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Improve your product development success ratio This IFT Basic Symposium is the collective work of a team of seasoned food industry consultants whose experiences and observations provide a "how to" guide of successful product and process development. Their information-packed presentations w...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Side, Catherine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Ames, Iowa : Iowa State Press, 2002.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:IFT basic symposium series.
Subjects:
Food industry and trade.
Food.
Food
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover13;
  • Title13;
  • Copyright13;
  • Contents13;
  • Contributors
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Effective Communication
  • 2 Focusing on the Participants: When and How to Involve Them
  • 3 Managing the Product Development Process
  • 4 Organizing Human Resources: By Project? By Discipline? As a Matrix?
  • 5 Product Life Cycle: Consumer Market Research
  • 6 Shelf-Life Considerations and Techniques
  • 7 Product and Concept Testing8212;Methods and Cost Control
  • 8 Case Study: Introducing a New Flavor and Color Ingredient
  • 9 Food Safety Systems: Anticipating Production and Integration into the Process
  • 10 Some Lesson Vignettes from Focus Groups and Other Market Research
  • 11 Equipment Integration in the Process: Patent Questions and Vendor Confidentiality
  • 12 The Role of Food Packaging in Product Development
  • 13 Contract Packaging or In-House Manufacturing?
  • 14 Initial and Progressive Cost Estimates
  • Index.