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Viewpoints about 'CPG'
Mike Friedman Makes His 2013 Breakthrough Innovation Predictions for CPG
Nostradamus, Carnac the Magnificent and of course those pesky Mayans have all made predictions regarding the future, right or wrong, and with varying degrees of gravity - each using their own unique system. Mike Friedman, Kalypso's consumer packaged goods (CPG) seer, makes a few predictions for breakthrough innovation in 2013 in the CPG industry. Read More
Topics: 3D Printing, Big Data, Big Data Strategy, Business Model Platforms, CPG, CPG Innovation, CPG Trends, CPG Trends 2013, Direct to Consumer, Innovation, Innovation 2013, Innovation Trends 2013, Laura Morey, Mike Friedman, Virtual
Oracle OpenWorld 2012
Fuel Your Innovation
Heading to Oracle OpenWorld September 30 – October 4, 2012? As a sponsor of this year’s Oracle OpenWorld, we can’t wait to meet you. Make sure you visit Kalypso’s booth to learn, share, and network with the world’s premier innovation consulting firm. We’re the big red booth #3432 in Moscone Center West. Stop by and find out what it means to Fuel Your Innovation. Read More
Topics: Consumer Goods, CPG, Innovation, Oracle, Oracle Agile, Oracle Agile PLM, Oracle OpenWorld 2011, PLM, PLM Strategy, Product Lifecycle Management
True Packaging Innovation – Reality or Just a Dream?
For any consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, innovative packaging can set a product apart from the competition and help ensure the success of a new product launch. But the challenge of coordinating packaging development with product launch schedules, strict retailer requirements and consumer research often stands in the way of true packaging innovation. Read More
Topics: CPG, Packaging, Packaging Artwork Management, Packaging Management, Stephen Birtsas
The Project Management Podcast Episode 216: Using Agile for Consumer Goods Development
Matt Priest was invited to join Cornelius Ficht, host of PM Podcast, to discuss how the agile software development process applies to new product development in the consumer goods industry. Listen to the interview below and follow it up by reading the complementary Viewpoint Agile Development Models for Consumer Goods - Not Just for Software Anymore. Read More
Topics: Agile, Agile Development, Agile Software Development, Consumer Goods, CPG, CPG Innovation, Matt Priest, Matthew Priest, New Product Development, Podcast, Product Development, Project Management
The Top Ten Ways for Consumer Goods Companies to Transform the Front End of Innovation
This white paper explores ten key principles that should be considered by any consumer goods company looking to improve their front end of innovation process. This "Top 10" list of industry-leading practices will get companies thinking about how to transform their idea and concept development processes to develop bigger, better ideas and concepts that generate business results. Read More
Topics: CGT, Consumer Goods, Consumer Goods Solutions, Consumer Packaged Goods, Consumer Products, Cor Bosselaar, CPG, CPG FEI, CPG Innovation, FEI, FEI Consulting, FEI Optimizer, FEI Solutions, Front End Consulting, Front End of Innovation, Front End of Innovation Consulting, Innovation, Innovation White Paper, Kimberly-Clark, Sopheon, Top 10, White Papers
On Demand Webcast: Transforming the Front End Of Innovation - A Kimberly-Clark Case Study
Innovation is meant to deliver results. But for most companies, the problem isn’t finding new ideas; it’s finding the best ones. In this on-demand webcast, Cor Bosselaar, Director of Global Innovation Capabilities and Processes for Kimberly-Clark, explores the company’s process for improving their front end of innovation to generate bigger, better ideas for new products. Experts from Sopheon and Kalypso also share the “Top 10” consumer goods industry-leading practices for improving ideation and concept development. Read More
Topics: CGT, Consumer Goods, Consumer Goods Solutions, Consumer Packaged Goods, Consumer Products, Cor Bosselaar, CPG, CPG FEI, CPG Innovation, FEI, FEI Consulting, FEI Optimizer, FEI Solutions, Front End Consulting, Front End of Innovation, Front End of Innovation Consulting, Innovation, Kimberly-Clark, Sopheon
FEI Optimizer for Consumer Goods
FEI Optimizer, a front end of innovation solution for consumer goods, helps companies increase the value of new products by improving ideation and concept development processes. The solution combines software from Sopheon – via the Accolade® Idea LabTM idea management platform – with innovation services from Kalypso to enable companies to transform their front end of innovation. Read More
Topics: Brochure, Consumer Goods, Consumer Goods Solutions, Consumer Packaged Goods, Consumer Products, CPG, FEI, FEI Consulting, FEI Optimizer, FEI Solutions, Front End Consulting, Front End of Innovation, Front End of Innovation Consulting, Innovation
Agile Development Models for Consumer Goods – Not Just for Software Anymore
How does the agile development model used successfully by software companies apply to other product development organizations? Follow these three simple principles to improve product development success in any industry. Read More
Topics: Agile, Consumer Goods, CPG, Innovation, Matt Priest, Product Development
George Young Says: Innovation Predictions for CPG in 2012
Yesterday we released Kalypso's top 5 innovation predictions for 2012, which included some specific trends in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry. I had a chance to sit down with George Young and get his view on these plus a few more of his predictions for CPG in 2012. Read More
Topics: 2012 Predictions, Cloud-based PLM, Consumer Healthcare, Consumer Packaged Goods, Consumer Safety, CPG, CPG Innovation, CPG Trends, Fast Moving Consumer Healthcare, FDA, Food and Beverage, George Young, Innovation, Innovation 2012, Innovation Articles, Innovation Predictions, Modeling and Simulation, PLM, PLM in CPG
2011 SPIKE Award Announcements
Featuring videos of the winners!
