Viewpoints about 'Article'

Platform-based Product Development: Reduce Complexity and Save Millions

November 15th, 2010 | by George Young

This November 2010 Food Manufacturing column explores platform-based product development, a sometimes-controversial effort central to any strategic initiative aimed at reducing complexity and its associated costs. Read More

Topics: Article, Complexity Management, Complexity Reduction, Consumer, Consumer Goods, Consumer Products, CPG, F&B, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, George Young, Innovation, Innovation Strategy, Platform-based Product Development, Product Development, Product Innovation

Complexity Reduction: Cleaning House Without Sacrificing Innovation

September 2nd, 2010 | by George Young

This August 2010 Food Manufacturing column discusses product, raw material, and supplier rationalization and how F&B companies can  implement this process within their organization. Read More

Topics: Article, Complexity Management, CPG, F&B, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Product Rationalization, Rationalization, SKU, SKU Rationalization

Innovation Leadership: How to Reignite Innovation in Your Organization

June 29th, 2010 | by Ken Parekh

Reigniting the innovation engine after a turbulent two years of layoffs, cutbacks, mergers and consolidations will prove to be difficult, especially for those companies left with limited resources for innovation. This Supply & Demand Chain Executive article discusses four leading practices that executives can apply to their organizations and their supply chains. Read More

Topics: Article, Collaboration, Innovation, Innovation Culture, Innovation Leadership, Innovation Teams, Leadership, Learning, Supply Chain

PLM Product Data Record Is Key To Unlocking Traceability

June 1st, 2010 | by George Young

This May 2010 Food Manufacturing article explores how F&B companies can enable traceability and guarantee compliance by implementing a product lifecycle management (PLM) system to manage the product data record. Read More

Topics: Article, Compliance, Consumer Goods, Consumer Safety, CPG, F&B, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, Food Recall, Food Safety, George Young, PLM, Product Data Model, Product Data Record, Product Development, Product Lifecycle Management, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Traceability

Forget Cooperation, Let’s Talk Collaboration

Beverage Spectrum

May 27th, 2010 | by Mike Friedman and Helayne Angelus | 2 comments

This Beverage Spectrum article by Debbie Wildrick interviews Kalypso's Mike Friedman and Helayne Angelus on collaborative innovation in the beverage market. Read More

Topics: Article, Coca Cola, Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, F&B, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, Helayne Angelus, Manufacturing, Mike Friedman, Private Brands, Private Label, Retail, Retailers

Collaborative Innovation: How to Partner For Profit With Retailers

March 2010 Food Manufacturing column

March 15th, 2010 | by George Young

This March 2010 Food Manufacturing column examines four actionable steps food and beverage manufacturers can take to implement a successful collaborative innovation strategy with retailers. Read More

Topics: Article, Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, Consumer Goods, Consumer Insights, Consumer Products, F&B, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, Innovation, Innovation Strategy, Joint Business Planning, Open Innovation, Organizational Alignment, Retail, Retailers

The Private Brand Revolution: The Manufacturers’ Playbook to Drive Brand Demand

February 17th, 2010 | by George Young

As retailers continue expanding their private brand strategies, here are five strategies food and beverage manufacturers should consider adding to their playbooks to drive demand for their brands. Read More

Topics: Article, Brand Strategies, Collaborative Innovation, Disruptive Innovation, F&B, Food and Beverage, George Young, Innovation, Manufacturing, Own Label, Pricing, Private Brands, Private Label, Retail, Retailers, Value, Value Management

Innovating for the New Reality: 5 Strategies to Grow & Have Fun Again

February 15th, 2010 | by Bill Poston

Question your entire business model -- sell your product as a service, change your delivery model, tie your price to customer value. Read More

Topics: Article, Bill Poston, IndustryWeek, Innovation, Manufacturing, Recession, Strategy

Improving Time to Market with Product Lifecycle Management

August 18th, 2009 | by Kalypso

Insights on deploying a best-in-class PLM implementation approach to improve time to market. Read More

Topics: Article, PLM, TTM

CPG Product Development Processes in the 21st Century: PLM Emerges as a Key Innovation Driver

July 24th, 2009 | by Chip Perry

Chip Perry and Max Cochet penned this chapter for the new book Integrated Approach to New Food Product Development (CRC Press, 2009). Read More

Topics: Article, CPG, Food and Beverage, PLM, Product Development, Traceability

Why Your Intellectual Property Isn’t Generating Cash Flow

February 3rd, 2009 | by Bill Poston

This article featured in PDMA Visions Magazine provides a process for assessing the value of these assets and unlocking their value. Read More

Topics: Article, Intellectual Property, IP

Competing with the Truth: Master Data Management in Discrete Manufacturing

December 10th, 2008 | by Kalypso

This article discusses major business hurdles created by redundant and inconsistent data in discrete manufacturing, and outlining new tools, techniques and governing principles that are emerging to address the issue. Read More

Topics: Article, Discrete, Manufacturing, Master Data Management

Driving Sustainable Innovation with High Performance Teams

September 24th, 2008 | by Kalypso

While innovation has become a mantra for delivering growth, the challenge lies in achieving and sustaining innovation to realize year-in and year-out success. This article describes a critical component this achieving this success - your people. Read More

Topics: Article, Innovation, Resources, Teams

Speed to Market or FDA Compliance? It Must Be Both

April 2nd, 2008 | by Kalypso

Medical device manufacturing companies don’t have the luxury of being able to choose between either focusing on speed to market or FDA compliance. Rather, they must address both equally. Balancing product development effectiveness with regulatory compliance is yet another strategy on the road to success. This article provides tips on how this can best be accomplished. Read More

Topics: Article, Compliance, Medical Device, Product Development, TTM