Product Innovation

Unilever is experimenting with micro-formats, following consumer trends for portion-controlled consumption. To do so, it is using technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics during the product development and manufacturing stages.

The company’s president of brand management and innovation Melanie Huet tells CGT that it was an easy decision to embrace artificial intelligence early on as a way to leapfrog legacy obstacles in an affordable and quick way.

Del Monte Foods is embracing technology within product innovation in order to more quickly identify emerging food trends and introduce efficiencies.

Rather than declaring an unwinnable war on dirty data, Kenvue is employing a data framework and innovation profiler that focuses on asking key questions, developing sustainable business rules, and implementing lots and lots — and lots! — of training.

Kraft Heinz’s work to build out its Agile@Scale pod structure is helping the company more quickly scale product innovation, with the Delimex Crispy Quesadillas as its most recent evidence of success. 

Two Diageo brands are rethinking their packaging to be more inclusive and environmentally friendly.

Henkel is tapping into technology platforms that can support AI and automation to bolster the research and development efforts within its consumer business.

Unilever is working on a multi-year program to progress on its generative AI use cases, scaling them across the enterprise to introduce global operational efficiencies and reduce costs.