Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by Relevance Date Order Asc Desc Survey December 17, 2024 2024 Consumer Goods and Retail Finance Priorities Survey: CPG and Retail Finance Leaders Focused on Foundational ChallengesProtiviti’s latest survey of finance executives at retail and consumer goods (CPG) companies shows a clear focus on technology-enabled financial planning and analysis (FP&A), and a growing need to address foundational challenges, including data standardization and FP&A processes, before embarking on advanced… Client Story February 27, 2020 Australian consumer products firm leans on Protiviti’s managed business services model to address post-acquisition challenges It happens all the time. A successful enterprise attracts the attention of a larger corporation, which envisions greatly expanding the reach of the enterprise through its financial backing. But once inside the corporation, the limits of the company’s legacy systems and manual processes become apparent. In some cases, the organization may require a business-wide operational review. That was the… Newsletter June 15, 2026 Industry Insights - Consumer Products & Retail There’s no shortage of activity across CPG and retail, but results aren’t always keeping pace. Whether it’s technology investments, revenue performance, or changing customer behavior, the gap between effort and outcomes is getting harder to ignore.This month’s insights take a closer look at where things break down and what leaders are doing to bring more consistency, visibility, and control to… Client Story November 29, 2023 Multinational Consumer Products Company Modernizes FP&A Globally with SAP Analytics Cloud This U.S.-based client is a multi-national consumer products company that has been in business for more than 150 years and now has more than 40,000 employees in 80 countries around the globe. Blogs June 1, 2022 Advanced Analytics to Optimize Consumer Lending Webcast The availability of large volumes of internal, external, social media data, along with advances in analytics and the advent of machine learning have created the perfect opportunity for optimizing consumer lending decisions. Not sure how to create a plan for your own organization? Attend this webinar to learn how to put an Advanced Analytics approach to optimize consumer lending decision making.… Survey January 22, 2026 CPG and retail firms: Cybersecurity, customer experience and supply chain are top priorities Download Protiviti’s Top Risks Report 2026 for the CPG & retail industry, with insights on AI and Gen AI, cybersecurity, changing consumer behavior and global supply chain risks. Podcast May 5, 2026 Podcast | What Boards Need to Know About Energy and Renewables - with Alyse Mauro Mason and Meir Hasbani In this episode, we unpack how energy shocks translate into real‑world economic pressure, from higher fuel and shipping costs to rising prices on everyday products many people do not even associate with oil and gas. We explore why energy volatility is no longer an occasional disruption but a structural feature of the global economy, how companies and boards should think about resilience along… Blogs June 6, 2022 The Digital Wave – How It Impacts Data Management IssueJust as companies were starting to believe they had a handle on their internal data management and the governance of structured data, a new technology wave in the form of digitization is sweeping the globe, rendering carefully crafted frameworks obsolete. This digital wave, fueled by massive quantities of unstructured and uncurated data being generated by social media, mobile devices and the… Whitepaper May 2, 2023 Retail and CPG Companies Accelerate Innovation Amid Regulatory Pressures, Resistance to Change Most consumer packaged goods (CPG) and retail companies recognize the urgency of innovation. At the same time, their information technology (IT) leaders also are concerned about obstacles such as regulatory and compliance pressures, difficult economic conditions, and resistance to change undermining their innovation objectives. Podcast June 7, 2024 Podcast | Strategic Sourcing: Gaining Advantage, Mitigating Risk – with Lucas Manganaro Supply chain management continues to be a hot topic in countless organizations in light of ongoing geopolitical challenges, evolving impacts of climate change, new tariffs, changing labor markets, and much more. How can supply chain and procurement leaders attack these and other challenges? It starts with building and implementing a strategic sourcing strategy.Protiviti recently published a… Load More
