Process digitalization
A map of processes and information flows, reconciliations done by hand turned into rules, the existing systems integrated, and the people trained to run them.
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What we do
Areas of expertise
Five areas for two populations: food manufacturing and processing companies, and organized foodservice and food retail groups.
AC Retail Advisory works with the people who lead two kinds of company: organized foodservice and food retail networks, and food manufacturing and processing companies supplying modern grocery retail, the Ho.Re.Ca. channel and traditional trade. The five areas apply to both, and take a different shape in each.
Strategy and growth
The growth of a food business turns on a few choices.
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Operations and organization
A format that works in a few outlets and a format that holds across a network are two different systems.
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Management control and margin
Senior leadership decides on the numbers it has, at the moment it has them.
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Business development
The margin on a product is built across purchasing, production, price and channel.
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Manufacturing operations
The margin on an SKU begins to form in the plant.
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Cross-cutting enablers
The five areas describe where we work; the cross-cutting enablers describe how we make the model more governable and replicable.
Training and leadership development
Growth rests on the people who lead it. We train the management roles and develop the leadership of those responsible for outlets, departments and teams: the move from operator to manager, reading the numbers of their own unit, running meetings and one-to-ones.
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Leaders of a food manufacturing company find their path on the Food manufacturing page. Leaders of a restaurant or retail network find it in Food retail and foodservice.
