Centrality of ‘Steering Language’ to problem solving Trends of evolution case study: The development of heat induction system

By: Ahmad A. Abdalla, Sulieman M. Zobly

Ahmad A. Abdalla South-Westphalia University of Applied Sciences Luebecker Ring 2 59494 Soest, Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 2921 378414 Fax: +49 (0) 2921 378404 Email: aabdallah05@gmail.com

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Full Scheme Thinking and Feature Transfer for Creation of Blue Ocean

By: Hongyul Yoon CEO of TRIZ Center, TRIZ Specialist hongyul333@empal.com www.trizcenter.co.kr

ABSTRACT TRIZ has been changed to serve not only technical innovation but also nontechnical improvement. The requirement of contributions to business area seems increasingly higher especially in … Read More

Decision Making for TRIZ

Dr. David G. Ullman Robust Decisions Inc © Robust Decisions 2006 1 www.robustdecisions.com

TRIZ plays an important role in the new product development process. However, if the tools that interface with TRIZ are not sufficient, its impact on the final … Read More

Review: JOURNAL OF TRIZ: Value to English-Speaking Readers

by: Jack Hipple info@innovation-triz.com Publication Details: the Journal of TRIZ is the English translation of the Russian language magazine, which has just resumed publication in 2005 after a long hiatus. The cost of a single issue of the Journal of … Read More

Hierarchical TRIZ Algorithms

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 eighth step of the 10 step … Read More

Book Review: Innovation on Demand – By Victor Fey and Eugene Rivin

Review by Dr. Jim Bradley James Bradley Ph.D., PE, 6 Sigma Site Leader & Master Black Belt and TRIZ Specialist, International Truck and Engine Corporation Publication Details: Innovation on Demand: New Product Development Using TRIZ by Victor Fey and Eugene … Read More

Letters to the editor

A letter to sceptics Personal thoughts of why using TRIZ is good and even necessary Dipl.-Ing. Horst Th. Nähler c4pi – Center for Product-Innovation TRIZ-online Germany Sometimes successful methods and methodologies are good and useful because they are pretty obvious. … Read More

Comments on Lettieri and Yoneyama’s “Su-field: An Educational Example of Inventive Problem Solving in Electrical Engineering”

by Richard Kaplan Lettieri and Yoneyama provide a nice electrical engineering example of inventive problem solving in their 1/06 TRIZ-Journal article. The problem is reminiscent of the classical lamps creativity puzzle: There is a lamp on the third floor … Read More

ETRIA TRIZ Futures 2006 announcemen

Related posts:

1. Welcome to the February 2009 Issue of The TRIZ Journal!
2. TRIZ in ASQ’s New Issue
3. Innovation in a Carbon Constrained World

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TRIZ Home Page in Japan Update

Dear TRIZ Colleagues, “TRIZ Home Page in Japan” has been updated yesterday: Both English and Japanese Pages (Dated: Jan. 13, 2006) http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/ ‘Personal Report’ of the ETRIA TFC 2005 (Held at Graz,Nov. 2005) has been posted in detail in English. … Read More

STUDENTS CORNER #1 – From air bubbles to Nobel Prize!

Dr. Abram Teplitskiy STUDENTS CORNER #1 From air bubbles to Nobel Prize!

We’ll start our first STUDENT Corner in TRIZ Journal with discussing air balloons and air bubbles. We are sure that all students have experience in this area while … Read More

Directed Variation® – Piston Ring CASE

By: Simon Dewulf

Directed Variation® Piston Ring CASE Simon Dewulf Managing Director CREAX www.creax.com with Bernard Lahousse and Vincent Theeten, Innovation Engineers at CREAX

Introduction to directed variation

X the product, the process or service, the system, thing or article … Read More

How To Deal With Cost-Related Issues In TRIZ

By: Ellen Domb, Ph.D. PQR Group and Editor, The TRIZ Journal ellendomb@compuserve.com

Abstract People learning TRIZ frequently have difficulty with the issue of cost, since cost reduction is a pervasive theme throughout industry, yet many techniques of TRIZ do not … Read More

The Logistic Innovation Approach and The Theory of Inventive Problem Solving

By: Odair Farias

ABSTRACT This paper proposes some strategic ways to logistic innovation through the Russian methodology – “Rechénia Izobretatelskih Zadátchi Theory – Triz” (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving). Assets related to logistic evolution and its definitions, as the … Read More

Su-Field: An Educational Example of Inventive Problem Solving in Electrical Engineering

By: Antonio Cesar Lettieri, Takashi Yoneyama

Su-Field: An Educational Example of Inventive Problem Solving in Electrical Engineering Antonio Cesar Lettieri lettieri@directnet.com.br Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica – EMBRAER S. A. – Brazil. Takashi Yoneyama takashi@ele.ita.br Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica – ITA … Read More

TRIZ and Software – 40 Principle Analogies, a sequel

By: Rob van den Tillaart

Introduction Some years ago there were two publications by Kevin C. Rea about the use of TRIZ in Computer Science and Information Technology called “TRIZ and Software – 40 Principle Analogies, Part I and II”. … Read More

The Application of TRIZ to Technology Forecasting – A Case Study: Brassiere Strap Technology

By: Kim Lovel, Chad Seastrunk, Timothy Clapp, Ina Parker

Abstract Companies must continually develop new products or improve upon existing ideas in order to keep up with competitive markets. One tool to stimulate creative product development is TRIZ (Theory of … Read More

TRIZ and Avoiding Responsibility and Blame

By: Graham Rawlinson

There are many uses for TRIZ, and one is to minimise or Ideally avoid all harmful effects. Being held responsible for something is a good and a bad thing (spot possible Contradiction?) so it seems likely that … Read More

On Innovation Timing

By: Darrell Mann

Systematic Innovation Ltd, UK E-mail: darrell.mann@systematic-innovation.com

Abstract This paper considers the complex issue of innovation timing. Building on an extensive programme of research and application evidence, the paper outlines the key factors that affect and ultimately … Read More

Theory of Inventive Problem Solving Applied To Business Process Management Projects (BPM-TRIZ)

By: Marcelo Fabricio Prim, Luis Gonzaga Trabasso

Marcelo Fabricio Prim EMBRAER / ITA – Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 2.170, São José dos Campos – SP, Brazil marceloprim@yahoo.com

Luis Gonzaga Trabasso ITA – Pça Mal. Eduardo Gomes, 50, São José dos … Read More