Phase 3: Moving Toward Concrete Plans
In the final stage of the workshop, high-level action plans were built for the three initiatives. These action plans formed the basis for a concrete proposal to the CGF Board of Directors regarding initiatives on which the industry should collaborate to begin to address the two megatrends.
The three-phase process helped achieve alignment among the participants, defined a roadmap for CGF to follow, and created a momentum and commitment to deliver on the recommendations. The process and tools proved to be targeted, pragmatic and effective in analyzing trends and collaborating on solutions to address interdependent issues.
About The Consumer Goods Forum
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) is a global, parity-based industry network, driven by its members. It brings together the CEOs and senior management of over 400 retailers, manufacturers, service providers and other stakeholders across 70 countries and reflects the diversity of the industry in geography, size, product category and format. Forum member companies have combined sales of EUR 2.5 trillion. Their retailer and manufacturer members directly employ nearly 10
million people with a further 90 million related jobs estimatedalong the value chain.
The Forum’s vision is: “Better lives through better business.” To fulfill this, its members have given the Forum a mandate to develop common positions on key strategic and operational issues affecting the consumer goods business, with a strong focus on non-competitive process improvements. The Forum’s success is driven by the active participation of the key players in the sector, who together develop and lead the implementation of best practices along the value chain.For more information: www.theconsumergoodsforum.com