Radical Innovation and Design Research

By: Kari T. Eloranta, Asko Riitahuhta and Mikko Karvinen

1. Aims and objectives Global competition has forced companies to redesign themselves (Leifer et al., 2000). The goal of redesign has been to strengthen a company’s position as one of leading … Read More

Altshuller Father of Innovation – the Contradiction of TRIZ

By: Karen Gadd Karen Gadd Oxford Creativity Karen.gadd@triz.co.uk +44 1993 2001401

All of us celebrate that Altshuller founded TRIZ and uncovered this marvellous process for problem solving for the world. Those of us who have now dedicated our careers to … Read More

Book Review: Natural Innovation: Examples of Creative Problem Solving in Biology, Ecology, and TRIZ

Book Review: Natural Innovation: Examples of Creative Problem Solving in Biology, Ecology, and TRIZ

Dr. Michael S. Slocum and Ms. Catherine Lundberg Ontro, Inc. Dr. Ellen Domb PQR Group

Title: … Read More

Creativity in Product Innovation

Book Review: “Creativity in Product Innovation”

By Ellen Domb and Michael Slocum, editors Graham Rawlinson graham@dagr.demon.co.uk and Catherine Lundberg clundberg@ontro.com

Creativity in Product Innovation by Jacob Goldenberg and David Mazursky, 2002, Cambridge … Read More

Hands-on Systematic Innovation

By Drs. Ellen Domb and Michael Slocum, Editors Hands-on Systematic Innovation by Darrell Mann. 2002, CREAX Press, Ieper, Belgium. http://www.creax.com. US $64.00 (plus shipping), 464 pages, hardback. ISBN 90-77071-02-4.

Dr. Darrell Mann is a frequent author for The TRIZ Journal, … Read More

“Systematic Innovation Using TRIZ”

IQPC (International Quality and Productivity Center) London, England – May 21, 22 & 23rd, 2002 Report by Don Masingale, Chair for the Conference

IQPC were the sponsors of this conference. The organization, facilities and support for the conference was excellent, … Read More

Integrating Innovation into Design for Six Sigma

David Verduyn C2C Solutions Inc. 2899 E. Big Beaver #226 Troy, MI 48083 www.c2c-solutions.com Phone: 248-879-8040 E-mail: verduyn@c2c-solutions.com

Introduction

Value attracts customers, Quality earns respect, and Innovation differentiates your product from the competition, as well as, attracts the competitor’s clientele … Read More

Combining The Scenario Technique With QFD And TRIZ To A Product Innovation Methodology

Combining The Scenario Technique With QFD And TRIZ To A Product Innovation Methodology

Elke Baessler, Thomas Breuer, Markus Grawatsch, Fraunhofer Institute of Production Technology IPT, Aachen, Germany

The Scenario Technique, Quality … Read More

TRIZ-based Innovation Principles and a Process for Problem Solving in Business and Management

TRIZ-based Innovation Principles and a Process for Problem Solving in Business and Management

This paper was first published in the proceedings of the European TRIZ Association, November 2001

Bruno Ruchti DIWINGS AG, Management Consultants CH-4603 Olten 3, Switzerland … Read More

Developing Systematic Innovation Tools for the Food Industry

Developing Systematic Innovation Tools for the Food Industry

University College Cork, Ireland on November 26-28, 2000

Jorge C. Oliveira Department of Food Science, Food Technology and Nutrition University College Cork Ireland j.oliveira@ucc.ie

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” 5W’s and an H ” of TRIZ Innovation

Prakash R. Apte Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India apte@tifr.res.in

Harish Shah Neilsoft Ltd., Pune, India Harish.shah@neilsoft.com

Darrell Mann University of Bath, Bath, UK D.L.Mann@bath.ac.uk

Abstract

It is a commonly held view that ‘90% of the problem is defining … Read More

Conference Report: Developing Systematic Innovation in the Food Industry

By: Ellen Domb, editor@TRIZ-Journal.com

The conference Developing Systematic Innovation in the Food Industry was held at the University College Cork in Cork, Ireland, November 26-28, 2000. The conference was organized by Jorge C. Oliveira, with the support of the … Read More

Self-Sustaining Innovation: How To Keep Innovation Alive After The Consultant Leaves

By Charles W. Prather, Ph.D. cwprather@aol.com

Overview:

Leaders in Research & Development usually want consistently higher levels of innovative outcomes from their organizations than they normally experience. Attempts at “shotgunning” the problem may produce … Read More

Investigating the use of TRIZ in Eco-innovation

By Elies Jones and David HarrisonBrunel University,Department of Design,Runnymede Campus,Egham, Surrey,TW20 0JZ, UK.elies.jones@brunel.ac.uk

This is an expanded version of the paper first published inthe TRIZCON2000 conference proceedings, the Altshuller Institute, May, 2000.

Investigating … Read More

The Collaborative Innovation (CI) Process

First presented at the Altshuller Institute TRIZCON2000, May 1, 2000

By Dr. Larry Zeidner and Dr. Ralph Wood

Executive Summary:

The Collaborative Innovation (CI) process has been developed at United Technologies Research Center … Read More

Ontro Wins Innovation Award

by: Ellen Domb and Michael Slocum

For anyone who wonders whether TRIZ pays off in business, the recent award to Ontro Inc. of the University of California at San Diego’s Connect Award for the most innovative new product for 1999 … Read More

The Use of TRIZ Separation Principles to Resolve the Contradictions of Innovation Practices in Organizations

Jack Hipple Principal Innovation-TRIZ Tampa, FL 813-994-9999 jwhinnovator@earthlink.net www.innovation-triz.com

Abstract

The Separation Principles from the TRIZ methodology can be used to deal with both technical and non-technical problems. Traditionally, the separation principles (separation in time, space, upon condition, and between … Read More

An Integrated Operational Knowledge Base (System of Operators) and the Innovation Workbench System Software

Boris Zlotin and Alla ZusmanSeptember 22, 1992Kishinev, Moldova

Translation and comments by Alla Zusman August, 1998© 1998 Ideation International Inc.May 1, 1999

Definition:

Operator – a transformation as denoted by a TRIZ principle, method, standardsolution, … Read More

Breakthrough Innovation In Conflict Resolution: Marrying TRIZ and the Thinking Process

* First published in the Proceedings of the APICS Constraint Management Special Interest Group, March 1999

Ellen Domb ellendomb@compuserve.com H. William Dettmer gsi@goalsys.com

Copyright © H. William Dettmer and Ellen Domb

INTRODUCTION

Since Goldratt introduced the logical thinking process as … Read More

Managing Innovation Knowledge – The Ideation Approach to the Search, Development, and Utilization of Innovation Knowledge

Boris Zlotin and Alla Zusman February, 1999 Southfield, Michigan USA

© 1998 Ideation International Inc.

Introduction

The oft-quoted expression “TRIZ is based on technology rather than psychology” is a direct translation from the Russian. This declaration was made by … Read More