Common Challenges Faced by FMCG Companies With Traditional Management Methods
Modern, convenient lifestyles demand that people work more actively and efficiently for extended periods. To meet the daily food and beverage needs of busy individuals, the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry must continuously upgrade and develop to meet the growing demand of a rapidly increasing consumer base.
Traditional management methods can significantly impact product performance. Therefore, New Ocean IS offers you an effective solution – Factory Smart Forms & Checklists (FASF) – a groundbreaking breakthrough for the FMCG industry in the digital age.
About Us
New Ocean Information System (New Ocean IS) was established in 2010 thanks to our employees’ commitment, high credibility, and enthusiasm. With 11 years of research and development, we are confident in bringing a fresh perspective to the advancement of the global FMCG industry – our online business (manufacturing) management solution – Factory Smart Forms & Checklists (FASF) on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform for businesses worldwide.
Our Goal
The COVID-19 pandemic posed a significant challenge to the global economy. Numerous businesses faced obstacles, resulting in workforce reductions and even bankruptcies. New Ocean IS’s FASF package is the golden key that unlocks new opportunities, providing comprehensive solutions and services during this time of restructuring and post-pandemic recovery.
New Ocean IS understands the common difficulties businesses are encountering, and we are here for you. With continuous research and updates on cutting-edge technology, New Ocean strives to provide our customers with the utmost dedication and reliability.
We are committed to being a trusted partner for manufacturing companies throughout their operations. By digitizing manual processes, converting all paperwork into digital formats, and building automated systems, we optimize data analysis and management, helping our customers increase sales and save time and costs effectively.
Challenges Faced by Businesses When Implementing Traditional Management
- The Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry is a data-intensive sector. It involves managing vast amounts of information such as customer profiles, market trends, consumer preferences, food suppliers, raw materials, and pricing strategies. As a result, businesses in this industry often deal with an overwhelming amount of paperwork and digital files.
- Traditional management methods relying on paper-based documents and Excel spreadsheets can lead to confusion, time-consuming searches, and unnecessary printing costs.
- With rising living standards, consumers are becoming increasingly demanding when it comes to food safety. Traditional management methods using paper-based reports can be time-consuming and inefficient, hindering a company’s ability to maintain high standards of professionalism. In the event of a crisis, it can be difficult to find solutions quickly.
- The FMCG industry involves a wide variety of raw materials. To create a perfect product, numerous ingredients and high-quality food sources must be combined. Therefore, effectively managing all data and personnel is a significant challenge for businesses in this sector.
In today’s global economic downturn, consumers are becoming more cautious and less loyal, putting pressure on FMCG manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers to be more responsive and agile. Managing retail networks and distributors solely through documents makes it difficult to monitor sales, revenue, and order status for each branch.
As the FMCG industry is essentially a service industry, customer satisfaction is paramount. Relying on memory or handwritten notes to track customer needs can lead to errors or misunderstandings, damaging a company’s reputation.
Why Use New Ocean IS’s FASF Package?
Factory Smart Forms & Checklists (FASF) optimizes operations for all manufacturing units across various industries, specifically:
For business owners & directors
- FASF offers users a powerful breakthrough in information processing technology. A massive volume of complex paperwork will be encoded into data and stored entirely on software.
- Eliminate cumbersome paper printing procedures, saving significant costs.
- With just a laptop or even a tablet, directors can easily monitor the overall progress of activities in the production chain or even global branches on an optimized website and mobile platform.
- FMCG products are very diverse, and a large corporation can have many outstanding products. For example, Nestle Corporation has milk, coffee, spices, cereals, etc. Or Unilever has Dove shampoo, Lifeboy body wash, Lipton tea, Walls ice cream, etc. Due to the diversity of products, the source of raw materials is also very rich. We bring business owners a powerful assistant, FASF. Closely manage the control of all import-export times, costs, invoices, and material quality simply by storing them on the software system.
- A significant advantage that helps all employees operate on track is that if a loophole arises, you will be immediately supported in accessing data when you need to make urgent decisions. New Ocean IS understands the difficulties of business owners, and we always provide the most advanced and optimized applications to users.
- All data is arranged scientifically, according to specific categories such as employees, raw materials, customers, revenue by day, month, quarter, etc., helping owners and managers quickly check work progress most conveniently.
- Managing labor, shipping time, packaging and labeling samples in a logical and neat manner helps managers and company directors easily review and check when needed with a touch of the screen.
- Storing information and the needs of customers and partner companies thereby improving product quality and customer service helps to affirm the competitive advantage and reputation of the business.
For employees/workers
- Store necessary information about the production conveyor belt to accurately carry out work progress, making it easy to check and fix problems when they occur.
- Employees have a higher sense of responsibility for their work because the production processes are pre-programmed, so the delivery time will be shortened, requiring employees to be closely monitored and focused to meet the schedule.
- Effective human resources management, quick and accurate timekeeping, and storage of employee information on the state-of-the-art FASF software.
- Factory Smart Forms & Checklists Solution (FASF) also encourages employees to work more efficiently thanks to email and phone notification applications. It is easy for employees to update and control data with simple operations.
Why Choose New Ocean IS?
- With over 10 years of experience in software development, we continuously research and apply the latest advanced technologies to provide our customers with exceptional experiences and reliability.
- Proven expertise in digital transformation through numerous industrial projects such as Goldcoin Truck-weight, P&G Truck-weight, etc.
- Possess a convergence of Information Technology and Automation to deliver a complete solution and interactive experience with SAP.
- Experienced manufacturing solution experts for enterprise customers in various industries (F&B, FMCG, Semiconductor, etc.) with strengths in machine/equipment data acquisition integration.
- Impressively, businesses can save costs by reusing components from similar projects.
- New Ocean’s digital transformation solutions align with Microsoft’s Digital Transformation for Manufacturing. Notably, New Ocean IS is also a Silver Partner for Azure cloud solutions.
New Ocean IS always prioritizes “Passion” and “Talent.” We understand that as a company grows, the most crucial factor is having a high-quality team. That’s why all our employees at New Ocean IS undergo training from basic to professional levels, gaining hands-on experience from theory to practice and accessing the latest advanced technology. The working environment is focused on development to ensure all employees work in a comfortable, fair, and healthy atmosphere.