Did you miss the live 2011 SPIKE Award announcements? Don't worry, we recorded it for you! Watch the full presentation and hear from the winners themselves. Visit www.spikesummit.com any time to view all the presentations from the 2011 Social Product innovation Summit. Read More
Topics: Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, Consumer Goods, CPG, Innovation, Product Development, Social Computing, Social Innovation, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Product Development, Social Product Innovation, Spike, Spike Awards, Strategy
Digital Innovation
As the digital space continues to grow in influence, how will your company create a Digital Innovation approach that supports your business strategy and goals? Kalypso’s Digital Innovation approach can help you innovate how you connect with your consumers and shoppers, integrating digital into your marketing strategy and improving return on your investment. Read More
Topics: Brochure, Consumer, Consumer Engagement, Consumer Goods, Consumer Innovation, Consumer Insights, CPG, CPG Innovation, Digital Capabilities, Digital Innovation, Digital Marketing, Innovation, John Groene, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, NPD, Shopper Insights, Shopper Marketing, Social Media, Social Product Innovation, Spike, Strategy
Collaboration and Innovation in CPG and Retail
Consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and retailers are gaining an increase in sales and profits by working together. To better understand the impact of collaborative innovation in CPG and retail, Kalypso collaborated with the Network of Executive Women (NEW) to conduct a survey with their executive membership base. This eBook reveals the results. Read More
Topics: Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, Consumer Goods, Consumer Goods Solutions, Consumer Packaged Goods, CPG, CPG Innovation, ebook, Innovation, Network of Executive Women, Retail, Retail Innovation, Retailers
Top 10 Innovation Viewpoints of 2010
Kalypsonians had a lot to say about innovation in 2010 - we published close to 100 viewpoints, blogs, podcasts, and videos on everything from R&D management to social media to packaging and artwork management. Here, we count down the top 10 most read/watched viewpoints of 2010. Read More
Topics: Blog, Collaboration, CPG, Innovation, Innovation Articles, Kalypso Blog, Kalypso Viewpoints, Medical Device, PPM, Product Development, Product Lifecycle Management, Top 10 Innovation Viewpoints, Viewpoints
Path to Partner: Fred Brown
Fred Brown, recently promoted to Partner, discusses his path to partner at Kalypso. "This is a young firm with great opportunity for every Kalypso employee to demonstrate leadership. You have to step out and make things happen yourself." Read More
Topics: Blog, Careers, Characters with Character, Company Information, CPG, Food and Beverage, Fred Brown, Kalypso Values, Kalypsonians, Leaders Behind the Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Team, Life at Kalypso, Oracle, Oracle Agile, PLM, PLM for Process, PLM Implementation, PLM Partners
Platform-based Product Development: Reduce Complexity and Save Millions
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
PLM Emerges as the Key Innovation Driver for CPG
With 2010 coming to a close, the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry is looking to drive innovation and improve new product success in the next decade. However, many companies are attempting to do so with fewer resources — and often with leaders who lack awareness or ability to change their old ways of doing business. Read More
Topics: Consumer, Consumer Goods, Consumer Products, CPG, Innovation, Perspective, PLM, Product Data Management, Product Data Model, Product Data Record, Product Development, Product Innovation, Product Launch, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Management, Product Quality
Spotlight on Spike Awards CPG & People’s Choice Winner Kimberly-Clark
Two weeks ago we announced the first annual Spike Awards winners. Kimberly-Clark took Spike trophies in both the CPG and People's Choice category. What makes their social product innovation story a double winner? Read More
Topics: Blog, CPG, Kimberly-Clark, Open Innovation, People's Choice, Social Computing, Social Innovation, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Product Development, Social Product Innovation, Social Technology, Spike, Spike Awards, Spike Awards Winners
Kalypso Journey: Chip Perry
Chip Perry, recently promoted to director, shares his Kalypso story. "You can structure a career plan and go after it as you choose." Read More
Topics: Blog, Careers, Chip Perry, Company Information, CPG, Kalypso Values, Kalypsonians, Leaders Behind the Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Team, Life at Kalypso
Winning with Collaborative Innovation: Transforming the Manufacturer-Retailer Partnership
This panel recording from the 2010 Argyle Retail & Consumer Products Forum explores leading practices for developing a successful collaborative partnership while addressing common challenges and barriers between manufacturers and retailers. Read More
