Viewpoints about 'Food Manufacturing'

Calling All Engineers: Beyond Form, Fit and Function for Formulated Products

March 1st, 2011 | by Lee Peterman

Like most engineers, I learned about rules of interchangeability back in school. These rules help companies decide whether a product change should require a new item number or simply a revision of the same item number. The standard “form, fit and function” (F/F/F) definition has served the needs of discrete manufacturers well for a long time. But what about formulated products? Read More

Topics: Chemical Industry, Chemical Manufacturers, Chemicals, Engineering, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, Formulated Products, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, PLM, PLM for Process, Product Development, Product Development Data, Product Information, Product Portfolio, Product Portfolio Management, Rules of Interchangeability, Traceability

Practical Portfolio Management for Food & Beverage: How it Really Works

December 15th, 2010 | by George Young and Bill Poston

This December 2010 Food Manufacturing column explores six practical tips for how food and beverage companies can simplify the implementation of an effective pipeline and portfolio management process. Read More

Topics: Article, F&B, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Portfolio Committee, Portfolio Investment, Portfolio Management, Portfolio Prioritization, Portfolio Rationalization, Portfolio Review, Portfolio Scoring Systems, PPM, PPM Software, PPM Systems, Practical Portfolio Management, Product Development, Product Portfolio, Product Portfolio Management, Product Rationalization, Project Governance, Project Management, Project Portfolio Management, Project Selection

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

PLM Primer: Choosing the Right Solution for Food & Beverage

July 28th, 2010 | by George Young

This July 2010 Food Manufacturing column discusses the functionality to consider in evaluating PLM software for the Food & Beverage industry. Read More

Topics: Article, Dassault Systemes, Enovia MatrixOne, F&B, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, Oracle Agile, PLM, PLM Software, PLM Systems, PLM Systems Selection, PPM, Product Data Management, Product Data Model, Product Data Record, Product Lifecycle Management, SAP PLM, Siemens Interspec, Siemens Teamcenter

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

FMI 2010

Collaborative Innovation for Private Brands

May 5th, 2010 | by Jenna Dudevoir

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.

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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

April 26th, 2010 | by George Young

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. 

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Topics: Blog, Consumer Goods, Consumer Products, Consumer Safety, CPG, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, Food Recall, Food Safety, Traceability

Traceability: Supply Chain Blind Spots Carry High Costs

April 26th, 2010 | by George Young

Food safety issues are increasingly front-page news as consumers over the last several years have read about food contamination crises such as ground beef, spinach, peanuts, and cookie dough. Each incident poses a safety issue for consumers and a high cost in both dollars and brand reputation for food and beverage (F&B) manufacturers. Read More

Topics: Brand Protection, Consumer, Consumer Safety, F&B, FDA, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, Food Recall, Food Safety, Perspective, Product Recall, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Supply Chain, Traceability

Sugar Foods Optimizes Processes for Product Introduction, Formulation Control & Risk Mitigation

March 26th, 2010 | by Kalypso

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

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

Collaborative Innovation: How CPG Manufacturers & Retailers Can Partner for Profit

October 29th, 2009 | by Mike Friedman and Helayne Angelus

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