with Capgemini was particularly valuable with regard to the effective development of an aligned and unified concept for financial reporting”
-Helge Werner, Head of Group Controlling and Consolidation, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen
Our 1,000+ manufacturing clients throughout the world include:
- 70% of the largest general manufacturers
- 90% of the largest original equipment manufacturers and suppliers in the high-tech industry
- 14 of the largest auto manufacturers and 13 of the largest tier‑one suppliers
- 8 of the leading networking and telecom equipment manufacturers
- 8 of the top 10 consumer electronics manufacturers
- 7 of the top 10 aviation, aerospace and defense companies.
With this proven track record, we understand how to streamline clients’ internal and external relationships through our Collaborative Business Experience®.
Using our dedicated manufacturing research laboratory, we continue to invest in thought leadership and technology advancement.
Over the years we have built strong alliances with more than 250 companies and have strategic relationships in the manufacturing sector with 5 key partners:
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