4brands Reply

Your partner
for digital transformation in the consumer goods industry

Business Processes, Software Integration, IT Architectures

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About us

Within the Reply Group, 4brands Reply is the company focusing its expertise on the consumer goods industry. The industry-specific offer consists of process consulting and system integration in three central areas:


- Customer Experience Management

- Enterprise Management

- Supply Chain Management


At the core of 4brands Reply's customized portfolio is the DIGITAL DATA PLATFORM, which enables the development of a strong data management and data strategy based on Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Analytics. As a Center of Excellence, the Data Platform integrates data from internal and external sources to manage operational processes.

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News & Events

AI for Retail

Best Practice

AI Store Check: Shelf Survey at POS with just one click

"AI Store check" is an application which allows sales representatives to automatically perform shelf surveys – all they need to do is create photos of the shelves with the app and upload them to the cloud. An AI is then used to perform an analysis.

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Competence

Consumer Engagement

Consumers expect consistent information, relevant offers, and responsible handling of data during the entire customer journey and across all communication channels. We support them by helping them to utilise consumer data from various sources in a strategic and systematic manner, in order to generate more brand loyalty and brand advocacy.

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Competence

Sales Excellence

Many companies treat sales like an art, but they are increasingly noticing that a scientific approach is more suitable for the sales process. This is where Sales Force Effectiveness and Trade Management approach starts.

Competence

Demand Driven Supply Chain

Consumer goods manufacturers are slowly moving in the direction of Demand Sensing and Customer Responsiveness. At the same time, they need to provide real-time profitable answers to dynamic consumer demand in relation to their supply chains. And this means the rising expectations of all participants need to be fulfilled in online and offline business, both of which are starting to merge.

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03.04.2020 / German Language

Webinar

Making better Decisions: Analysis and Reporting in the Consumer Goods Industry

In this webinar held by 4brands Reply attendees have learnt why transparency of your business processes and the right insights into company data are important to make better decisions.

SAP C/4HANA

Best Practice

A first step towards a cloud platform at a leading wholesaler

A leading wholesaler has chosen a new approach to more efficient customer management with the support of 4brands Reply: The path went from an on-premise to a CRM solution based on SAP C/4HANA Sales Cloud.

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Smart Production Planning

Case Study

Avoiding production bottlenecks

For Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA an inaccurate raw material planning is now a thing of the past. 4brands Reply has developed for the former Köllnflockenwerke a smart solution for multi-stage production planning based on SAP APO.

Case Study Kölln Flocken

Connected Shelf

Best Practice

IoT at the Supermarket: the intelligent and connected shelf

Empty shelves, a shop filled with customers and no resupply in sight: Every retailer's nightmare. Empty shelves frustrate shoppers and lead to sales losses for manufacturers and retailers, which amount to roughly one billion Euro a year according to current studies. 4brands Reply is developing the "connected shelf" – an intelligent, fully-networked shelf.

Price and condition management

Case Study

With 4brands Reply, Zentis streamlines pricing models to enhance sales and financial functions

Zentis achieves automation and transparency to better calculate pricing models for customers. Complex pricing models were creating excessive work and complexity for the sales and account teams at Zentis, driving it to identify an optimised IT solution. SAP Business Warehouse provides a homogeneous database that simulates conditional scenarios to support Zentis in planning pricing models with its clients.

With 4brands Reply, Zentis streamlines pricing models to enhance sales and financial functions 0

Award Winning Solution

Best Practice

Smart glasses in use: efficient data acquisition for shelf surveys at the point of sale using data glasses

With Smart Glasses and the Android based App, sales representatives can detect the status quo easily and faster at POS: they have their hands free and the products will be shown in the right sequence. Now, they save time and benefit from the information gathered during the visit, which is more reliable than the current process. Furthermore, they can identify abnormalities on the shelf more easily.

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CRM for Retail

Case Study

Rotkaeppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien: fit for the future with Reply

The elegant bottles in the sparkling wine cellars of Rotkaeppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien represent a unique success story for the leader in the German sparkling wine market. To help maintain its position, the company has replaced its previous CRM solution with the leading consumer goods customer management and mobility software platform implemented by 4brands Reply.

Rotkaeppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien fit for the future with Reply 0

SAP App Center

Product

Our Apps listed at SAP

The following apps of 4brands Reply are listed in the SAP App Center:

- Marketing Data Hub 4CE
- Connected Shelf
- Smart POS Category Management

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Integration

Best Practice

Integration of category management within the SAP Netweaver landscape

Category Management is a time-consuming process, that keeps CM employees from focusing on tasks actually assigned to them. Mapping Efficient Consumer Response to an integrated SAP system landscape In the CM area, 4brands Reply provides the solution.

