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Author profile
James Hutchinson
Commercial Head of Consumer Products
James has over 13 years of experience helping FMCG and consumer health companies transform how they innovate, both within R&D but also across functions for the end-to-end NPI process.
He brings a deep knowledge of digital R&D programmes to ensure consistency and scalability, while also challenging the art of the possible to push boundaries and accelerate R&D transformation.
My insights
Harnessing hybrid labs to accelerate R&D innovation
Hybrid labs, or labs-in-the-loop, are the future of R&D innovation. These holistically engineered labs fuse physical experimentation, data, automation and AI to accelerate development into real-world impact.