Does Innovation Capability Improvement Make Sense?

07/06/2018 | Editor

Darrell Mann

Here’s the kind of innovation data guaranteed to make me smile:

Figure 1: Data And Crackpot Rigour (Reference 1)

Not so much because of the original intent – which was, I think, to establish possible correlation … Read More

Innovation Tools and Continuous Improvement Evaluations

05/05/2008 | Editor

Quality and innovation are key issues in today’s businesses and managers are focusing on special tools to improve their results, including the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ). TRIZ is an effective resource for improvement.Read More

Supply Chain Improvement for a Forklift Distributor

07/01/2008 | Editor

This paper describes a new model of logistics integration based on the utilization of the contradiction matrix and collaborative planning forecast and replenishment (CPFR).Read More

Improvement and Innovation

05/06/2007 | Editor

Praveen Gupta

Improvement and Innovation

Recent BusinessWeek articles have been singing obituaries of Six Sigma, and giving birth to innovation. According to a recent article, the two could not co-exist because Six Sigma has been used for efficiency, and innovation for … Read More

Applying TRIZ in Process Improvement

19/05/2006 | Editor

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

TRIZ Improvement Of Rotary Compressor Design

04/07/2005 | Editor

By: Valery Krasnoslobodtsev, Jun-Young Lee, Jeong-Bae Lee

ABSTRACT A rotary compressor with variable capacity is used in air conditioners. An air conditioner is a key product of mass production of Digital Appliance Business of Samsung Electronics Company. Therefore the improvement … Read More

Software Process Improvement -TRIZ and Six Sigma (40 Principles Usage for level 2 inventions)

19/04/2005 | Editor

Garikapati Pavan Kumar Email: pavan.garikapati@patni.com

ABSTRACT This paper proposes an innovative application of Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) and Six Sigma for software process improvement. Use of contradiction matrix and 40 principles readily help in developing the solutions for … Read More