Viewpoints about 'New Product Introduction'

CPG Innovation: Increase Collaboration, Avoid Collisions

June 21st, 2010 | by Mike Friedman

“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

Put Your NPI Process Pedal to the Metal with PTC Windchill

June 7th, 2010 | by Van Gresham | 1 comment

Time to market challenges, cost pressures, changing environmental and regulatory requirements, and ever-increasing customer expectations have companies wondering, “How can we continue to innovate while shrinking product development cycle times and reducing development costs?” Challenges like these are driving companies to reengineer their new product introduction (NPI) processes. Read More

Topics: New Product Introduction, NPI, Perspective, PLM, Product Lifecycle Management, PTC, PTC PLM, PTC User, PTC Windchill, Windchill

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