Lactalis Canada NEXT Ventures Inaugural Innovation Program Selects Winning Project

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TORONTO — Lactalis Canada has announced the inaugural winner of the company’s internal innovation program, Lactalis Canada NEXT Ventures, which received more than 100 submissions focused around the theme of waste reduction in all its forms, including, but not limited to time, abilities, financial resources, food, processing, packaging, energy and material resources in 2022.

The winning project focuses on a fully digitized reporting system for quality assurance to facilitate greater efficiencies in collecting and analyzing quality and food-safety information. The idea was submitted by Nathalie Rey, a quality manager at Lactalis Canada’s St. Claude, Man. plant as a solution to reduce significant paper, time and resources allocated to the current reporting system and in turn, decrease product wastage. The winning project will now go into incubation with a dedicated project team, key resources, tools and external expertise to build and implement a new reporting system.

“We know that some of the best ideas can come from those who have the deepest knowledge of the business. The winning project is an example of just that – where a quality manager on the ground at one of our manufacturing facilities identified a way to make a process she routinely performed more efficient, effective and sustainable,” says Mark Taylor, president and CEO, Lactalis Canada. “The Lactalis Canada NEXT Ventures program has created an internal platform to bring new ideas forward within the organization as seen with the overwhelming number of submissions of great quality and inventiveness in 2022. We look forward to continuing this program annually to identify innovations – big and small – to help drive our business.” 

“Lactalis Canada NEXT Ventures is a great opportunity for anyone across the organization to share, develop and potentially implement the next big idea for the company,” says Rey. “I am thrilled to have participated in this process, meet and collaborate with so many leaders, experts and peers across the company and most importantly, see my idea transform into reality.”

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