by FAPIC | Jul 2, 2019 | Innovation, Productivity
Innovation isn’t always about a Big New Idea, although it’s often spoken about in that way. It doesn’t require invention—the creation of something that didn’t exist before. Innovation is the introduction of change, and that change could be small but have a large...
by FAPIC | Jun 5, 2019 | 8P Model, Food Innovation, Product Development, Product Management
Agile is the word on the street—well, in the corporate press, at least—but what does it really mean? As a simple definition, to be agile is to be able to move quickly and easily. As a set of management practices, Agile has extended beyond its origins in software...
by FAPIC | Jun 4, 2019 | Business Improvement, Productivity
You know, it’s often the simplest things that make the biggest impact. One of those seemingly simple things is to have an outsider come in and look at the way we do things to make us aware of overcomplications or mistakes that we’ve introduced and been too close to...
by FAPIC | May 20, 2019 | Business Audit, Business Improvement, Food Innovation, Portfolio Optimization, Product Development, Profit Increase
Many food production businesses succumb to the challenges of manufacturing, marketing and maintaining an extensive product portfolio. Familiar outcomes include cost overruns, poor return on investment into plant and equipment, brand identity crises, and food safety...
by FAPIC | May 18, 2019 | Start-ups
Newcomers to the food industry have boundless opportunities in the modern marketplace for feeding their passions while testing consumer reception. Local farmers markets provide an ideal opportunity to offer new concepts as a first step, and to leverage the benefits of...
