The Governed Enterprise
An AI Governance Playbook for Consumer Goods
An agentic procurement system clears a purchase order no one authorized. An AI writes a label claim that falls under FDA requirements. A retailer's supplier audit starts asking how your AI systems are governed, and the answer has to be in writing.
This is the first AI governance playbook written specifically for consumer goods, from food and beverage to cosmetics, pet food, and household products, and the compliance issues each one faces. It was written because the book did not exist. General AI governance frameworks explain the principles. This one is written for the operator who has to run them.
Ebook available now. Paperback and hardcover August 4.
What it covers
The book works function by function. Marketing and sales, where AI generates claim language faster than any review process was built to handle. Supply chain, where agentic systems commit the company to terms. Manufacturing and quality, where a plant learns to work around an AI that is usually right. Finance, where an algorithmic pricing tool can create antitrust exposure without anyone intending to coordinate.
It covers shadow AI and why banning it fails, the governance structures that hold authority rather than offer advice, risk tiering that decides which deployments need review, contract language for AI vendors, and the regulatory picture, including the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, and the retailer requirements that will arrive before any of them are enforced.
Every named example and statistic is sourced to public reporting. Nothing goes in unverified.
"The most practical guide to AI governance currently available for senior leaders in consumer packaged goods companies."
— Readers' Favorite, 5 Stars
"An operating manual for leaders who need to turn AI governance into everyday practice."
— Literary Titan, 5 Stars
"For any CPG executive whose company is already using AI without a governance framework, The Governed Enterprise is not optional reading."
— Readers' Favorite, 5 Stars
"A rigorous, executive-focused guide that belongs on every boardroom bookshelf."
— BookView Review, Recommended Gold Badge
"Essential reading for leaders navigating AI's growing operational and regulatory risks."
— The Prairies Book Review
Paperback $29.99 · ISBN 979-8-9960620-0-3
Hardcover $39.99 · ISBN 979-8-9960620-2-7
Kindle $12.99 · ISBN 979-8-9960620-1-0
Published August 4, 2026 by R&B Carthage Press
Library of Congress Control Number: 2026918834