Inside food & drink manufacturing
More than 30 suppliers are now exchanging master product data with Makro via the global data synchronisation network (GSDN), with 50% of its supply base scheduled to come on board over the next 2-3 years.
Unilever is aiming to complete ‘want summits’ in which staff identify a wish-list of technologies and desires across all of its key categories by the end of the year as it ramps up its open innovation activities.
After hammering out a definition of the term ‘nanomaterial’ in a draft resolution, the European Commission is now inviting comments from interested parties over the next four weeks.
Is open innovation just a fancy term to describe what manufacturers have been doing for years, or is it genuinely changing how (and how fast) new products get to market?