DETERMINING COST TO SERVE FOR A CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS COMPANY
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Feb 26, 2015
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Mar 11, 2014
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Aug 23, 2013
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The present subject matter discloses system(s) and computer-implemented method(s) for determining total cost to serve (CTS) a product to a customer of a consumer packaged goods (CPG) company. The computer-implemented method includes identifying a total cost associated with the product and incurred by the CPG company in each of a plurality of organizational functions of the CPG company; allocating cost attributable to the customer for the one or more activities under each of the plurality of organizational functions; computing a CTS value for each of the plurality of organizational functions based on the allocated cost attributable to the customer; and determining the total CTS of the product served to the customer. The total cost is retrieved from a database. The allocation is based on predefined allocation criteria and the determination includes summing up the CTS values for each of the plurality of organizational functions.
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