“Companies that met their development goals maintained flexibility in their process options, built a development team featuring diverse backgrounds and adhered to a hands-off management policy.”
The “Guide to Chemical Product Development” describes the Concept to Commercialization (C2C) process, which leverages the knowledge and experience of facilities similar to the test kitchens used to develop new food products.
Rather than developing products on-site, as many companies have done in the past, innovative companies have opted to use a specialized product development facility.
These “test kitchens” offer a broad range of equipment and processes, providing a fertile work environment for new product development.
“Establishing multidisciplinary teams for product development has been one of the most effective ways to reach the prototype stage quickly,” Rosen added.
Rosen has been active in entrepreneurial issues nationally and in his hometown of Pittsburgh. He was awarded the American Chemical Society's first Eugene B Humphrey Small Chemical Business Entrepreneur of the Year award in 1998.
Rosen has served as co-chairman and a board member of the Pennsylvania Chemical Industry Council and as a board member of the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association and as chairman of its Small Chemical Business Committee.
He is treasurer of the Lawrenceville Corporation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the community development of Lawrenceville, a Pittsburgh neighborhood, and is a charter director of the Career Connections Charter High School, a Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania entity in Lawrenceville.
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