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It’s almost a cliché to mention that the pandemic has changed everything. Consumers have changed their shopping habits, and hiccups in the supply chain have created impossible situations for retailers and their suppliers. These challenges happened quickly and without much warning, prompting industries of all kinds to reexamine long-held beliefs about operations, data, and security.
Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) is one such industry. These past few years have disrupted the norm for CPG with consumers altering their expectations and priorities shifting more quickly. One thing the pandemic made very clear is that data is the lifeblood of operations, and maintaining the flexibility to pivot quickly is key to remaining in business. Let’s take a look at what’s at stake for CPG.
Customers have expressed uncertainty about what they want and how they want to receive it. While lifting Covid restrictions brought some relief, many consumers are reluctant or unsure about returning to the public sphere. In addition, they want the multitude of choices for shopping and delivery to remain even as physical locations get back to business as usual.
Real-world, real-time data offers insights into customer behavior that companies can’t get anywhere else. Focus groups often can’t predict their own behavior in a physical store, and historical data doesn’t account for trends or disruptions. Real-world data allows companies to pin down customer behavior in the now.
Traditional analytics sometimes uses theoretical data to run queries, but companies must respond to events happening now. When companies use actual, observational data from their own operations instead of data created in a controlled experiment or situation, they can make better decisions. Real world data includes:
And many more data repositories collected from both CPG internal operations and those of partners. Companies can ask questions like:
As answers shift, real-world data is the only way companies can maintain a close relationship with customers and capture customer behavior that may not be apparent with any other research type. Change is the only constant, and data should reflect that change.
Another byproduct of the pandemic was accelerated digital transformation. Companies scrambled to operate in a world that was different overnight, adopting data and technology strategies in a piecemeal approach to account for the rapidity of the changes occurring.
A piecemeal strategy allowed many companies to survive. But now that the pandemic is two years in, security and integration challenges stemming from this approach are more apparent. CPG companies also rely heavily on partner data to understand and capitalize on customer behavior. Many of these avenues directly result from pandemic shopping behavior—subscription boxes, direct-to-consumer (DTC) sites, and others.
CPG companies can thrive in these new e-commerce choices, but only if they can capitalize on data analysis and digital transformation. Companies need a way to integrate data input from multiple sites and account for nuances site to site.
Finding innovative strategies to connect to customers through digital channels is key. And as those channels and trends evolve, data will become a critical factor in identifying where customers are sooner. But companies can only wield that data if they can connect the dots with the right infrastructure.
Data governance has always been a significant factor in data strategy. But as global commerce becomes more complex, creating a new era of governance is critical. CPG and multi-brand organizations must wade through governance questions with an exceptionally critical eye because now governance involves multiple layers reliant on outside or third-party participants such as:
A unified governance strategy may be a challenge, but it’s something companies cannot neglect. CPG and multi-brand can finally use data — instead of merely gathering and storing it — with a governance strategy that:
CPG and multi-brand companies must leverage data to provide customer value, but it’s a challenge with the many intricacies of data collection. A data operating system that integrates with all tools and platforms can offer a lifeline.
Upgrading analytics capabilities would allow CPG to engage in predictive analytics. This enables companies to:
The Modern Data Company’s DataOS offers CPG companies the opportunity to simplify their data despite the odds and launch real-time, predictive analytics that could move operations from reactive to proactive. It’s a chance to build comprehensive governance strategies and harness the true potential of data without replacing legacy systems. It’s an upgrade without rip-and-replace or data movement and enables the next generation of CPG data analytics.
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