Why TRIZ And OTSM? What Are TRIZ And OTSM?

Nikolai Khomenko, jlproj@gmail.com Attempts to improve problem solving skills and methods: short historical overview.

One of the very first steps to being human is getting the first solution to a problem and reflecting on it, generalizing the idea, in order … Read More

TRIZ Application In Device & Manufacturing Electrostatic Discharge Control

Teong-San Yeoh Intel Technology Sdn. Bhd. Penang, Malaysia ts.yeoh@intel.com

ABSTRACT Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) is a common failure mechanism found in semiconductor device manufacturing. ESD can be generated from humans, machines or even during the handling of these semiconductor devices. This … Read More

Unleashing The Voice Of The Product And The Voice Of The Process

Darrell Mann Director, Systematic Innovation Ltd, UK Phone/Fax: +44 (1275) 342960 Mobile: +44 (7980) 864028 E-mail: darrell.mann@systematic-innovation.com

Abstract In this paper we propose that, our need to create products and services that match the ‘voice of the customer’ becomes much … Read More

Altshuller’s Anniversary: The Position of the Copyright Owners

2006 is the 80th anniversary year of the birth of Genrikh Saulovich Altshuller, the creator of TRIZ – CDI (Development of creative imagination) – TCLS (Theory of Creative Life Strategy) (15.10.1926 – 24.09.1998).

This year, the Official G.S. Altshuller Foundation … Read More

Applying TRIZ in Process Improvement

Haiyan Ru, sindyru@hotmail.com Haibo Ru, browruguard-register@yahoo.com.cn TRIZ could be used not only in product innovation, but also in process improvement. It can increase the organization management efficiency and effectiveness, which is also valuable. Here we provide a case of applying … Read More

A New Paradigm for Creative Problem Solving: Six-Box Scheme in USIT without Depending on Analogical Thinking

Toru Nakagawa Osaka Gakuin University, Japan

First Presented at The 27th Annual Conference of the Japan Creativity Society held on October 29-30, 2005 at National Center of Sciences, Tokyo (in Japanese); Posted in the TRIZ Home Page in Japan on … Read More

How Solution Finds a Problem to Solve (Case Study)

Dallas, Texas, USA tepl@sbcglobal.net How Solution Finds a Problem to Solve (Case Study) After graduating from university, I was concentrated on my PhD research, which was connected with practical applications of nuclear methods for technological control in construction, one of … Read More

Student’s Corner #5 Bee and Honeycomb

Edited by: Leora C. Slocum*, Micaiah C. Slocum, and Hosannah M. Slocum (*contact at leora@slocumfamily.org) On our Student’s Corner #4 we considered inventions made by plants – corrugated structures. Now we’ll enjoy inventions made by insects, and more specifically … Read More

Better design using nature’s successful (no-compromise) solutions

Darrell Mann1 Conall Ó Catháin2 1Systematic Innovation Ltd, UK, 2Queen’s University, Belfast, UK

Abstract The paper describes a programme of work aimed at identifying and codifying design solutions from the natural world in which a trade-off or compromise has been … Read More

Call For Papers:

1st Iberian & Latin American Conference on Technological Innovation Asociación Mexicana de TRIZ, A.C. September 4-7, 2006 in Puebla, Mexico Call for papers The Mexican TRIZ Association (AMETRIZ) is proposing the First Iberian and Latin American Conference on Technological Innovation … Read More

Richard Kaplan’s reply to the previous note Subject: Reply to Reply to Comments on Lettieri/Yoneyama Article

—–Original Message—– From: Richard D. Kaplan [mailto:rdk205@Lehigh.EDU] Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 2:45 PM To: editor@the-trizjournal.com Cc: rdk205@lehigh.edu

Subject: Reply to Reply to Comments on Lettieri/Yoneyama Article First, I want to thank Mr. Lettieri and Mr. Yoneyama for receiving my … Read More

Reply to comments on the article “Su-Field: An Educational Example of Inventive Problem Solving in Electrical Engineering”

by Antonio Cesar Lettieri, Takashi Yoneyama

As authors of the January/2006 article, “Su-Field: An Educational Example of Inventive Problem Solving in Electrical Engineering”, we would like to contribute with some additional material based on the comments by Richard Kaplan, published … Read More

Student’s Corner #4 – Miracle Of Corrugation

Edited by: Leora C. Slocum*, Micaiah C. Slocum (13), and Hosannah M. Slocum (11) (*contact at leora@slocumfamily.org)

Can you believe that an invention can “jump” into life from a simple sheet of paper? If not, read the following text, and … Read More

“American Inventor” Television Program – Review

by Ralph Czerepinski, PhD, and Joe Miller http://www.trizpqrgroup.com It’s only entertainment. “Reality” TV. A way for enterprising people to maybe win a million $, and get some publicity. A showcase for hustlers and con artists. Or desperate people willing … Read More

Hierarchical TRIZ Algorithms–Step J. Implement the Solution

12th Installment- Apr 2006 Hierarchical TRIZ Algorithms is a how-to TRIZ book. It is designed to assist both beginning and advanced users. Each month, the TRIZ-Journal will publish another chapter of the book. This month’s installment includes the 10th step … Read More

Personal Report from the American Creativity Association Meeting Austin TX USA, March 22-25, 2006

By Ellen Domb editor@the-trizjournal.com

I went to the American Creativity Association meeting with two purposes in mind: 1. To tell the non-TRIZ creativity people about TRIZ 2. To learn what the non-TRIZ creativity people do

As a TRIZ consultant and … Read More

Six Sigma Trends: Six Sigma in Financial Services

Elena A. Averboukh LUSI – Centre eG ( Interdisciplinary Centre for Quality of Life and Usability Studies ) www.sixsigma-24.de

Here is a new article reflecting our on-going research on advanced tools, strategies and trends in deploying six sigma particular in … Read More

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TRIZ at Bradford University – Solving a Organisational Problem using TRIZ

Karen Gadd http://www.oxfordcreativity.co.uk/

It is not good starting the New Year with a sense of foreboding and I was dreading my first two TRIZ courses in 2006. These were at the engineering departments of Bradford University and Sheffield Hallam and … Read More

Functional Fixedness

Roni Horowitz Roni.Horowitz@start2think.com

Functional fixedness is the inability of a problem solver to use an accessible and handy entity to accomplish task A just because this tool is associated with task B (although this entity may be very suitable to … Read More