NPDs Flashcards

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what is food innovation

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-Combines technological innovation with social and cultural innovation
-Occurs throughout the entire food system, including production, harvesting, primary and secondary processing, manufacturing & distribution

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what are the challeneges of food innovation

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Finding new ways to make healthy, nutritious
foods that are not only enticing, accessible, exciting, and unique, but also sustainable

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what are the examples of food innovation

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new ingrediants, packaging and processsing

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what are some On-trend product
innovation

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-Personalised Foods to Promote Health
and Wellbeing
-Transparency in the Food Chain
-Expanded protein sources
-Plant-based products
-Sustainability – ingreds, packaging
-Smart Technology & Food
-Environmentally friendly production

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what must a product be

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A product (a physical object or a service) should be functional and emotional to
satisfy the customer’s need, and to offer value, be delivered as the way customer
demanded

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what are the 7Ps

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product, price, place, promotion, people, process and physical environment

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what are the 7Ns

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NEW before all of the 7Ps

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what is price

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cover costs, generate profit but consumers must be willing to pay

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what can the place be

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physical store, app, online

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what can the promotion be

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raise awareness amongst target audience

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what can the people be

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face of company, approach and attitude important

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what can the process be

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smooth, efficient and customer friendly

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what can physical be

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surroundings, staff uniform, online reviews

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what some of the things that make up a product

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physical attributes, confidence, special features and guarantee and brand and brand image

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why do we develop new products

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-To meet consumer demand
✓ To drive sales
✓ To grow brand equity
✓ To respond to
manufacturing/technology changes
✓ To enter new markets
✓ To survive in a competitive market
✓ To remain cost effective
✓ To maximise margins
✓ To minimise negative environmental
impacts
✓ To respond to retailer pressure

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what are the 4 life cycle stages and marketting implications

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  1. introduction- low sales + financial losses
  2. Growth= increasing sales + more competitors
  3. Maturity= peak sales + mass market
  4. Decline= profits fall + failing sales
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when is their take off

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after the introduction

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when is there shake out

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after the growth

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when is there saturation

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in the middle of maturity

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what is a new product

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‘A term of many opinions and
practices, but most generally defined as a product (either a good or service) new to the firm marketing it’.

21
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what is NPD

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the process of bringing innovative
products to the market

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what does effective NPD require

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-coordination between the manufacturing, engineering, research and development (R&D), marketing, finance and purchasing departments
-Involves Start-ups → Global Brands

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what are the 6 types of NPD

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  1. New to the world products – major
    innovations
  2. New product lines – enter
    new market
  3. Product line additions –
    e.g. new flavours of existing
    products
  4. . Product improvements – provide added value over competitors products
  5. Repositioning – attract new consumer or market
  6. Reformulation – same products but less cost to consumers
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what is an example of an NPD theroy

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Fuller, 1994

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what are the stages of the NPD Process

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  1. Idea genertion
  2. Idea evaluation
  3. Concept development
  4. Marketting strategy
  5. Business anaylsis
  6. Prouct developemnt
  7. Test marketting
  8. commercialisation
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what is idea generation

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Use of internal and external sources
✓ Consumer, competitors, market research, retailers,
consultants, innovation workshops, food bloggers
✓ Generate new ideas
* 41% employees
* 36% customer
* 14% R&D department

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what is SCAMPER

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-Substitute – ingredients, packaging
size/materials
* Combine – mix with other food types
* Adapt – change function
* Modify – change shape, modify attributes
* Put to another use
* Eliminate – remove elements, simplify
* Reverse/Rearrange – turn inside out or
upside down, or reverse the use of the food

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what is Screening & Evaluation

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Screening - Limit ideas to a manageable
number of the most useful ones in order to
make NPD process easier, more time- and
cost-effective
✓ ‘R-W-W’ – Real, Win, Worth-doing
* Does it provide a considerable
benefit for the business? Are there
enough resources to make new
product successful?

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what is Concept Development
& Testing

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  • Selected product ideas
  • Kitchen level
    ✓ Concept testing
  • Consumer testing
  • Feasibility for large scall production
  • Shelf-life, packaging considered
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what is a marketting strategy

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Identify:
* Target market, profit, sales and
market share for the first few years
* Selling price, how it will be distributed
in the market and marketing budget
for the first year
* Long-term sales, profit goals and
long-term marketing mix strategy

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what is Business Strategy

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  1. Sales Projections= Market research and Review of similar products in the past
  2. Cost and profit projections
    * All costs - investment, operation,
    marketing, R&D & profits from sales of
    new product are estimated
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what is product development

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  • Usually the longest stage
  • Increase in investment
  • Sample(s) created
  • Tested:
  • Attractive to consumers
  • Sensory/quality
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what is Product specification

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-Captures chemical composition, nutritional value, physical properties
(size), microbiological standards, safety standards, sensory qualities etc
* Must agree with legal standards
* Allows full traceability of product data from ingredients to finished
product

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what is Test Marketing

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-Tested in real marketing situation (e.g.)
one shop
* Identify best strategy for the best
results
* Consider target market, price, position
in the market, promotion, distribution,
packaging, costs etc.

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what is Commercialisation

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  • Determine best time for product
    launch
  • From company and
    consumer perspective
  • Scale for introduction
  • Small scale e.g. a city
  • Medium scale e.g. a region
    -large scales e.g national and international market
36
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how are products supported and grow

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✓ Project Management
✓ Commercial Strategy
✓ Photography
✓ Cooking demonstrations
✓ Recipe Videos/Information
✓ Launch Events

37
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why is Management of NPD process is important

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It reduces Risk of failure, Development costs, Time to market and Increases return on investment and consumer satisfaction

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what is the Stage-Gate Process

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✓ Stage-Gate commonly used in the food industry
✓ Each stage has certain criteria or ‘gates’ which must be passed
✓ Technical and marketing data reviewed at each stage; financial data at some

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how do we manage the NPD process

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✓ Define stages and decision gates in the NPD process
✓ Set clear criteria for each gate
✓ Develop detailed forms, records, reports to manage each stage - technical,
market, financial feasibility
✓ NPD Process led by a project manager – ensure criteria at each gate are met
by the NPD team

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what does the Stage-gate process require

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Requires comprehensive
documentation

41
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what is the comprehensive documentation

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  • Product/process specifications
  • Idea bank
  • Selection and filtering records
  • Marketing reports
42
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what do decision gates need

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  • Have a Gate Keeper who is responsible for its
    operation
  • Have clearly defined authority for sign off and
    decision making
  • Have clearly defined criteria for GO / NO GO
    decisions
43
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what are the main gates after each NPD

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concept generation, prototype assessment and selection, product development and product commercialisation

44
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what skills are needed for product development

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-CULINARY
-technology
-management
-general skills

45
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what effects success in NPDs

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  • Teamwork – combining skills and
    knowledge of various disciplines
  • Accurately and timely technical,
    marketing and financial
    information; updated in response
    to changing circumstances
  • Consumer involvement from the
    very start
  • Speed to market – first to enter
    makes greatest profit
46
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why do new products fail

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-poor promotion
-lack of research of what consumers want
-lack of financial backing
-product doesnt meet market needs