Free Webcast – Key Strategies for Innovation and New Product Introduction

1 Hour Webcast 10.30am Mumbai time on 21st April 2010 Register here : Attend this one hour webcast specifically for food and beverage and consumer goods industries in Asia Pacific. The webcast features a stellar speaker lineup. – Dr Michael Grieves, Global Product Lifecycle Management expert will consider key strategies with a specific focus on innovation and new product introduction. – Sugar Foods, one of North America’s largest distributors of sweeteners and salad toppings in the food service industry will outline what they have done to manage new product introduction, formulation control and risk mitigation. – Wes Frierson, Director of Product Lifecycle Management Strategy for Oracle will outline new technology to assist in innovation and new product introduction. The consumer goods industry typically displays issues with innovation with more than 80% of new products launched failing to meet their goals and only 1% or 2% of new consumer products becoming $100M brands.* This webcast looks at some of the key issues for consumer goods manufacturers: How to: – Manage innovation projects and portfolios in one global framework with local flexibility. This means increased likelihood of meeting launch dates and running globally collaborative and visible launches. – Coordinate product and supplier data in one single connected “version of the truth so that issues with inaccurate or incomplete product specifications are eliminated. – Improve product formulation, packaging, labeling quality, compliance and safety with predictable processes. Dr. Michael W. Grieves Dr. Michael Grieves splits his time between the business and academic worlds. He is the author of “Product Lifecycle Management: Driving the Next Generation of Lean Thinking” (McGraw-Hill, 2006). Dr Grieves lectures and consults worldwide on PLM. His next book, “Virtually Perfect: Driving Innovation and Lean through Product Lifecycle Management” will be published later this year. Dr. Grieves consults with a number of international manufacturers, governmental organizations such as NASA and information technology providers on PLM-related issues and has given speeches world-wide at PLM, engineering, and manufacturing conferences. Dr. Grieves has been a Co-Director of the Purdue PLM Center of Excellence. Wes Frierson, Director, Product Lifecycle Management, Oracle Wes Frierson is the Director of Product Strategy for Oracle’s PLM for Process solution. In the past, Wes worked in Product Development and Consulting roles helping to develop and deploy the product around the world. Wes has extensive experience in the Consumer Goods and Retail industries, having worked with industry leaders such as Heinz, Coca-Cola, Tyson, and McDonald’s. *Source: AMR Research, “Part 2: How Can You Be Demand Driven If You Don’t Know Your Shopper?”, March 2007

See original here:
Free Webcast – Key Strategies for Innovation and New Product Introduction

Free Webcast – Key Strategies for Innovation and New Product Introduction

WEBSITES FROM BOLENAY MEDIA