Open innovation: The food & drink companies unlocking ideas through collaboration

Posted on 21 Sep 2018 by The Manufacturer

A consortium of food and drink companies is successfully working together to harness the potential of ‘open innovation’.

Dominic Oughton, principal industrial fellow at the Institute for Manufacturing, explains why this collaborative approach to innovation is a compelling strategy for FMCG businesses and others. Open Innovation enables companies to identify opportunities and create added value that would be difficult or impossible with traditional ‘closed’ approaches to R&D. The companies…

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