Manufacturing demand & margin improvement
Needs/issues:
The growth and sustainability of the industry value chain relies on the manufacturing sector to innovate and add value in a globally competitive environment.
In 2007 members of the dairy industry formed Dairy Innovation Australian Ltd (DIAL) to discover and deliver innovation in a unique precompetitive and open innovation system.
Key focus areas towards the end of the 5 year period will be value added products, smarter manufacturing processes and building knowledge and innovative capability.
Dairy Australia will ensure that technology transfer of industry invested technologies can be embedded by DIAL into Australian manufacturing sites through use of the DA fee for service component of membership fees in conjunction with company members co investment.
Program objective:
Accelerate the delivery of an innovative, internationally competitive, profitable and sustainable Australian dairy manufacturing industry.
To provide Australian manufacturing with a strong integrated R & D capability that contributes to global competitiveness
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