Dr. Mark Hurwitz, Senior Director of Process, Platforms and Technology for Pall Corporation, recently presented his company’s best practices for implementing and continuously improving its Stage-Gate® process for technology development and product commercialization. In this original article, Dr. Hurwitz further explores this topic, giving inside tips on how to streamline your staged and gated processes for new product development.

A number of mega trends are emerging now – “green” innovation, globalization of product development, even changing the way we look at and manufacture new food and beverage items. This article encourages product development and marketing professionals to carefully examine these mega trends for opportunities for new-to-the-world innovations