Innovating on Innovation: New Leading Practices in Food, Beverage, and CPG Innovation
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Presented by: Bryan Seyfarth, Director Consumer Goods, Sopheon This webinar outlines a set of new leading practices that should be at the top of the agenda for any food, beverage or CPG firm that is focusing on organic growth through innovation in 2013. It defines four key areas of the innovation life cycle - innovation planning, idea and concept development, gated process management, and portfolio optimization - and describes new emerging practices in each area that leading companies are using to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Specific practices that will be discussed include:[/fusion_text][fusion_checklist icon="chevron-sign-right" iconcolor="#599bbb" circle="no"]
Innovation strategy mapping, gap and scenario analysis
How to connect the front end of innovation to consumer research
New flexible approaches to gate decision-making
Top-down resource planning
The use of new advanced algorithms to support portfolio decision-making
Real-world examples will be provided of how each of these practices are being applied in the market by consumer firms.
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Define innovation plans that are achievable, well-understood, and that deliver better business results
Maximize the value of your front end of innovation by better leveraging the knowledge that already exists across functional "silos" in your business
Define and implement more flexible gated processes that provide high-quality information to senior decision-makers without overburdening your innovation teams
Increase the speed and impact of your portfolio decision-making via a practical approach to optimization and scenario analysis
