Letter from the International TRIZ Association

By: M. Rubin

October 15, 2003 Information letter ? 27/2003. Dear colleagues! Today on the 15th of October, 2003, G.S. Altshuller would be 77. Since 1998, on the International TRIZ Association initiative this day is being celebrated as the International … Read More

Review of “Solution – Innovation Card Game”

By: Walter Lamia

Review of “Solution – Innovation Card Game” by Walter Lamia, Colorado State Univ. doctoral student Hape Etzold’s card game (€45,50 at www.etzold.biz)is based on the TRIZ inventive principles. It comprises forty cards, each printed with a principle, … Read More

I-TRIZ for Six Sigma Business Process Management

By: Elena A. Averboukh

Dr. Elena Averboukh is an industry-funded professor at the University of Kassel (Germany) in Quality and Safety Control Systems and works internationally as a Master Instructor and Master Black Belt for manufacturing, transactional, design and … Read More

Empowering Six Sigma methodology via the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ)

Amir H.M. Kermani B.S.c. of Industrial Engineering Faculty of Industrial Engineering of Tehran Polytechnics Expert of Iran Institute of Innovation and Technology Studies www.IIITS.org M_Kermani@iiits.org

This paper will be published in TRIZ E-Journal (www.the-trizjournal.com ) in early September and the … Read More

Mitosis of TRIZ (continuation of the article « the Vector of development of TRIZ passes through “NonTRIZ”: program article»)

Y.Danilovsky (e-mail: UR7@mail.ru, www.showsin.ru) V.Mitrofanov (e-mail: mitrofanovvv@mail.ru) D.Shevchenko (e-mail: dunya888@mail.ru) Laboratory of innovative research “SHOW SIN” (www.showsin.ru) International university of scientific and technical creativity (Saint Petersburg – Boston) 193036 Saint Petersburg, 3-n Soviet street, 7,App 5-N, ph. (812) 324-73-72, Ph. … Read More

Using TRIZ to Create Innovative Business Models and Products

Atsuko Ishida Hitachi,Ltd. Kawasaki, Japan

Abstract: Most companies have many subjects around their business, and wish fast and effective solutions with new information technology. In other words, companies and their clients want innovative and impressive business solutions, to overcome severe … Read More

Mastery of future generations of products & TRIZ

By: Pascal Crubleau, Simon Richir, Ridha Hambli ENSAM / ISTIA 2, boulevard du Ronceray / 62, avenue Notre Dame du Lac 49035 / 49000 Angers, FRANCE E-mail : [pascal.crubleau @angers.ensam.fr] ; [simon.richir/ridha.hambli@univ-angers.fr]

Abstract The design of new and innovative products … Read More

40 Inventive Principles with Applications in Service Operations Management

Jun Zhang, Kah-Hin Chai, Kay-Chuan Tan Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, 119260, Singapore Email: engp2383@nus.edu.sg

1. INTRODUCTION In the recent development of TRIZ research, much effort has been put in extending … Read More

CASE STUDY in TRIZ: ‘Global Benchmark’ Evaluation of Thermal Comfort in Sports Equipment

Simon Dewulf CREAX nv simon.dewulf@creax.com

Darrell Mann CREAX NV darrell.mann@creax.com

INTRODUCTION The research area of thermal comfort in sporting equipment has been evaluated in terms of TRIZ. The article presents a number of generically applicable … Read More

Applying TRIZ to Endodontic Tool Design

Ellen Domb, Ph.D. PQR Group Upland, California USA

John “Jack” Jacklich, D.D.S. Special Products, Inc. Santa Cruz, California USA

Executive Summary Endodontics, commonly known to non-dentists as “root canals” is a complex system where the art and science of dentistry … Read More

The European TRIZ Association Meeting, November 12-14, 2003, Aachen, Germany.

The TRIZ Journal will publish some of the papers from this meeting in the next few months. Meanwhile, we thought our readers would like to see some of the participants. New ETRIA President Denis Cavallucci welcomes the delegates.

Prof. … Read More