EY Consumer Products RiskUniverse®

Strategic Operations Operations Compliance

Governance: Sales & Marketing:
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Regulatory:
 Board Performance Marketing
 Advertising Hazards:  Data Protection and Privacy
 Tone at The Top  International Dealings
 Research & Development  Natural Events
 Control Environment  Product Quality/Safety
 Sales & Pricing  Terrors & Malicious Acts
 Corporate Social Responsibility  Health & Safety
 Customer Support/Management  Business Continuity Planning
 Competitive Practices/
Planning and Resource Allocation:  Retailer Relationships
Physical Assets: Anti-Trade
 Organizational Structure  Innovation
 Real Estate  Tax Compliance and Tax
 Strategic Planning  Trend Optimization
  Property, Plant & Equipment Authority Examination
 Channel Stuffing/Brand Mortgaging
Annual Budgeting  Inventory Management
 Effectiveness of trade spending
 Forecasting  Sales and Marketing
 Predatory Pricing Tax Operations:
 JV’s /Alliances and Partnerships  Maintaining Brand Value/Minimizing  Tax Department Operations
 Special Purpose Entities Private Label Encroachmen  Tax Technology and Knowledge
 Technology Enablement
Supply Chain: Management
 Tax Planning
 Master Planning & Forecasting Financial
Major Initiatives:  Inventory
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Vision and Direction 
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Procurement
Production
Compliance
Planning and Execution Market:
 Measurement & Monitoring  Distribution
 Interest Rate
 Technology Implementations
 Transportation & Logistics Code of Conduct : 
 Cost Control Foreign Currency
 Business Acceptance  Ethics  Commodity
 After Sales Support/Customer Support  Fraud
  Derivatives
Mergers, Acquisition & Divesture: Diversification of Manufacturing
 Valuation and Pricing  Increasing Use of Third Party Legal:
Manufacturing  Contract Liquidity and Credit:
 Due Diligence  Cash Management
 Raw Material/Inputs Pricings  Liability
 Execution and Integration  Funding
 Transfer pricing  Intellectual Property
 Emergence of Private Equity Firms  Hedging
as Buyers People/Human Resources:  Anti-Corruption  Credit and Collections
 Culture  Global Counterfeiting  Insurance
Market Dynamics:  Recruiting & Retention  Warranty
 Competition  Development & Performance  Increased regulatory pressure Accounting and Reporting:
 Macro-Economic Factors  Succession Planning on products/ingredients
 Lifestyle Trends  Compensation & Benefits  Accounting, Reporting and
 Socio-Political  Labor Relations Regulatory: Disclosure
 Brand Dilution  Trade
Information Technology:  Internal Control
 Customs
 Globalization of Brands  IT Management  Labor
 Private Label  Information Protection  Securities
Capital Structure:
 IT Availability/Continuity 
Communication & Investor Environment
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 Decision Support Debt
Relations:  IT Architecture  Equity
 Media Relations  IT Outsourcing  Pension Funds