Case Study: Multinational Beauty Company achieves faster new product development with Planview

How an International Leader in Beauty Products Accelerated New Product Development by Enhancing Cross-Functional Capabilities

Multinational Beauty Company, a global leader in beauty products, faced a complex new product development process that depended on cross-functional collaboration but lacked end-to-end visibility, consistent gate management, and easy reporting. The company was using manual workflows, siloed tools, emails, and Excel files, which made it difficult to align stakeholders and manage its innovation master plan across the enterprise. Planview’s Product Portfolio Management solution centralized the process and gave teams a single source of truth.

Planview implemented an algorithmic scoring system, consolidated portfolio views, and reporting/analytics capabilities, and integrated with Anaplan to surface financial KPIs at gate reviews. As a result, Multinational Beauty Company improved collaboration and communication, streamlined gate reviews, reduced manual work, and strengthened risk mitigation. Planview also helped the company manage 800 users and 2,000 new product development projects, while reducing cycle time and enabling faster, more informed go/no-go decisions.