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Tuesday October 29, 2019 8:30am – Wednesday October 30, 2019 5:00pm
Learn how to develop an internal innovation function that will fuel and sustain your company’s long-term trajectory. Advances in science and technology are disrupting entire industries. Upstart...
November 01, 2018
How Rare Earths Can Influence Trade Wars By Peter Gwynne The rare earth metals are inarguably different from the other elements. They occupy their own special section in the periodic table. They have...
Definition of a stage gate model and efficiency metrics.
1.0 Definition of the Innovation Process The term "innovation process" refers to the overall process in a company for conceiving and developing ideas and concepts into profitable products and...
Either the quantity (number or value) of projects transferred to the manufacturing arena, or the quality of the technology transfer process according to a subjective scale.
January 25, 2019
As a large industrial corporation, we are eager to improve employee development to maintain a dynamic workforce. We currently have a formalized development program that offers social events,...
How do you prioritize breakthrough research based on technological trends, voice of the customer, and other external inputs? Our company supplies an extensive portfolio of metallic materials. An...
Monday October 02, 2017 – Thursday October 05, 2017
Powered largely by content developed within IRI, the Summit is an in-depth exploration of various working group findings and special reports on IRI's year-long initiative on "Stragegic Challenges in R&D Talent Management."
Friday April 03, 2020 10:00am – 11:00am
Explore cognitive biases, how they affect content design, and how you can eliminate their impact. Users' minds take shortcuts to get through the day. Usually they’re harmless. Even helpful. But what...
How do you address speed-to-market challenges? Crown’s Corporate R&D organization has a number of initiatives underway to improve our speed of technical delivery for the Businesses across a broad...
May 06, 2010
Award celebrates Donofrio’s lifelong commitment to innovation Seattle, WA, May 6, 2010 - The Industrial Research Institute (IRI) bestowed its 2010 medal award last night to Nicholas Donofrio, IBM...
April 21, 2014
Ingersoll Rand, a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, and the Industrial Research Institute (IRI), along with several other IRI member companies, collaborated to develop and publish a Maturity Model for Sustainability in New Product Development.
May 18, 2005
Members elect Richard R. Paul of Boeing as Vice Chairman, as well as new Directors from Battelle, Hershey Company, Agilent Technologies, Honeywell, and Eastman Chemical. Arlington, VA - May 18, 2005...
May 21, 2014
Boston, MA (May 21, 2014) - PepsiCo, one of the world's largest food and beverage companies, is transforming its portfolio, which feeds a billion consumers daily and across every continent, to be a...
May 11, 2017
"IRI has been helping companies learn about better ways to manage R&D for decades," said Chesbrough. "My own open innovation research has benefited greatly from IRI, and from close observation of several of its member companies."