Process Improvement
With little room for error, the pressure is on to optimize new product development (NPD) processes that maximize return on R&D investment and increase growth rates. Join the conversation to discuss topics that include: how to define, implement and execute an NPD process that incorporates strategy, governance, analytics and technology to hit your growth targets.
Implementing an IT system is challenging enough in a single location, but add multiple campuses to the mix and new and unique challenges begin to arise. Global organizational alignment is critical to overcoming these challenges.
What will it take to compete and win in a dynamic, digital world? We’ve got 21 innovation imperatives to help you prepare, equip and evolve to compete and grow in the 21st century. Requiring particular emphasis - implementing digital operations, skills and processes to deliver internal value.
Don't make the mistake of jumping into a global IT system implementation without taking a hard look at what you’re automating first. Avoid this "fix all" approach by viewing the IT system as a tool to lock-in a process. It cannot, on its own, fix process problems.
Financial benefits from global IT system implementations often take the form of headcount reductions. But, these reductions cannot only be accounted for by the team sponsoring the initiative. They need to be calculated globally across the entire enterprise.
This series provides leading practices for avoiding the top ten most common mistakes made during the implementation of large global IT systems in support of R&D or other business processes. Read on to learn how to avoid mistake #1: The "Global" Roll Out
During the first phase of Strategic Foresight - Discover - the goal is to understand what elements of the external environment impact value creation and indicate forces of change.
Strategic foresight enables companies to build a proprietary view of the future that drives breakthrough innovation. But not all foresight approaches are created equal. Here are our recommendations for a 3-phase process customized for innovation.
Strategic foresight is a discipline that provides a structured way to investigate, not predict, the future. Strategic foresight scenarios are provocative, yet plausible, alternative views of the future. But where did this idea come from?
Retail product development is changing more now than it has in the past 15 years. Leaders must transform their product development lifecycles to survive in a digital world, and PLM alone can't produce the required results. It's time for retailers to turn to a new set of transformation levers, enabled by digital tools and technologies.
In 2016 we set our sights on the future of innovation, exploring the new digital frontier. Enjoy our top pieces from 2016, and join us as we continue to deliver better results from innovation in a digital world in 2017 - and beyond.
At Viewpoints on Innovation, our content is created for innovation practitioners, by innovation practitioners. We offer practical advice and insights based on real-world experiences and leading practices across a variety of industries, themes and functions. Here are our top ten innovation Viewpoints of 2016, ranked by unique page views. Enjoy!
Solving the food & beverage industry’s biggest challenges is going to require creativity. Innovation leaders should help their teams develop the creative confidence to openly explore and learn throughout the innovation process.
Amber specializes in innovation results transformation across a variety of industries.
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