R&D Consulting For The Food Industry
Superior Products, Superior Value
OUR WORK
SolutionSmith helps clients create new products and processes with competitive advantages, positioned
to win in the food and beverage marketplace. We have a proven track record of profitable new product
launches, supported by technical advantages and protected by intellectual property
Innovation
Bring Your Ideas to Life
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Develop excellent, new-to-the-world products
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Leverage fundamental understanding of products to enable them to taste better, to achieve cleaner ingredient lines, and to have proprietary advantages
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Generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues, with our innovations, through dozens of successful launches with patent protection
Bring Your Products to Market:
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Scale-up products from bench top to pilot plant to production/commercial scale
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Successfully launch dozens of new-to-the-world products and processes
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Win with advantaged processes
Generate intellectual property with patents or trade secrets
Problem Solving
Improve Quality
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Reduce variability in manufacturing
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Eliminate defects
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Reduce consumer complaints
Develop or modify processes to streamline manufacturing
Solve complex technical challenges on the microstructural level
Understand root causes of manufacturing issues and propose, test, and implement solutions
WHO WE ARE
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Gary Smith, CEO & President
Gary has 27 years of R&D experience at Kraft Foods, earning 25 granted patents, most of which were commercialized, and earning dozens of awards, including the "Lifetime Achievement" award. He started SolutionSmith LLC in 2015 and has provided consulting services to a number of high profile organizations since.
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Alex Smith, R&D Consultant
As part of SolutionSmith, Alex has developed award winning new products for multiple clients. He has assisted in the creation of new manufacturing processes and improved existing ones. He most recently worked for Bimbo Bakeries USA specializing in production management, operations efficiency, and cost optimization. He has also worked for PepsiCo in an R&D role He has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.