Case Study: Kinnerton Confectionery achieves streamlined product development and on-time seasonal launches with Aras Corporation

Kinnerton Confectionery Transforms Product Creation Process with Aras

Kinnerton, the UK’s largest independent manufacturer of chocolate and novelty confectionery with about 800 employees and a highly seasonal product mix, faced an overly complex and fragmented new-product development and introduction (NPDI) process. Rapid growth, thousands of documents and poor cross‑department visibility made early development slow and forced teams to compress later stages, creating risk of missing critical seasonal deadlines and losing millions in sales.

Kinnerton chose Aras Innovator with partner AESSiS to build a bespoke PLM data model and electronic stage‑gate workflows, consolidating product information and standardizing processes. The solution improved traceability, accountability and knowledge sharing, now managing 1,200+ products across 36 ranges, reduced late‑stage firefighting, and enabled extensions into quality tracking and royalty management to protect margins and ensure on‑time seasonal launches.

Kinnerton

Mathew Davies

Head of IT