Topics: Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, Consumer, Consumer Goods, Consumer Products, CPG, Helayne Angelus, Innovation, Innovation Culture, Innovation Leadership, Innovation Strategy, Innovation Teams, Manufacturers, Manufacturing, Mike Friedman, Podcast, Retail, Retailers
Path to Partner: Scott Gamble
Scott Gamble, recently promoted to Partner, discusses his path to partner at Kalypso. "The Kalypso values are the reason I joined Kalypso." Read More
Topics: Blog, Careers, Company Information, Company Values, CPG, Innovation, Kalypso Values, Kalypsonians, Leaders Behind the Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Team, Life at Kalypso, Path to Partner, Scott Gamble
Complexity Reduction: Cleaning House Without Sacrificing Innovation
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
Weekly Roundup: Social Media, Consumer Immersion, PLM & PPM
This week featured a number of great articles and updates on Kalypso’s various social media channels. Highlights from this past week: social media, consumer immersion, PLM and PPM. Read More
Topics: Blog, CPG, Innovation, PLM, PLM Implementation, PLM Strategy, Portfolio Management, PPM, Product Lifecycle Management, Social Media, Social Product Innovation
Balance Your Product Development Process with PAM
Put an end to packaging artwork disasters
It’s a product developer’s nightmare… a language translation error on your company’s product causes a product recall, or the 800 number on your product’s packaging connects callers to an adult phone line. These types of mistakes may seem farfetched but unfortunately, they happen far too often. Read More
Topics: Artwork, Artwork Management, Consumer Goods, Consumer Products, Consumer Safety, CPG, Label Claims, Life Sciences, Packaging, Packaging Artwork Management, Packaging Management, Perspective, PLM, PLM Systems, Product Development, Product Lifecycle Management
PLM Vivo: Rapid Deployment Product Lifecycle Management for Food & Beverage
This white paper discusses current Food & Beverage industry challenges, the urgent need for traceability, the price of no visibility into the supply chain, and how product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions can drive innovation and growth. Read More
Topics: Agile PLM, Consumer, Consumer Goods, Consumer Products, Consumer Safety, CPG, F&B, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, Food Recall, Food Safety, Formulation Control, George Young, Innovation, Innovation Articles, Innovation White Paper, Oracle, Oracle Agile, Perspective, PLM, PLM for Process, PLM Framework, PLM Implementation, PLM Implementation Consultants, PLM Implementation Consulting, PLM Implementation Methodology, PLM Partners, PLM Strategy, PLM Strategy Consulting, PLM System Implementation, PLM Systems, PLM Systems Evaluation, PLM Systems Implementation, PLM Systems Selection, PLM Vivo, Product Data Model, Product Data Record, Product Development, Product Innovation, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Lifecycle Management Consultants, Product Lifecycle Management Consulting, Product Quality, Product Recall, Product Recalls, Product Safety, Traceability, Vivo
CPG Innovation: Increase Collaboration, Avoid Collisions
“Avoiding a Consumer Products and Retailer Collision" by Steve Steutermann and Kevin Sterneckert of Gartner shows that “companies are not utilizing scorecards to measure new product launch (NPL) success or pre- and post-launch execution, despite the importance of innovation and NPL in the marketplace” which, unfortunately, is not surprising. Read More
Topics: Collaboration, CPG, Innovation, Measuring Innovation, Metrics, New Product Introduction, New Product Launch, Perspective, Product Innovation, Product Launch, Products
PLM Product Data Record Is Key To Unlocking Traceability
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
FMI 2010
Collaborative Innovation for Private Brands
Attending Food Marketing Institute's FMI 2010 next week in Las Vegas? Catch George Young's presentation in the Private Brands pavilion on Tuesday, May 11 at 8AM on implementing a collaborative innovation strategy for private brands. Read More
Topics: Blog, Collaborative Innovation, Consumer Goods, Consumer Products, CPG, F&B, FMI, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, George Young, Innovation, Private Brands, Retail, Retailers
Traceability in F&B, CPG
Since late 2009 I've had the opportunity to contribute a monthly column for Food Manufacturing covering innovation best practices, processes, and technologies for the food and beverage industry. My column for April covers a pressing topic for the industry: traceability. Read More
Topics: Blog, Consumer Goods, Consumer Products, Consumer Safety, CPG, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, Food Recall, Food Safety, Traceability
Sugar Foods Optimizes Processes for Product Introduction, Formulation Control & Risk Mitigation
Over the last few years, the number of new products and product changes that Sugar Foods manages has grown exponentially. In addition, well-publicized food recalls led to an increase in the amount of information that customers now routinely request for risk mitigation and product information purposes. Read More
