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Viewpoints about 'Consumer Goods'
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
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
Are You Ready for New Food Safety Regulatory Requirements? Webcast Replay
Every year, regulations challenge private label retail and food manufacturers to ensure that their products and manufacturing processes are still in compliance. What are the new regulations being implemented in 2012 that can affect your organization’s ability to be compliant? Is your organization prepared for these upcoming changes, and how will you manage them? Read More
Topics: Agile PLM, Agile PLM Consulting, Agile PLM for Process, Consumer Goods, F&B, FDA, FDA Regulations, Food & Beverage, Food and Beverage, Food and Beverage PLM, Food Industry Events, Food Manufacturers, Food Manufacturing, Food Recall, Food Safety, Food Safety Regulations, Food Safety Regulatory Compliance, Food Safety Regulatory Requirements, Fred Brown, Kroger, Oracle, Oracle Agile, Oracle Agile PLM, Oracle PLM for Process, PLM, PLM for Process, Private Brands, Private Label, Private Label Retail, Retail, Retailers
Are You Ready for New Food Safety Regulatory Requirements? Webcast Transcript Highlights
On March 15, Kalypso hosted a webcast with Kroger and Oracle on how new regulations from the FDA continue to affect the way retailers and food manufacturing organizations address food safety. Stay tuned to watch the webcast on demand, but in the meantime check out the highlights in this Twitter-based transcript. Read More
Topics: Agile PLM, Agile PLM Consulting, Agile PLM for Process, Consumer Goods, F&B, FDA, FDA Regulations, Food & Beverage, Food and Beverage, Food and Beverage PLM, Food Industry Events, Food Manufacturers, Food Manufacturing, Food Recall, Food Safety, Food Safety Regulations, Food Safety Regulatory Compliance, Food Safety Regulatory Requirements, Fred Brown, Kroger, Oracle, Oracle Agile, Oracle Agile PLM, Oracle PLM for Process, PLM, PLM for Process, Private Brands, Private Label, Private Label Retail, Retail, Retailers
Top 10 Innovation Viewpoints of 2011
2011 was a great year for Kalypsonian thought leadership. We published dozens of innovation viewpoints, blogs, podcasts and videos. Which topics captured the most attention? Check out our top 10 most popular viewpoints of 2011 to find out. Read More
Topics: Blog, Consumer Goods, Innovation, Innovation Articles, Innovation Authors, Innovation Blogs, Innovation Information, Innovation Videos, Innovation Viewpoints, Innovation White Paper, Kalypso Blog, Kalypso Viewpoints, Medical Device, PLM, Podcast, Portfolio Management, Product Development, Product Innovation, Social Media, Social Product Innovation
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
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
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
Sound Like Something You’re Doing?
A couple days ago I posted about the search for Web 2.0 and social media innovators for the first annual Spike Awards. Our latest viewpoint published today contains a great example. Read More
Topics: Blog, Consumer, Consumer Goods, Consumer Immersion, Consumer Insights, Front End of Innovation, Social Innovation, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Product Development, Social Product Innovation, Spike, Spike Awards, VoC, Voice of the Consumer, Voice of the Customer
Your Consumer’s Virtual World
A Whole New Consumer Immersion Opportunity
Social media and consumer immersion are both hot topics in the field of market research. This viewpoint examines the opportunity to blend social media and consumer immersion techniques to add a new dimension to traditional market research. Read More
Topics: Consumer Goods, Consumer Immersion, Consumer Insights, Consumer Products, Perspective, Social Computing, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Product Development, Social Product Innovation
Searching for Web 2.0 & Social Media Innovators
There's a lot of talk and research out there on the value of social media for marketing, branding, and PR. Amongst the 700+ people I follow on Twitter I'd wager that 90% of the tweets touch on this to some degree. But what about the use of social media for innovation efforts? That got us thinking here at Kalypso. Read More
Topics: Blog, Consumer Goods, Innovation, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Product Development, Product Innovation, Social Computing, Social Media, Social Product Innovation, Spike, Spike Awards
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
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
Collaborative Innovation: How to Partner For Profit With Retailers
March 2010 Food Manufacturing column
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
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
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