Food Processing - May 2008 - (Page 27) Figure 5 Once an idea has been presented, who determines it should be explored further? (Percent of first-place votes) Marketing & Sales r&D Corporate Management CFo/Ceo/President Manufacturing operations Suppliers external Product Development Co. (More than one first-place vote was possible) 82% 75% 62% 53% 32% 14% 6% Figure 6 Top issues for the next few years healthier/better-for-you foods Modification/reformulation (includes reformulation for health) regulatory issues Consumer trends Going "green" Line extensions Personnel/labor issues Going global Process analysis Packaging outsourcing 46% 44% 39% 38% 33% 25% 21% 21% 19% 19% 14% Note: Cost issues was not an available answer, but it was written into “other” by 14 respondents. “Everyone’s input is important – people have more buy-in to the project from the start and are more invested in seeing it succeed,” said one processor. Another listed, “Different viewpoints, better big picture, better discipline in developing what fits in with company strategies, more buy-in at launch of new products.” As far as drawbacks to the cross-functional process, most of the comments ran to the typical: ego-driven or subjective components slowing down the process or power-protective behavior stalling progress. But one respondent focused on hindrances brought about by size. “Teams can become too big to be functional, flexible and efficient,” she points out. “Sometimes the teams spend more time working through the process of working together versus working on the project and problems at hand.” More on the web there were two dozen questions in total on our survey, and infographics from 22 are on our web-based version of this story; go to www.FoodProcessing.com/rDsurvey08. You can also see prior years’ r&D Surveys by going to www.FoodProcessing.com and typing “r&D Survey” into the search bar. one note: our past four r&D surveys were reported in the fall of each year, usually october or november. www.foodprocessing.com may 2008 food processing • 27 http://www.blueberry.org http://www.FoodProcessing.com/RDsurvey08 http://www.foodprocessing.com http://www.blueberry.org http://www.foodprocessing.com
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