Karen Shou serves as Supply Chain Director at Lemon Republic, where she oversees end-to-end supply chain operations spanning procurement, planning, production, logistics, and quality management to build a highly efficient, agile, and sustainable supply chain system.
Bringing 14 years of expertise in the food and beverage industry, Karen previously held the position of General Manager at a leading beverage enterprise before becoming a serial entrepreneur. She has accumulated rich experience in building supply chains from the ground up, with a deep insight into industry trends and end-to-end supply chain systems. She specializes in formulating tailored strategies that align with an enterprise’s growth stages.
Throughout her career, she has led the end-to-end supply chain implementation of multiple innovative packaging projects—from PET cans and light-blocking lemon juice bottles to lemonade stand-up pouches—driving projects from conceptual design to mass production while striking a balance between design originality, cost control, and delivery efficiency.
As product launch cycles accelerate and SKUs expand, packaging has become a key factor in both competitiveness and time to market. At FBIF 2026, in collaboration with the China Packaging Federation, brand owners and packaging equipment and material suppliers will discuss how co-creation, quality control, and technological innovation can improve the execution of packaging innovation and accelerate industry-wide progress.
Topic 1 | R&D Efficiency and Quality Control
As packaging innovation accelerates, balancing development speed with quality stability has become a critical challenge. How can brands shorten development cycles while building robust internal systems to reduce variability between pilot production and mass manufacturing?
Topic 2 | Co-Creation Across the Packaging Value Chain
Effective co-creation helps bridge the information gap between brand needs and manufacturing capabilities. By enabling packaging suppliers to understand real brand scenarios earlier and more deeply, collaboration can shift from passive response to proactive participation, improving solution relevance, response speed, and the overall pace from concept to mass production, while enhancing system-wide efficiency across the value chain.
Topic 3 | Technological Innovation and Intellectual Property Protection
As packaging structures, materials, and processes evolve rapidly, protecting innovation while maintaining open collaboration has become increasingly complex. Striking the right balance between knowledge sharing and confidentiality directly impacts R&D investment willingness and long-term competitiveness.