Food Brand Companies
Dear Innovation Manager, Product Developer, Marketeer and Buyer,
Do you have limited market knowledge and do you lack the capacity to search and find the most suitable Food Contract Manufacturer?
Do you want to change your current Producer or benchmark it?
Then you should bring in Cibus Nexum as your independent intermediary in the food industry.
What about co-manufacturing?
You might think, involving a third party may bring along additional risks and increase cost. Well, global trends and our experience show quite the opposite. Doing business with a good contract manufacturer brings following advantages:
- Flexibility and agility to speed up time-to-market
- Scalability to adapt to your growth
- Access to their knowledge and research and development resources
- Save on cost, resources and assets
- Better budget control in the entire product life cycle.
Of course you might run into a lot of questions and perhaps not know where to start. Making the right preparations are needed to get the best out of a search for possible candidates.
No worries, we are here to help you!
Need for innovation
In the food industry, continuous innovation, product improvement, Time to Market and margin retention are absolute prerequisites to gain and maintain a competitive advantage. Preferably you do all this by yourself, at your own production location.
Outsourcing production
However, there are plenty of reasons and advantages to outsource production:
- Lower cost
- Higher quality
- Better production capabilities
Our network contains your solution
Approach
Cibus Nexum has a vetted manufacturing network, secured knowledge and an always expanding set of tools to tackle every outsourcing project.
Method
After we have found the most suitable Food Contract Manufacturer, we jointly proceed from your idea to a finished goods. We do this in the following way:
Cibus Nexum
We experience that Brand owners, from start-ups to large companies, have to reinvent the wheel again and again. There is often no structural knowledge assurance, for example due to staff turnover and limited current market knowledge or an unclear outsourcing strategy.
That’s why Cibus Nexum – We are here to stay
Frequently asked Questions
What is Cibus Nexum
As connectors in the food industry, we make connections as a mediator between buyer and producer: we match supply and demand. The way we work is unique in Europe. Offering certainty, giving guarantees and securing knowledge with the ultimate goal: unburdening.
What else does Cibus Nexum do?
We do not only make connections, but we actually deliver. We connect company X with company Y and ensure that everything starts to flow. Cibus Nexum provides full support in this process: we ensure that the product is produced and placed on the shelves.
Will Cibus Nexum help me in the search for a suitable partner?
Sure thing, we are here to guide you through the process and match you with the right partners for your product(s). We aim for 100% customer satisfaction and we do not sell ‘no’.
To what extent does Cibus Nexum support my organization?
We think along and support at the following levels:
Brief: Independent advice in assessing the business case of a new customer
Search: Capabilities, Market, Techno, Capacities, off the shelf vs new (molds), upstream buying, Food Safety issues, Capex, Amortization, MOQ, MPQ, Suppliers & Buyers network, own CN database, exchanges, external database.
Match: Help with matching specifications, support with contract review and negotiation; QA, Food Safety issues, Capex, Amortization, Contract, Negotiations template.
Deliver: Implementation and project management
What can Cibus Nexum offer me in concrete terms?
We enter into discussions with purchasing and R&D managers who themselves face challenges related to outsourcing and new product development (NPD).
With us you are mainly presented with a choice, a customized package. At Cibus Nexum you can choose from various menus, or from parts thereof.
Does Cibus Nexum offer support in Private Label or branded products?
Both of course!
In most cases branded products are the subject of outsourcing or external manufacturing. Such products are often produced by manufacturers (3PM) who are also producing PL products, for instance for retail customers. The Cibus Nexum team uses their knowledge for both PL and branded.