Background | User Guide | Program Contents | Stakeholders | List of Metrics The 50 metrics are listed in priority according to the ranking developed by attendees at the IRI Meeting in Williamsburg,...
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May 07, 2012
Sustainability Maturity Models Until recently the bottom line of financial reports was the overriding measure of a company’s success. Now it is the triple bottom line: People, Planet, and Profits...
The TVP 2.1 tool is a resource for members of the Industrial Research Institute. Member log-in is required. Background | User Guide | Program Contents | Stakeholders | List of Metrics Information for...
October 18, 2016
ROR stage: gathering and analyzing data Customer demand for individually configured and customized products is on the rise across all industries. Companies are faced with the challenge of maintaining...
May 24, 2011
Learn how leadership skills / styles may be different in the technical (R&D) community and leverage those attributes to increase innovation and enhance R&D management. Understanding the...
February 2011 - Member Summit 2012 This group is exploring the most effective processes for identifying disruptive technologies early enough for businesses to benefit from the opportunity or to...
Launch Date: Early 2015 | Wrap-up Date: October 2016 Deliverables Digitalization and Its Implications for R&D Management - RTM Research Note On the Impact of Digitalization on R&D - RTM...
November 20, 2013
Reinventing Supplier Innovation Relationships ROR Stage: gathering & analyzing data This ROR seeks to explore how IRI firms structure supplier relationships to: • Identify enabling supplier...
October 14, 2014
Reinventing Supplier Innovation Relationships ROR Stage: Completed data collection, analyzing data This ROR seeks to explore how IRI firms structure supplier relationships to: Identify enabling...
Technology Value Program is a tool to enhance the effectiveness of R&D by providing a framework for selecting a small number of appropriate metrics.
Deliverables Member Summit 2017 Report Out Project Charter Statement of Opportunity R&D organizations must compete to attract and retain early career technical talent. Insights into the types of...
October 10, 2017
The goal of this ROR has been to discover best practices for establishing a long-term vision for R&D that is tied to business strategies and how to use this vision to influence the strategy and...
2006 - 2008 Deliverables RTM Article , "Capitalizing on Thought Diversity for Innovation", Nov/Dec 2009 Description When you hear the term “diversity,†what characteristics do you think of? Casting...
2011 Deliverables Report out Member Summit 2011 Description This group studied best practices and approaches to find the right opportunities that lead to breakthrough innovation. This study built...
Early 2015 - October 2016 Deliverables Leveraging Virtual Experimentation and Simulation to Improve R&D Performance - RTM Article Leveraging Virtual Experimentation and Simulation in R&D -...
(Study influence of organizational, operational,and process variables on innovation) This subcommittee obtained financial support from NSF for a proposal from the University of Cincinnati to identify...