What C+P Consulting does

C+P Consulting GmbH is a Hamburg-based, founder-owned consulting firm specializing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for global consumer packaged goods manufacturers. Founded by Lucio Pieroni and Marco Caprino, the firm is deliberately structured as a small, senior team of 14+ specialists operating from three global offices, with no junior bench between clients and the practitioners doing the work. Its four practice areas are PLM Consulting (platform selection, implementation, integration, and adoption), Innovation Transformation (front-end-of-innovation, portfolio planning, and stage-gate governance), Project & Portfolio Strategy (program governance and KPIs), and Business Intelligence & Reporting (dashboards and data flows built on top of PLM data).

The firm has no proprietary software platform; differentiation rests on a standard-first, six-phase delivery methodology (Assess, Design, Build, Migrate, Adopt, Optimize) that emphasizes structured fit-gap, blueprint sign-off, early Conference Room Pilot validation, and early complexity resolution before UAT. Domain expertise spans food, beverage, beauty, home care, ingredients, flavours and fragrances, specialty chemicals, paints/inks/coatings, and tobacco, with 19+ PLM/PMS implementations and 13 named enterprise clients including Nestlé, Mondelēz, Ferrero, Lindt, Henkel, JTI, JDE Peet's, Döhler, Europastry, Intersnack, Perfetti Van Melle, CPW, and Bolton Group.

Revenue is generated through project-based, quote-sized professional services engagements delivered on-site from blueprint through go-live and optimization, with ongoing Kaizen handovers. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales with senior specialist involvement from first contact, supported by a website, LinkedIn presence, and published case studies. The firm has no disclosed funding, no acquisitions, and no parent company, leaving it concentrated in ownership and reliant on a focused CPG/FMCG client base.

Name

C+P Consulting

Legal name

C+P Consulting GmbH

Website

https://cpluspconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

C+P Consulting is a Hamburg-based boutique consulting firm delivering PLM implementation, innovation transformation, project/portfolio strategy, and BI/reporting services to global CPG and FMCG manufacturers. A 14+ senior specialist team across three offices executes engagements standard-first from blueprint through go-live.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

PLM Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Innovation, Product & R&D Consulting (BPAHACAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

ERP, CRM & Enterprise Applications Consulting (BPAHAEAI)

Keywords

• PLM consulting services
• Product lifecycle management
• CPG PLM implementation
• Innovation transformation consulting
• Project portfolio management

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Services / Consulting Engagements: Project-based consulting engagements for PLM implementation, innovation transformation, project and portfolio strategy, and business intelligence/reporting. Engagements are sized to client situation and cover the full lifecycle from assessment through adoption and optimization.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

C+P Consulting is a specialist consulting firm delivering Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) implementation, innovation transformation, project and portfolio strategy, and business intelligence/reporting services to global consumer packaged goods and FMCG manufacturers. Engagements cover ROI assessment, platform selection, blueprint design, specification and formulation management, regulatory and labelling automation, data migration, integration, and adoption support, delivered on-site by senior specialists from blueprint to go-live and optimization.

Product overview

C+P Consulting is a consulting and advisory firm specializing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for consumer goods manufacturers. Rather than a software platform, the offering consists of four interconnected consulting services: PLM Consulting (the core offering for PLM implementation, integration, and adoption), Innovation Transformation (connecting innovation strategy to business outcomes), Project & Portfolio Strategy (governance and execution discipline for complex programs), and Business Intelligence & Reporting (dashboards and analytics built on top of PLM and product systems). Services are delivered by a team of 14+ senior specialists across three global offices, following a structured delivery methodology from assessment through optimization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PLM Consulting Core PLM consulting service covering ROI and capability assessment, strategy and development roadmap, system implementation and integration, specification and formulation management, regulatory and labelling calculation, data migration, process re-engineering, and adoption and training. Delivered via a six-phase engagement model (Assess, Design, Build, Migrate, Adopt, Optimize) for global CPG manufacturers.
• Innovation Transformation Consulting service connecting innovation and technology strategy to business strategy, helping consumer goods companies turn ideas into measurable, repeatable innovation rates. Covers idea and opportunity management, front-end-of-innovation strategy, technology and capability roadmaps, portfolio planning and prioritization, stage-gate and governance design, and innovation KPIs and rate tracking.
• Project & Portfolio Strategy Agile phase-and-gate discipline, governance, and prioritization service keeping complex portfolios on schedule, on budget, and focused on value. Includes portfolio prioritization and sequencing, program and project management, risk management and mitigation, governance and decision cadence, and project KPIs and reporting.
• Business Intelligence & Reporting Reporting and analytics service that turns fragmented product data into decision-ready dashboards and automated data flows. Builds executive summaries, portfolio and pipeline dashboards, compliance and regulatory dashboards, what-if scenario analysis, automated digitized data flows, and KPI design and data governance.

Quantifiable outcome

• Greenfield PLM implementation adopted on time with single source of truth for specifications and formulations across multiple plants
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Razorleaf Corporation: US-headquartered independent PLM consulting firm specializing in Dassault and Siemens platform implementations. Comparable specialist depth and methodology-driven delivery model targeting manufacturers.
• CENIT AG: German-based PLM consulting and software services firm with deep enterprise customer base. Direct competitor in DACH-region PLM implementation work, similar scale and CPG/industrial customer overlap.
• Kalypso (a PTC business): PLM and digital transformation consultancy acquired by PTC, focused on product innovation and PLM strategy. Direct competitor on PLM strategy, implementation, and adoption engagements for manufacturers.
• Solution Innovation Group (Sconce Solutions): Specialist PLM consulting firm delivering implementation services across Dassault, Siemens, and PTC platforms. Closely comparable in offering, scale, and customer segment to mid-tier CPG and industrial clients.
• Theorem Solutions: Independent engineering and PLM services firm with global delivery and CPG/industrial focus. Overlaps with C+P on PLM implementation, integration, and digital thread engagements.

Broad incumbents

• Tata Consultancy Services: Global IT services major with a manufacturing/PLM practice actively serving Nestlé, Mondelēz, and other C+P clients. Competes on scale, global delivery, and price on multi-site PLM rollouts.
• Capgemini Engineering: Global SI with dedicated PLM and digital engineering practice serving CPG, automotive, and industrial clients. Competes for full-scope PLM programs alongside C+P and other specialists.
• Deloitte (Digital / PLM): Big Four firm with a consumer products PLM transformation practice. Frequently invited to enterprise PLM RFPs alongside independents like C+P, with broader change-management capability.
• Accenture (PLM Practice): Global systems integrator with a sizeable consumer goods PLM and product innovation practice. Competes for the same enterprise transformation RFPs at much greater scale and broader service portfolio.

Emerging players

• Minerva Industrial Solutions: Boutique PLM and digital transformation consultancy focused on Dassault and Siemens platforms for manufacturers. Smaller and more regional than C+P but overlapping in PLM implementation methodology and customer segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cpluspconsulting
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cppconsulting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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