Innovation

SARDI Innovation Award

Aim

The Award recognises a businesses innovative thinking and practices in the development of products, packaging or processing to gain commercial advantage.

Criteria

Business is a South Australian food or beverage business that produces finished food products.
Initiative must have been ongoing for at least 12 months.
Evidence of innovation driven in response to consumers and the market.
Evidence of the strategy and approach used in the development of a new product, packaging or process.
Evidence of commercial advantage gained.
Evidence of the technical or scientific challenges addressed.
Evidence of sales.

Questions

1. Provide an example of successful innovation in your business. Give consideration to the process undertaken to develop the innovation. - How did the innovation evolve? - What approach was taken to develop the innovation? - How has the innovation been integrated into the business and commercialised?
2. What percentage of growth occurred over the last 12 months as a result of the innovation initiative?

3. Sub-categories
Please indicate which area/s of innovation you are selecting and answer the questions in the relevant sub-category (Product, Packaging or Process).

a. Product
i) What technical development underpins the innovation?
ii) Outline the degree to which the product offers unique benefits to users (such as better performance, greater value for money and how these benefits are measured).
iii) What steps have you taken to identify and develop market opportunities (such as market research, product development and marketing)?

b. Packaging
i) Describe how you have integrated the innovation into the business and how the business will sustain the changes.
ii) Outline the degree to which the packaging offers unique benefits to users and how you measured these benefits.

c. Process
i) What technical developments and collaboration with centres of expertise have been incorporated into the innovation?
ii) How has the process been tested, developed and commercialised?
iii) What evidence is there that the process is running successfully?