Product Innovation

Alexander Lacik returns to Reckitt Benckiser U.S. to bring new innovations to the health, home and hygiene space.

The brand introduces a new peel and serve tray package in response to consumers becoming more savvy to using avocado and guacamole.

Campbell Soup Company expects to launch more than 200 new products in fiscal 2014 as the company strengthens its core businesses and expands into higher-growth spaces, including new consumer segments, categories and geographies.

The new specialty yogurt products starting with a ready-to-eat Greek yogurt parfait will debut in U.S. Starbucks stores and grocery channels followed by additional regions around the world.

Celebrity chef, Vintner and specialty foods pioneer Michael Chiarello and Americas cookie queen Debbi Fields, with branding expert Chris Cornyn serve as mentors for aspiring home chefs competing to win product placement on supermarket shelves nationwide.

At the end of the day, manufacturing a consumer product comes down to selling, servicing and delivering.What product? How many units? Shipped by when? Which customers? On which terms? These are the kinds of questions that producers of consumer goods are generally expected to address on a more or less real-time basis.

Crocs implements PLM software from Centric to help speed development, and gain visibility earlier in the product development cycle to make better decisions.

Philips partners with Indiegogo to host crowd funded campaigns; Philips to award $100,000 plus mentoring to the top ideas.