Executive Summary
Course Theme: Reimagining Food Ecosystem Innovation
There is a significant opportunity to alter the way we treat food waste in order to reduce pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and in turn create a more sustainable world. As facilitated by the ME 290H curriculum, we sought to develop innovative solutions to reduce food waste and its associated impacts throughout the food ecosystem life cycle. With our team focusing on issues related to the restaurant and retail industry we will identify product opportunity gaps related to the processing and consumption phases of the cycle. We concluded by developing a waste scanner which fills a necessary product opportunity gap aimed at increasing the efficacy of waste services at restaurants.
There is a significant opportunity to alter the way we treat food waste in order to reduce pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and in turn create a more sustainable world. As facilitated by the ME 290H curriculum, we sought to develop innovative solutions to reduce food waste and its associated impacts throughout the food ecosystem life cycle. With our team focusing on issues related to the restaurant and retail industry we will identify product opportunity gaps related to the processing and consumption phases of the cycle. We concluded by developing a waste scanner which fills a necessary product opportunity gap aimed at increasing the efficacy of waste services at restaurants.
Identifying OpportunitiesPhase 1 |
We began using social, economic, and technology factors to inspire and identify a product opportunity gap that would be most impactful.
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ResearchPhase 2 |
Through exhaustive investigation, we evaluated our POG by unraveling its context and catering it towards what is most important to its stakeholders. We concluded with a revised POG.
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RealizationPhase 4 |
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