With more than 20 years in the industry, we have developed a vast experience of the challenges and issues facing FMCG manufacturers.
Across a broad spectrum of roles, ranging from Field Sales to Managing Director, IBS can offer hands-on, real-life understanding that will ensure a seamless integration within your organization. It is our experience that has shaped our direction.

Constant throughout this experience has been our unwavering focus towards delivering real business development. We have a passion for identifying and implementing strategic initiatives that improve business performance. Initiatives that bring together data, people, systems and processes creating breakthrough insights in a simple, no nonsense format which our Clients will wholeheartedly embrace.

We believe that by bridging the gaps and enabling people to make better informed business decisions, your business will prosper. We see shortcomings in the service offers available to FMCG organizations in the current environment.

We see the first of these shortcomings in the area of data provision.

There is a huge difference between data provision and self analysis, compared to detailed and concise interpretation, leading to the genuine breakthrough insights and readily implementable actions which are required.

Traditional data processors focus on the delivery of on-time, accurate data behind a sometimes complicated software interface that has a plethora of one size fits all reports, charts and tables. You are on your own to interpret the data after that.

At IBS we believe it’s time to deliver a service designed to improve the value for money manufacturers are realizing on their expensive retail data contracts. At the same time addressing internal system and process issues underlying the reasons behind a lack of informed, strategic, corporate development.

At IBS we have experienced first hand the impediments towards identifying these “gems” that will transform your business. Some of these included:

• Internal personnel being “too close” to the issues to develop an unbiased evaluation of the facts at hand.
• Day-to-day administrative activities continually restrict the time resource available to filter, interpret and apply meaningful strategy to the base data.
• Too many pieces of critical business information remain disparate and just too hard and time consuming to pull together.
• Individuals may have specific strengths in areas other than the methodical interpretation of data and subsequently this responsibility is either completely ignored or apportioned to a newly appointed graduate with little or no real world experience.
• Software sellers have the primary objective of increasing revenues for their organization. Make no mistake, the promise of a mutual business partnership is not a top priority. Ask yourself just how much value you are realizing from your current client service executive. How well do they really understand your business and how are they pro-actively addressing the key issues that matter most to you?

At the end of the day, anyone can sell software and periodically poke their head in the door to see how things are going. Not everyone can truly become a part of your business and focus on the things that matter most to you.

IBS are committed to becoming a trusted business partner to your organization. Dealing with the critical business issues hand in hand with you and your team.

The second area of opportunity lies in the fundamental system and process framework upon which your organization operates.

IBS focus specifically on the Sales & Marketing functions and to a lesser extent involve alternate functional areas such as Finance, Supply Chain.

Take the time to discuss with us the challenges facing your team. Let IBS review, develop and subsequently integrate an optimal framework upon which to eliminate many of the inefficiencies facing your day-to-day operations.

It is our first hand experiences that ensure IBS really deliver a consultancy service that understands your business needs better than any other.

Our experience will ensure the systems, processes and people within your organization realize their fullest potential.

We pride ourselves on our client centric work ethos. So much so, that you will feel like we are one of your very own employees through the course of our engagement.

When your business makes the decision to enlist the services of IBS you can be assured of our total commitment towards delivering genuinely meaningful, easily utilized outputs.

Guaranteeing that your people will readily accept and assimilate these learnings, systems and processes into their everyday working life.

On either short or long term consultancy projects, IBS will be a part of your business from the very start, to the very end.

IBS will strive to deliver for our Clients:

• A subjective, data driven perspective of their current business environment
• Creativity to find new solutions and new options
• Strong communication skills across all levels of their organization
• Respect for their confidentiality and culture
• Flexibility in facilitating change or adapting to changing needs
• Vision to see possibilities beyond the obvious
• Partnership in working with clients or customers
• Leadership in setting an example for others to follow

At IBS, we know what we do well. So we don't try and be "all things to all people" with a myriad of service offerings.

IBS works hand in hand with our Clients on a select variety of Commercial based projects.

Our services encompass two key areas:

Trade Investment Optimization

Utilizing our unique scorecard methodology, IBS critically evaluates our Clients' historic promotional activities ensuring all future investment becomes significantly more efficient, resulting in improved sales results and profitability.

System & Process Improvement

Let IBS assist your business, delving deep into the underlying issues for system and process inefficiency, working hand in hand with your people to identify, analyze and instill an optimal future framework.

IBS take pride in our relatively narrow, yet diverse range of commercial scenarios within which we are able to contribute towards our Clients’ business. We will bridge the gap between your Sales and Marketing initiatives, from strategy right through to implementation.

Whether it is a short or long term assignment, you can be assured IBS will deliver a dedicated, committed resource that will exceed your expectations. Accurate, insightful, on time delivery of agreed project objectives are guaranteed.

Invest Business Systems is committed to providing you with competitive solutions that deliver accurate, real-time business information for faster, better decision-making throughout your enterprise.