Improving the process of product innovation

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The insights of 116 successful high technology managers in correcting problems in the product innovation process are presented. Product innovation is comprised of four stages, identified as discovery, decision, development and delivery. The survey of innovation managers pinpointed inadequate resources as the most common problem at every stage of the innovation process. The three guiding principles of total quality management are employed in improving the process. These are customer orientation, constant improvement and employee involvement.

Products, Product development

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Trends in managing industrial innovation - first insights from a field survey

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A research study was conducted to understand how the management of industrial innovation activities may change. Chief technology officers working for a multinational technology-intensive firm and 22 academic specialists in technology management were subjected to semi-structured interviews. An iterative study approach was used to examine significant trends and changes in industrial innovation management. Four key issues on the management of the technology research issue were identified.

Management Functions NEC, Methods, Business enterprises, Organizational change, Career development

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Improving the innovation process at Eastman Chemical

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The evolution of Eastman Chemical Company's innovation process from a mere research and development process with poor linkage to marketing and business functions to a company-wide system in which many functions play a crucial part is described. The use of a systematic quality management process approach to redefine innovation as a company process is detailed. The new innovation process has resulted in an early understanding of a project's value and potential for success.

Photographic equipment and supplies, Plastics materials and resins, Industrial inorganic chemicals, not elsewhere classified, Photographic industry, Eastman Chemical Co.

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