Paul Mcgovern

Deloitte Consumer Products Technology practice leader, Advisor, Strategist, my Daughter’s father, Husband, boater/fisher

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@lugonbps Yeah Hannah!

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Go Hope!!
#cuabsolute

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@courtneyClapper - how about 3 words: change or die? #corerenaissance

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.@GMD1116, organic, no GMO, FRESH, simple labels and no gluten options

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A7 On the positive side, product innovation can be exploited to rapidly address quality and/or perception issues

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A7 In some cases, entire categories (e.g., poultry) experience decline in consumer purchases

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A7 Consumers - who are already less brand loyal - shift to lower cost and/or store brands seeking alternatives after recall

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A6 Companies must reformulate their products, simplify labels and add more fresh ingredients

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A6 Great question - "Diet" is no longer in fashion, organic and natural are key to consumer buying right now

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A6 Unit sales across the frozen-food category as a whole dipped 2.5% in the past 12 months alone (Nielsen) #corerenaissance

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A6 One diet conscious frozen brand food lost ~25% share over the last 5 years as consumers switch to fresh/natural/organic

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A6 Major pkg food companies lost $4B in market share last year, as shoppers swerved to fresh and organic alternatives (Fortune)

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A5 Can you affirmatively answer this question - We are able to trace raw materials through our processes to the retail shelf?

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A4 Abandon traditional waterfall methodologies and embrace - where appropriate - agile

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A4 Reorganize IT to take advantage of next gen tech innovation, nimbleness and agility

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A3 Look past the transaction processing engine (low value) and into customer facing/analytics/innovation opportunities

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A2 Many start with a burning platform that prevents scalability or flexibility to address "new" market demands #corerenaissance

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A1:Relevant because consumers are demanding more info and options about products and ingredients

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A1:Early adopters of ERP hav accumulated large technical debt and CR is the movement to make core apps more flexible #corerenaissance