Topics: Agile, Case Study, CPG, F&B, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, Formulation Control, New Product Development, New Product Introduction, PLM, PLM for Process, PLM Vivo, Product Lifecycle Management, Risk Mitigation
Increased Regulatory Scrutiny in Consumer Products
Four reasons why industry leaders aren’t losing sleep
Over the last several years, consumer product safety crises - from peanut butter to spinach to toys - and their subsequent large-scale recalls have damaged public opinion. Heavily scrutinized and publicized in the media, these events have not only hurt consumer trust in household brands but have affected all consumer goods companies by ricochet. Incidentally, these major recalls have also created momentum for governments to act, catalyzing and accelerating regulatory scrutiny of industries across the globe. Read More
Topics: Blog, Compliance, Consumer Goods, Consumer Products, CPG, FDA, PLM, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Quality, Product Safety, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance
Increased Regulatory Compliance in CPG: 4 Reasons Why Industry Leaders Aren’t Losing Sleep
Many companies in CPG and other highly regulated industries are experiencing increased regulatory scrutiny. This viewpoint discusses four best practices of industry leaders for managing changing regulations. Read More
Topics: Compliance, Consumer Goods, Consumer Products, CPG, F&B, Food and Beverage, Perspective, PLM, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Recalls, Regulatory Compliance
Before You Partner With Others, Get Your Own House In Order
Many CPG companies are jumping into the hot field of external collaboration. In this article, we examine why that frequently fails and what companies should consider before aligning with a partner. Read More
Topics: Collaborative Innovation, Consumer Goods, Consumer Products, CPG, Mick Broekhof, Perspective, Retail
Five Commandments for the Next Industry Leaders
Topics: Article, Breakthrough Innovation, CPG, Food and Beverage, George Young, Innovation, Interactive Labeling, Label Claims, Manufacturing, Product Development, Product Sourcing, Traceability
Innovating For The New Consumer Reality: Four Demands Food & Beverage Manufacturers Must Meet
Topics: Article, CPG, F&B, Food and Beverage, PLM, PLM Implementation, Private Brands, Private Label, Retail, Store Brands, Value Management
Collaborative Innovation: How CPG Manufacturers & Retailers Can Partner for Profit
Kalypso conducted a research study with thirty global consumer goods manufacturers, retailers, and brokers to better understand how manufacturers and retailers are working together to drive profitability and deliver innovative products. Read More
Topics: Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, Consumer, Consumer Goods, CPG, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, Go to Market, Innovation, Innovation Strategy, Joint Business Planning, Open Innovation, Organizational Alignment, Partnerships, Perspective, Retail, Retailers
How to Win with Collaborative Innovation
Panel recording from Argyle Retail & Consumer Products Forum, September 30, 2009 featuring Julie Hamilton, president of Walmart for Coca-Cola North America; Karen Sadick, executive vice president of merchandising, Aerosoles; and Cameron Jones, vice president R&D information management and information technology, Unilever. Read More
Topics: Aerosoles, Coca Cola, Collaborative Innovation, Consumer Products, CPG, George Young, Helayne Angelus, Innovation, Open Innovation, Podcast, Retail, Unilever
Collaborative Innovation in CPG
Collaborative innovation is an open innovation strategy that enables consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and retailers to partner for profit and provide shoppers and consumers with more innovative offerings. Read More
Topics: Brochure, Collaborative Innovation, CPG, Innovation, Innovation Strategy, Open Innovation, Retail
CPG Product Development Processes in the 21st Century: PLM Emerges as a Key Innovation Driver
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
Product Leadership Case Study: Consumer Products Manufacturing
Product leadership case study in the consumer products manufacturing business. Read More
Topics: Case Study, CPG, Product Leadership
PLM Strategy Case Study: Consumer Business
PLM strategy, systems selection and implementation case study in the consumer business industry. Read More
Topics: Case Study, CPG, PLM, PLM Implementation, PLM Strategy
PLM Transformation in CPG
CPG companies are showing growing interest in the results achieved with PLM, due to industry factors and recognition of the significant gains attained in the high tech, aerospace and automotive industries. Read More
Topics: CPG, Perspective, PLM
Improving Traceability in CPG with PLM
PLM for CPG companies is maturing to help manufacturers guarantee compliance and allow traceability back and forward from any lifecycle state of a product, ingredient or process from concept to commercially-available product. Read More
Topics: Compliance, CPG, Perspective, PLM, Traceability