Titanic TRIZ: A Universal Case Study

By: Ellen Domb, Ph.D.

Ellen Domb, Ph.D. The PQR Group, editor@the-trizjournal.com

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY When teaching TRIZ to groups of people from a wide variety of technical and cultural backgrounds, it is important to use a case study that they can … Read More

Anticipating Failures with Substance-Field Inversion – A TRIZ Methods Case Study

By: Thomas W. Ruhe

Hewlett-Packard Company Tom.Ruhe@hp.com

Anticipating failures is a powerful tool for shortening the time required to develop robust products. Inverting Standard Techniques of Substance-Field analysis allows anticipation of failures caused by a useful function not being performed. … Read More

Case study: The application of TRIZ to economy class aircraft cabin design

Case study: The application of TRIZ to economy class aircraft cabin design

School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom Author: Sam Carter, Supervision: D.L.Mann@bath.ac.uk

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Using the 76 Standard Solutions: a Case Study for Improving the World Food Supply

First published in the Proceedings of TRIZCON2001, the Altshuller Institute, March, 2001.

Joe Miller, Quality Process Consulting, Ellen Domb, Ph.D., The PQR Group, Ellen MacGran, Nabisco Brands Co., University of Phoenix, John Terninko, Ph.D., Responsible Management

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Containment ring problem (Impeller burst) IWB Case study

By: Alla Zusman azusman@ideationtriz.com

Editor’s note: This paper shows the application of the Ideation Workbench Method to the case that was presented in the September 2000, issue of The TRIZ Journal. Innovation Situation Questionnaire

1. Brief description of the … Read More

Application of TRIZ to Technology Forecasting – Case Study: Yarn Spinning Technology

Severine Gahide http://www4.ncsu.edu/~sgahide/cv.html

Under the Direction of:

Dr. Timothy G. Clapp Professor North Carolina State University tclapp@tx.ncsu.edu

Dr. Michael S. Slocum Adjunct Assistant Professor North Carolina State University mslocum@ontro.com

Abstract

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Case Study: Application Of Ideation/TRIZ To A Technological Problem With Rapid Prototyping Equipment

CASE STUDY ABSTRACT

Solving difficult problems is a complex activity that is governed by the search for knowledge. Problem solving is affected by a combination of the searching process and by the availability of the knowledge … Read More

Case Study: TRIZ Solves a Hard Drive Reliability Problem

Zinovy Royzen, President TRIZ Consulting, Inc. 12013 C 12 Ave N.W., Seattle, Washington Tel: (206) 364-3116, E-mail:Zroyzen@aol.com Web site: http://members.aol.com/zroyzen/triz.html

This paper was presented at The Tenth Symposium on Quality Function Deployment, June 14-16, 1998, Novi, … Read More

QFD, TRIZ, and Entrepreneurial Intuition The DelCor Interactives International Case Study

Ellen Domb, Ph.D. PQR Group, 190 N. Mountain Ave., Upland, CA 91786 USA +1(909)949-0857 FAX +1(909)949-2968 ellendomb@compuserve.com

David Corbin DelCor Interactives International, Inc. 1511-6 E. Valley Parkway, Escondido, CA 92027 USA 800 480 2949 FAX +1(760)480-0249 corb748@aol.com

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THE TRIZ APPROACH – Case Study: Creative Solutions to a Human Relations (HR) Problem

by James F. Kowalick, President & Director The Leonardo da Vinci Institute, division of RLI, Inc. 9907 Camper Lane, P.O. Box 659, Oregon House, CA. 95962 Voice: (916) 692-1944 ~ Fax: (916) 692-1946 ~ Email: headguru@oro.net

Introduction. The oldest living … Read More

Case Study: Licensing

by: Victor Minin, INTERNET:iqplus@io.org Problem

The company is interested in licensing its product for manufacture and sales in developing countries. They propose to sell the technology and receive royalty payments from the licensees. They were looking for a foolproof method … Read More