TRIZ Used to Improve the Mars Bite-size Candy Pouch

05/01/2009 | Editor

The Mars company used TRIZ methodologies to develop new packaging for its bite-size candy products. The new packaging is easier to open, can stand upright and open on a table and is more aesthetically pleasing. The new packaging increased sales.Read More

Using TRIZ to Improve Pem-nut Production

01/12/2008 | Editor

The numerous manufacturing processes required to produce pem-nuts using a traditional machining process have made them too expensive. Inventors used TRIZ tools to improve production and reduce the cost of pem-nuts.Read More

Using the Contradiction Matrix to Improve Airflow

05/11/2007 | Editor

Windows are an integral part of our "home sweet home," workplace and any number of establishments that want to be open to keep an eye on the world. Windows solve a major physical contradiction: "I want to be in and want to be out."Read More

Improve Process Effectiveness with TRIZ Methodology

20/09/2006 | Editor

Haiyan Ru, sindyru@hotmail.com As we know, process system is more and more important for a corporation with dream of being a great company. There are some improvement models and quality systems supplied for it, such as ISO9000 appeared last century. … Read More

To invent is to foresee: How to improve car safety

06/11/2004 | Editor

By: Gennady Kizevich

1. The ideal prognosis Prognosticators are serious people. They avoid long-term forecasting and fantastical dreams. Their predictions are based on real facts and stable tendencies. If there are no pioneer inventions and no new ideas that … Read More

Improve It By Breaking It. Examples From Journalism Show How Segmentation Helps To Make Ideas More Saleable And Cost-Effective

19/10/2003 | Editor

By Kalevi Rantanen TRIS OY Brahenk. 9 E 18 FIN-20100 TURKU, FINLAND phone/fax +358 2 251 1623 E-mail: kalevi.rantanen@kolumbus.fi http://www.kolumbus.fi/kalran Do you recognize the scene? It is Monday morning. You are sitting before your computer, but great ideas … Read More

Increase Creativity to Improve Quality

20/12/1998 | Editor

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

There are many definitions of quality, and there are many definitions of creativity/ innovation. The two leading philosophers of quality … Read More