NPDI (New Product Development & Introduction)

A new list of The Worlds 50 Most Innovate Companies features widely recognized global brand names, like Nike and Levi Strauss, alongside small companies that are only now known in their countries of origin. Find out why these 13 consumer goods companies made the list.

Nestle has pledged to accelerate the reduction of salt across all its food brands worldwide to support a World Health Organization salt target of no more than 5g of salt per person, per day, by 2025.

Many of the consumer goods industrys most innovative thinkers met last week to deepen their understanding of driving true innovation both on the disruptive and incremental fronts. Here is a recap of the insights shared between industry heavyweights and entrepreneurial startups.

A comprehensive listing of solution providers in the areas of new product development, introduction, launch and more.

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

The customer science company will host a Big Data hackathon challenge in an effort to develop a predictive model for the success of new product launches at retail.

Nearly 1,900 new products hit retail shelves across the United States in 2011/12. Yet, only 11 percent of those launches achieved exceptional first-year sales. Here's a look at the top 20 products, including Dannon Oikos and Starbucks K-Cups, that beat daunting new product odds and stimulated growth despite a challenging economic environment.

Dr. Trevor Davis of IBM provides tips for achieving growth through consumer-driven, sustainable new product development