Brewing excellence: Capturing the
essential ingredient with Accolade

Lion is a leading beverage company in Australasia that produces, markets, sells, and distributes alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. Its portfolio includes beer, cider, seltzers, spirits, wine, and coffee. With a workforce of around 2,000 employees, Lion is part of Kirin Holdings, which oversees Lion Australia and Lion New Zealand.

Learn how Accolade enabled the CPG company to centralize and streamline data management processes to ensure consistency and efficiency...
Lion case study

The needs

  • Centralize and streamline their innovation data management.
  • Provide robust reporting capabilities to meet the demands of the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process.
  • Integrate seamlessly with existing tools, particularly Microsoft Power BI.
  • Offer a user-friendly solution with single sign-on functionality. 

The challenges

  • Inconsistent and outdated information
  • Lack of integrated data management
  • Dispersed data ownership
  • Manual processes
How Sopheon helped

How Sopheon helped

Lion’s adoption of Sopheon’s Accolade has effectively addressed their previous challenges, setting them on a path to more streamlined and efficient innovation management. The system’s robust features, local support, and integration capabilities have proven crucial in helping Lion maintain its market share in the dynamic FMCG industry.

Read the case study to see how Sopheon helped Lion achieve:

  • Increased efficiency
  • Enhanced reporting capabilities
  • Improved data management

What our clients say

“The implementation of the Accolade system at Lion has helped to streamline and centralise our NPD & non-NPD projects, to ensure one source of truth. It has increased efficiency of our project teams by reducing the amount of duplication & manual work required to populate gate papers for our Stage Gate process & approvals. Sopheon were great in offering industry best practice advice on how we could optimise our process & bring it back in line with best in class Stage Gate execution. The Sopheon team were also very patient and accommodating working with us through a period of change and many moving goal posts.”
Innovation Planning Manager

Lion, Australia

How can we help?

How can we help?

When it comes to project management, making the right business decisions is crucial so your organization can keep course with your corporate strategy. Acclaim Projects Sopheon helps customers reach and exceed important benchmarks by paying close attention to the value and feasibility of innovation projects. 

Schedule a demo with our team of project management experts to see how we can transform your project management capabilities. 

 

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