Food Safety tracking and tracing

Food Safety tracking and tracing

A critical topic for the CPG Food & Beverage industry is food and product safety. Any number of recalls over the past 18 months to 2 years, peanuts, toys, spinach, and most recently eggs makes th…

Wanted: Passion and champions

Wanted: Passion and champions

Our task was to assemble a panel discussion for the GMA Executive Conference with executives from outside of the CPG F&B industry to give their prospective on successful innovation. And what…

Improving Eco-design in Retail with PLM

Improving Eco-design in Retail with PLM

Working for a company like Siemens, which is a big supporter of Earth Day, World Water Day, and other important sustainability initiatives, combined with some quality beach and mountain time this sum…

There is never a bad time to innovate

There is never a bad time to innovate

The winners of the CPG Award for Innovation and Creativity was presented today at the GMA Executive Conference. There are 2 winners according to market cap size, a winner for small to mid-size compan…

Hello from the 2010 GMA Executive Conference

Hello from the 2010 GMA Executive Conference

The conference is underway today, and attendance is up from last year. Executives from the world’s leading CPG, F&B companies are here to network, and to learn the latest from peers and…

GMA, good morning america? no…

GMA, good morning america? no…

We entered a hotel to attend a GMA event a few months ago and some nice folks in the lobby saw our name badges and said, Are you with Good Morning America?, undoubtedly hoping a TV camera from this p…

@Outdoor Retailer:  PLM can enable Smarter Product Development Decisions

@Outdoor Retailer: PLM can enable Smarter Product Development Decisions

I attended a seminar while at the OR Show on buying trends in the outdoor industry thus far in 2010, across specialty retail, big box, Internet: there are a number of trends affecting growth of the o…

@Outdoor Retailer: What does it mean to be green in the outdoor industry?

@Outdoor Retailer: What does it mean to be green in the outdoor industry?

We all care about developing products that are safe for consumers and friendly to the environment – but how do you measure the environmental impact of that production, all the way from idea…

@Outdoor Retailer: Outdoor Sports Market a Growth Engine for Retail; what is PLM’s opportunity?

@Outdoor Retailer: Outdoor Sports Market a Growth Engine for Retail; what is PLM’s opportunity?

Over the past two years, we all know that retail industry growth has been – let’s say – slightly challenged by the recession. But for the past year, the outdoor sports industry has shown consistent g…