{"id":12136,"date":"2020-04-20T23:41:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T03:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.hbs.edu\/platform-digit\/submission\/182-year-old-pg-enters-big-data-with-start-up-pampers-and-smart-diapers\/"},"modified":"2020-04-20T23:41:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T03:41:55","slug":"182-year-old-pg-enters-big-data-with-start-up-pampers-and-smart-diapers","status":"publish","type":"hck-submission","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/submission\/182-year-old-pg-enters-big-data-with-start-up-pampers-and-smart-diapers\/","title":{"rendered":"182-year-old P&G enters Big Data with Start-Up Pampers and Smart Diapers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Digital Transformation is a lot to ask for Procter and Gamble, a 182-year-old consumer goods giant that has relied on a centuries old playbook of product development, billion-dollar brand-building and traditional TV advertising. This year, they marked a big start into the world of analytics and big data by taking the stage at the January 2020 Consumer Electronics Show with Lumi by Pampers.<\/p>\n

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P&G\u2019s largest brand, Pampers, does over $8B in global annual sales. However, recent trends show growth flattening, with global diaper sales down -9% in volume as the birth rate in the US continues to fall. However sales are up 4% in value as brands try to capture the needs of millennials that are waiting longer to have children, having less children, but spending much more per child and becoming more involved parents \u2013 for example, baby monitor sales are up by 18%.<\/p>\n

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In an attempt to revolutionize not only baby care but how consumer goods giants innovate, the Start-up Pampers team was created, in partnership with Verily, Google\u2019s health subsidiary, and Logitech, a leader in consumer electronics. At CES 2020, Start-Up Pampers unveiled Lumi, an all-in-one connected care system. The bundle consists of a Logitech smart 1080p HD video monitor, 2 activity sensors that can be connected to specialized diapers with Velcro patches for the sensors, and consumer mobile application built for parents.<\/p>\n

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Despite its leap forward into integrated baby care via technology, Pampers started its product development with its centuries-old focus on the voice of the consumer through in-home interviews and focus group discussions. Omar Sher, head of Start-Up Pampers, mentions that \u201cWe focused on solving real problems parents have. Parenting is the most important job you\u2019ve never done, and it was clear there was an opportunity to enable parents to better anticipate their baby\u2019s needs, establish a routine, and feel confident about their innate ability to care for their baby. We all want to be able to trust that “gut feeling,” but that’s not always easy when your baby is unpredictable, a parent is overwhelmed, and a quick Google search provides results that aren’t tailored to the specific needs of a specific, unique child.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lumi is built to help gather and interpret baby care information to solve parents\u2019 key tension. Here\u2019s how it works \u2013 a parent turns on a sensor and attaches it to the smart diaper patch. The sensor automatically tracks how quickly a diaper is filled and needs replacing, as well as the baby\u2019s motion sleep patterns, communicating all of this to the mobile app. The video monitor checks the temperature and humidity of the baby\u2019s room and allows a parent to check in their child from anywhere. The app consolidates all of this information into digestible information for parents on when to change diapers and how well a baby is sleeping. Additionally, parents can input other information like feeding times or key milestones to plot out the baby\u2019s development and compare these against pediatricians\u2019 benchmarks.<\/p>\n

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Lumi\u2019s main value proposition is not big data, video monitoring, or automated tracking, but the combination of real time tracking data and parents\u2019 intuition to provide better baby care. Dr. Mega of Verily mentions that \u201cTheidea of surfacing timely, relevant and helpful insights is core to what we do at Verily.\u201d The integrated system combines parent provided data together with the sensor and monitors\u2019 observation to generate insights for parents to act upon. The consolidated information and insights aim to help overcome the practical, mental, and emotional challenges for first time parents that are starting up a steep learning curve.<\/p>\n

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While the proposition seems compelling for millennial, data-driven parents looking to ensure they\u2019re doing the right thing for their babies, Lumi understandably creates consumer apprehension especially around data privacy. Jeffrey Cester, the executive director at the Center for Digital Democracy, warns that \u201cParents may find this new system convenient, but not [recognize] the serious risks to their privacy.\u201d Start-up Pampers says that individual data will be for parents\u2019 eyes only, but will continue to aggregate data to improve the product and potential explore new innovations that they can provide to parents.<\/p>\n

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Sources:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20200105005005\/en\/Baby-Monitoring-Takes-Quantum-Leap-Lumi-Pampers<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/innovation\/2019\/alphabet-verily-pampers-smart-diapers\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/0d2b113c-a9b8-11e9-b6ee-3cdf3174eb89<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2019\/07\/18\/pampers-unveils-new-lumi-monitoring-system-newborns\/1763655001\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.romper.com\/p\/lumi-by-pampers-connected-care-system-will-change-the-parenting-game-18213487<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-07-18-pampers-lumi-smart-diapers.html<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.pampers.com\/en-us\/lumi\/connected-care-system?gclid=Cj0KCQjwm9D0BRCMARIsAIfvfIbkbA7HRThWOuoRAuAA4sYuprDhLWamoyCEZYKP0tYHh0KGBwML5xcaAt2TEALw_wcB<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/gritdaily.com\/lumi-by-pampers-next-gen-baby-monitor-ces-2020\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/home\/lumi-by-pampers-hands-on-features-specs-price-photos-video\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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