How can CPG companies drive higher innovation performance and profitability by embracing the digital thread? Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies live and die by product innovation. Delivering products that anticipate and meet market needs creates consumer loyalty and brand affinity. Developing a profitable product requires the combined knowledge of countless individuals, each contributing their expert…
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Selerant’s Strategy for Process Industry PLM
Selerant is a long-term player in the PLM industry, providing Product Lifecycle Management and compliance solutions the formula-based process industries including food & beverage, specialty chemicals, and personal care. They offer a broad suite of specialized solutions that help companies develop compliant products including recipes, formulas, specs, packaging, labels, safety data sheets, and more. They…
Accelerating CPG Innovation with an Innovation Platform (guest post)
Jim Brown contributed his thoughts on Accelerating CPG Innovation with an Innovation Platform to the Dassault Systèmes 3D Perspectives Blog. He shares his views on the innovation imperative in CPG and how consumer goods companies can take innovation to the next level using a modern Product Innovation Platform (PIP). The post explains how an effective…
The CPG Digital Thread (infographic)
This infographic shares the importance of developing a cohesive digital thread when developing formulated products in the consumer packaged goods industry. The digital thread should be driven by customer requirements and incorporate the recipe / formulation, specifications, packaging design, compliance information, claims, cautions, ingredients, labeling, artwork, and more to provide a full view of the product…
The CPG Digital Thread
The The CPG Digital Thread ebook shares how consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies can streamline their product innovation and commercialization practices by innovating along the digital thread. It shares how companies can simultaneously enable R&D to innovate more efficiently while capturing the resulting IP as a reusable corporate asset by leveraging an integrated product innovation platform to create the digital…
Infor PLM Vision 2014+
What does Infor have planned for PLM? Infor has a multi-pronged PLM strategy based on industry. They have strong PLM capabilities for the formulated industries and recently beefed up their offering for the discrete manufacturing world. Infor is one ERP vendor that recognizing the unique demands of PLM and takes delivering powerful solutions seriously. This post is a…