Solutions to Grow Margin in CPG

Cisco solutions support CPG industry trends including product innovation, expansion into global markets, realignment of business assets, supply chain visibility, collaboration, and sustainability.

Enterprise Networking

Cisco networking supports a cloud-computing infrastructure that helps enable virtualization and integration of existing business networks and systems. Manage and control goods, people, and products throughout the supply chain with Cisco solutions such as:

• Cisco Cloud Connected Solution
• Distributed R&D with Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC)
• Converged Plantwide Ethernet with Rockwell Automation
• Data Center and Virtualization
• Cisco Digital Media Suite
• Business Video
• Cisco Secure Wireless Plant Solution

Collaboration

Cisco collaboration and conferencing solutions support interactions between distributed R&D teams, speeding time to market while making companies more responsive to consumer demands. Engineers can collaborate and troubleshoot from the office or the factory floor using highly secure business video and global information-sharing solutions, such as:

• Manufacturing Unified Communications and Collaboration
• Cisco Unified Contact Center Express
• Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal
• Manufacturing Active Collaborative Space (MACS)
• Remote Expert
• Cisco WebEx Social
• Manufacturing Mobile Video Collaboration
• Voice over Wireless LAN (VoWLAN) for Manufacturing

Warehouse Management

With its leading partners, Cisco offers industry-specific solutions that help your CPG organization accurately track materials, products, crates, and equipment throughout the production process. These solutions include:

• Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Context-Aware Solutions with AeroScout
• Unified Communications Warehouse Voice Picking with Datria
• Out-of-Stock Analytics with SCOPIX

Physical Security

Cisco physical security and physical access control solutions help to secure company facilities and reduce loss from theft or disaster. Cisco networks support IP cameras, interoperability for land-mobile radio systems, video analytics, and other capabilities. Solutions include:

• Industrial Wireless Video Surveillance
• Cisco Physical Security

Interaction with Consumers

Today's "social-local-mobile"("SoLoMo") solutions support technologies that help users purchase products, search the web, and interact with applications using mobile devices. Cisco unites touchscreens, cameras, speakers, microphones, or credit card scanners with a publicly located kiosk or tablet with solutions such as:

• Cisco Interactive Services

Energy Management

Cisco promotes sustainability by helping enable the network as a tool for monitoring and managing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. Plant managers can access information from network-attached devices for data centers, carpeted spaces, lighting, HVAC, and distribution networks with Cisco partner solutions such as:

• Industrial Energy Management Solutions