Accelerating Innovation Process of a Agri Food Company (Case Study)

Presentation

Our client, a French company, leader in the agri-food sector, aims to improve its innovation process.

KEPLER proposes to implement an agile process for breakthrough innovation based on internal analysis and external benchmark.

Context

To cope with the competition of major players in the sector, as well as new entrants, very reactive to changes in consumer behavior, a French leader of the agri-food industry must:

Strengthen the agility of its R&D process
Boost its innovation capacity

Objectives

Category: Inventing the Business of Tomorrow

Identifying best innovation practices of the agri-food industry and other sectors
Reinforcing the agility of the Research and Development organization to accelerate time-to-market
Implementing an agile approach as a key driver of motivation and enabling an increase in skills and autonomy for all R&D projects stakeholders

In a market where launches are becoming faster, an adapted and relevant innovation process must be set-up to gain agility and decrease TTM.

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Innovation Referents

Mathieu Pailler

Partner

Mathieu graduated from Centrale Supélec as an engineer and the MSc from both Imperial College and ESSEC Business School. His career started in the Defence sector as a Business Developer…

Mathieu Pailler

Mathieu Pailler

Partner

Mathieu graduated from Centrale Supélec as an engineer and the MSc from both Imperial College and ESSEC Business School. His career started in the Defence sector as a Business Developer before moving towards Management consulting in 2008. Mathieu specializes in the challenges of innovation & transformation of R&D organizations in the Automotive, Air Space and Defence, Chemicals, Cosmetics and Agrifood industries.
Anne-Sophie Villard

Manager

Graduated from EM Lyon business school with a specialization in Strategy, Anne-Sophie built her experience in the luxury and cosmetic sector, integrating the headquarters of a watchmaking…

Anne-Sophie Villard

Anne-Sophie Villard

Manager

Graduated from EM Lyon business school with a specialization in Strategy, Anne-Sophie built her experience in the luxury and cosmetic sector, integrating the headquarters of a watchmaking house and then a world leader of cosmetics within the scope of retail and business strategy development projects for one of its brands. She has also worked in consulting on a company transformation mission. Anne-Sophie is now Manager at KEPLER ,where her main areas of intervention are R&D performance and innovation development issues in the sectors of cosmetics and consumer goods.