23.09.2020 - 24.09.2020 / Berlin

Event

SAP NOW 2020

Reply is represented with a booth at SAP NOW 2020, the event for digitization and innovation in Berlin, on 23 and 24 September. Find out more about the SAP portfolio of 4brands Reply, Syskoplan Reply and Portaltech Reply. At SAP NOW, key issues of digitization and smart business in the Experience Economy are discussed.

22.01.2020 - 23.01.2020 / Berlin

Event

4brands Reply at LZ Open 2020

4brands Reply, the consumer goods specialist of the Reply Group, presents "AI Store Check" on 22 and 23 January 2020 at the LZ Open in Berlin at booth number 11. The annual kick-off event of the Lebensmittel-Zeitung networks the most important decision makers from the retail and FMCG industries.

18.09.2019 - 19.09.2019 / Essen

Event

ECR Tag 2019 with 4brands Reply

Find out about the future trends in offline and online retailing and meet the consumer goods experts from 4brands Reply at ECR Day 2019 - the congress for the retail and consumer goods industry - on 18 and 19 September 2019 in Essen at booth No. 32.

Design Thinking

Best Practice

Design for Innovation

A room for innovations, designed to stimulate creativity and create sustainable solutions.

Germany - Reply's Design Thinking Labs for INDUSTRY 4.0 and DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION provide spaces for co-creative developments in interdisciplinary teams to develop innovative products, solutions, services and business models based on groundbreaking technology.

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09.09.2019 - 10.09.2019 / Krombach

Event

SAP-Forum for the Consumer Goods Industry 2019

The SAP Forum für die Konsumgüterindustrie takes place in Krombach on 9 and 10 September 2019.

11.09.2019 - 12.09.2019 / Essen

Event

SAP-Infotage Business Data and Analytics

On 11 and 12 September 2019, the SAP Business Data and Analytics information days give you first-hand information on what constitutes an intelligent data and analytics strategy. 4brands Reply and Blue Reply are among the specialists on this topic at the event.

13.03.2019 - 14.03.2019 / Berlin

Event

SAP NOW 2019

SAP NOW 2019 takes place in Berlin on March 13 and 14. Reply participates with a booth where you can learn more about the SAP portfolio of 4brands Reply, Portaltech Reply and Syskoplan Reply. Also, join us for our workshop on China Commerce.

23.01.2019 - 24.01.2019 / Berlin

Event

LZ Open 2019: Meeting Point for the Food and Beverage Industry

4brands Reply, the consumer goods specialist of the Reply Group, is partner of the LZ Open in Berlin from 23 to 24 January 2019. The annual kick-off event of the Lebensmittel-Zeitung brings together the most important decision-makers from the retail and the FMCG sector.

16.10.2018 - 18.10.2018 / Leipzig

Event

Business without borders: The DSAG-Jahreskongress 2018

The DSAG-Jahreskongress will take place at the Congress Center Leipzig from 16 to 18 October 2018. With a broad portfolio of topics ranging from various SAP solutions such as C/4HANA or Leonardo to trend topics such as Data Driven Intelligence and Process Automation to topics from the consumer goods industry, 4brands Reply, Blue Reply and Syskoplan Reply are present at the event with an own booth.

19.09.2018 - 20.09.2018 / Wiesbaden

Event

4brands Reply at ECR Tag 2018

With over 800 participants, ECR Tag is the leading trade congress of the German consumer goods industry. 4brands Reply is represented as gs1 Germany Solution Partner with its own booth. On September 19, Heiner von Brachel, Senior Manager at 4brands Reply, will talk in the "Customer Journey 4.0" forum about how smart data and digital tools can improve sales potential.

A partner for implementation

Partnership

4BRANDS REPLY: OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE GS1 SOLUTION PARTNERS

As a GS1 Solution Partner, 4brands Reply has access to an extensive and competent network of service providers and get information on the development of standards early on. Our customers profit from suatinable solutions, based on GS1, ready to use solutions along the entire value chain and enhanced investment security due to project experience over many years.

PSA4Sales Template

Best Practice

PSA4Sales – The well-established industry solution for trade management

To enable brand manufacturers to plan their distribution and marketing activities in a more targeted manner, 4brands Reply developed an innovative industry solution for SAP customers, which it is further developing on an ongoing basis.

Product App

Best Practice

The 4brands Reply product app: mobile marketing at point of sale

With ProduktAPP, a 4brands Reply GmbH & Co. KG application, marketing staff at consumer goods manufacturers can prepare production information for consumers in a way that allows it to be accessed on the Web via product barcodes or straight off the shelf. A dialog with the consumer can be carried on via a cellphone, whenever and wherever the consumer wants.

11.09.2018 - 12.09.2018 / Stuttgart

Event

SAP-Forum for the Consumer Goods Industry 2018

4brands Reply will be a partner at the 12th SAP-Forum für die Konsumgüterindustrie which will take place on 11 and 12 September 2018. Listen to practical reports and discuss the future of the consumer goods industry in person with IT and industry experts from selected companies.

4BRANDS REPLY

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