The nature and composition of products reaching the market nowadays has certainly changed a great deal. From a relatively straightforward offering in the past, with a few variations on a theme, brands are now producing sprawling ranges which introduce a great deal more complexity into formulation.
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In these days of heightened concerns over environmental matters, product life-cycle assessment (LCA) plays a crucial role not only in businesses’ technology choices, but also in their long-term strategies. In addition to products of great nutritional value, consumers today expect higher ethical production standards from manufacturers. LCA means agri-food businesses are better placed to reconcile production performance and environmental friendliness.
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One of the central problems of the consumer-packaged goods industries is to ensure regulatory compliance of products marketed in one or more markets. To do this, companies need to be able to know the new laws and regulations in force that could impact the development of future products.
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When taking part daily in New Product Development (NPD) projects, it may become difficult to take a moment and step back to look at the big picture again. This is what we offer you today. An overview- because this subject could be worthy of thesis- of the constraints or influences that weigh on Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) development projects.}
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Fine particles, such as carbon black, are small, suspended particles of less than 2.5 microns diameter. They can be of natural origin (e.g. volcanic eruptions) and anthropogenic, especially from industrial processes and fuels. Their effects can be severe on human health, ranging from aging skin to impaired lung function. Concrete actions towards their reduction are necessary and will quickly bear fruit and could slow climate change in the short term.
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The project management triangle, or Cost, Time, Scope triptych, is a basic, in both fundamental and simplistic meanings, concept of project management. It aims at illustrating the interdependence and influence of those three key factors on the success of the project. However, it remains an interesting macro-concept that will help you shape your PLM project and its priorities.
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The consumer goods industry is very energy-intensive, as it is used at many points throughout the product life cycle (supply, production, packaging, distribution, consumption).
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Every organization nurtures their own ambitions and every one should seek the solution answering their needs. Run away from “one-size-fits-all” solutions and “one-method-fits-all” project management practices. As most of your PLM solution’s success dwells in the proper execution of its implementation.
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The amount of data created by new consumption habits like online purchase and social networking became an important source of information for companies, especially for consumer-packaged-goods (CPG) industries. Companies in these industries needed solutions to store, process, and analyze these data which induced the software industry to thrive.
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if handled poorly, the transition to international markets can lead to more damages than benefits. There are of course numerous critical aspects (human resources, supply chain, logistics, administrative procedures, etc.) to consider, but we will talk here about what we know best: how a PLM solution helps you build a consolidated global product management.
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