Making the value of technology clear
How can consumer products companies improve engineering productivity? With customers expecting more from their products and stiff global competition, consumer products companies have their work cut out for them. New products must be innovative, sustainable, personalized, high quality, and reasonably priced to win over customers. Engineers are critical to successfully meet these requirements. Yet, engineers…
Jim Brown and I are intrigued by what consumer products companies and retailers can do to design products and trade more effectively and sustainably after our briefing with TradeBeyond. Their multi-enterprise PLM and supply chain collaboration platform is expanding. By acquiring Pivot88, they strengthened existing industry-specific capabilities, deepened their presence in apparel, and added quality,…