French repairability index- Right to repair

Sustainability is the #1 priority for governments and business alike. There are lot of product and service innovations which promote the concepts of circular economy – reduce, reuse, recycle. One key aspects aligned to this thinking id REPAIR. France has been leading the way through its world’s first Right to

Zespri system innovation on clearance to pick

‘Timing is everything’ – this old adage applied to different facets of business from product launch,marketing to supply chain. However, it becomes absolutely vital if you are a fruit producer, a global brand and a dominant market leader. Yes, ‘clearance to pick’ is such a key aspect in the fruit

Agri-innovation: Reading body language to improve productivity

For diary business, improvement in productivity means more milk. One of the ways to improve throughput in milk is increasing the number of cows to produce milk. Cow breeding for ages has been an art mastered with skill and experience. Science in  the recent past has come a long way

Positioning on value: Learning from meat industry

In a hyper competitive world, positioning commodity products only on pricing is a risky proposition. Companies always try to sell the ‘value’ tag to differentiate themselves from competition. Meat industry in developed countries is no exception. What can meat industry teach others on positioning based on value? Traditionally meat suppliers

Fare Evasion to Community Benefit: Transport Ombudsman’s data magic

In Australia, Public Transport of Victoria’s (PTV) data on fare evaders showed an interesting trend. They found a particular tram and train route in Melbourne  having high rate of offenders and interestingly even higher rate of fare evasions disputed with Transport Ombudsman. Further analysis of data revealed that,young people faced

Sports Simulations: Big data lessons for corporates

The field of sports always has fascinating things to offer – not just on the field but also off the field. There are several sports innovations today which can provide the corporates with several good practices. One such innovation that can be taken from the sports field to the board