In 2019, consumer demand is leading manufacturers to bring not just new products to the shelves, but a crop of entirely new eating occasions: From healthy pre-packaged or frozen meal alternatives to complete meal replacement like protein powder and shakes, consumer preferences are driving manufacturers to create a larger variety of contemporary products.
Topics: PLM for food and beverage, Product Formulation & Recipe Management
Today's cosmetics and personal care manufacturers serve many hyper-nuanced customer bases with customized product lines across the world. This potential for global reach provides rapid market growth and, along with it, a tangled web of regulatory compliance that can be increasingly difficult to unpack as new markets emerge and rapidly change.
Topics: new product development, formula-based PLM, product formulation, PLM for cosmetics
From getting products to market and registered in multiple countries, to translating innovation requests into product launches and juggling the global costs of goods in a complex portfolio, process-based manufacturers aren’t just dealing with more data--they’re dealing with the need to have deeper connectivity between data systems. Implementing a comprehensive data governance plan across these initiatives can quickly turn into a trip to uncharted waters.
Topics: Data Harmonization, Data Management, Product Lifecycle Management Software, data governance
This content originally appeared in our User Conference Day 1 and User Conference Day 2 blog posts.
Topics: PLM ROI, formula-based PLM, PLM for food and beverage, PLM justification, PLM for chemicals, PLM business case, PLM for cosmetics
The introduction of a Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) on soft drink beverages, sodas and fizzy juices in April of this year in the sweetened the deal for health-conscious consumers—and soured the existing formulations of many beverage manufacturers.
Topics: Product Lifecycle Management Software, reformulation, product formulation, sugar tax