The work researches foreign experience of developing consumer goods enterprises to define methodic basics of the economic entity management system, and optimal use of positive external and internal forces. Within the comparative analysis the history of developing the countries that have strong competitive positions in the consumer goods industry is systemized, factors that had an impact on industrial production are revealed, the role of the state in the development is analyzed, and mechanisms of regulating the consumer goods industry are defined. The authors form structural models of the industry functioning that make it possible to analyze competitiveness, sustainability and economic safety of the industry in the countries under consideration. Based on the conducted research, the main factors that make the basis for development and growth of the industry in foreign countries are generalized. Besides, methods and techniques are recommended by the authors for domestic enterprises. These recommendations can improve the efficiency of active internal production counteraction to both internal and especially external destabilization forces.