Applied Research & Innovation

Innovation & Experimentation

Leveraging our learning network and partners, we actively research and experiment with new technologies, business models and service in order to understand how they can improve efficiency, visibility and sustainability in our industry. We conceptualize new products, services, businesses and processes to create a vision of the future which inspire and guide innovation initiatives.

Development & Implementation

We help the Fung Group companies and suppliers build the capabilities they need to navigate the digital economy, and operate sustainable, future-ready businesses. By creating tools, models and applications. We leverage digitization and the better use of data to improve efficiency, visibility and sustainability within the supply chain; creating sustainable, competitive advantage for our supply chains.

Growth through Collaboration

We are building an open and collaborative community of innovators and experts around the group, from the world over, to inspire new mindset and generate new value. Together, we instigate tension, breed curiosity within the Fung Group and teach our people new ways of doing things.

Explorium Hong Kong

Explorium Hong Kong is an innovation hub with the purpose of learning, experimenting and scaling the ideas, opportunities and business models that will shape the supply chain of the future. We work with a community of incubators and accelerators to add value to startups that have a shared interested in disrupting the global supply chain. 

At Explorium, we’ve embarked on a journey to take stock, reflect and share back what we’re learning around the themes driving the future of consumption, the rise of Sustainability, and the impact of Technological disruption. Read about our insights here.

Have any questions or ideas for the future? Let us know! We love listening. Get in touch at hello@explorium.hk 

WorkerApp

Working with the Li & Fung Vendor Compliance and Sustainability Team, we have launched the WorkerApp which enables factories to educate and engage their workers more effectively through a mobile application . The WorkerApp offers content that supports factory workers’ well-being and personal development, as well as factory safety and productivity. In addition, the App can be used as a survey and announcement tool, and in the near future, for e-learning. The App is currently available in Vietnamese, Bahasa Indonesia, and four Indian languages as well as English. The App is a free tool available to suppliers to help them become more effective at managing their workforces.

Pilot to Scale

There are often serious change management challenges for large corporate trying to adopt new tech from startups and other technology pioneers; Pilots often get stuck because of lack of time, resources, and common understandings between very different players and contexts. Our Pilot2Scale program is a collaboration framework which facilitates business experimentation and learning through piloting new products, processes, and solutions in collaboration with external partners. it brings startups and technology companies into the Fung ecosystem to help solve real business problems by leveraging a Lean Startup process and methodology, along with customized tools and templates to drive the process from initial Demo, to the first GoLive and ultimately to Scaling the new solution.

Hack the Rack

The Fung Group organized its second hackathon, Hack the Rack, which brought together data scientists, programmers, UX/UI designers and business experts into our Group to help solve business challenges. Through the hackathon, we engaged the external community with our business to bring in new ways to problem solve and to change the way we work.

The Kitchen

The Kitchen is Fung Group’s award-winning online crowdsourcing platform where colleagues come together to solve some of our greatest challenges. We believe that the best ideas come from anyone and anywhere. On The Kitchen platform, we enable over 40,000 Fung Group colleagues to innovate and collaborate.