Business Intelligence Analytics

Food Technical Consulting (FTC) now offers Business Analytics consulting services within the food & beverage industries. Our business analytics (BA) products and services are primarily built around leading international software suppliers like SAP and other partnerships within the upper right hand quadrant listed by the prestigious Gartner organization. We also have an exclusive partnership with a leading software company that has helped four companies win the prestigious Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award!

Our business performance analytics consulting services are closely linked to Lean Manufacturing and enterprise simulation modeling expertise to extract further value from the business data. Our lean manufacturing business staff consultant is internationally known, the author of two books, and has the unique qualification of providing lean manufacturing certification.

In an increasingly tight business economy during recessionary time, businesses are continually pressured to drive more business value from their business data and ERP software investments. As a result, business information (BI) analytics represents a vast frontier of unlimited potential for gaining that competitive business and market share edge. Our primary Business Analytics focus is Finance, Marketing, Operations, CRM, and Marketing.

FTC Supporting Business Intelligence (BI) Consulting Services:

  1. ROI Analytics for Software and Other CAPEX Investments
  2. Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Development (SAP Business Objects Xcelcius Enterprise Software)
  3. Industry Benchmarking
  4. The Balanced Scorecard Visualization
  5. Business Performance Dashboard Structure
  6. Scalable Business Performance Reporting (Individual →Department →Enterprise)
  7. What-If Business Scenario Evaluations
  8. Statistical Analysis of Business Data
  9. Business Analytics Services for Small to Mid-Tier Companies (SAP Business Objects Edge BI)
  Products and Services
  • Food Innovation Workshops

    Food Innovation Workshops

    The Food Innovation Institute (FII), the education and training division of Food Technical Consulting sponsors unique food innovation classes on an international basis based on two Harvard Business Press innovation books.


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  • Structured Food Cost Reduction Consulting

    Structured Food Cost Reduction Consulting

    FTC uses its own copyrighted PROCAM© Process Cost Analysis Methodology at the manufacturing plant level to reduce your food costs through improved production efficiencies and unnecessary processing costs at the SKU level – sometimes called Activity Based Costing (ABC).


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  • Food Safety & Quality Assessment Consulting

    Food Safety & Quality Assessment Consulting

    FTC develops detailed food safety; HACCP, quality assurance, and product recall programs for emerging new restaurant chains, or a critical assessment of existing programs in established chains. These quality gap assessments are critical in identifying holes in your customer food safety shield.


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  • A – Z Food Truck Business Development Consulting

    A â Z Food Truck Business Development Consulting

    FTC is passionate about mobile food retailing, and has assembled an expert team of food safety and equipment experts, culinary chefs, business and financial analysts, attorneys, and operations experts to help aspiring business owners develop and implement successful business and marketing plans.


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  • Continuous Quality Product Improvement Consulting

    Continuous Quality Product Improvement Consulting

    FTC provides proven expertise and experience at continually driving quality of your products at the manufacturing level to insure your customers last eating experience equaled their first WOW moment – and at lower food costs when applicable.


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  • International Supply Chain Development

    International Supply Chain Development

    FTC provides experienced supply chain development to support international store expansions through sourcing suppliers, product and process specification development, food safety/HACCP and quality program development, alternate supplier approvals, cost reductions, and continuous quality improvement.


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  • Foodservice Equipment Testing and Validation

    Foodservice Equipment Testing and Validation

    FTC retains the leading foodservice equipment engineering and testing consultants who have led and developed some of the most innovative equipment in history. FTC has led projects representing 40% cost reduction projects, and developed leading equipment innovations like Boston Market’s rotisserie cooking oven.


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  • Food Litigation Expert Witness

    Food Litigation Expert Witness

    Food Technical Consulting provides food litigation expert witness support to the restaurant industry in the areas of food product liability. plant safety, patent infringement product claims, contract disputes, product formulas, regulatory compliance, store operations safety, bioterrorism, and food processing issues.

     


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Darrel Suderman
Darrel Suderman, Ph.D., is president of Food Technical Consulting and founder of Food Innovation Institute. He has held senior R&D/QA leadership positions at KFC, Boston Market, Church's Chicken and Quiznos and led KFC’s development team of “Popcorn Chicken”, now a $1B international product –invented by Gene Gagliardi.