November 30, 2018
One of the most commonly reported innovation metrics is R&D spending as a percent of sales. However, it’s not always clear what expenses are counted towards that total. Your participation in this...
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August 16, 2017
What is Your Vitality Index? Vitality Index (new product revenues as a percent of total revenues) is a common metric used to show the innovation effectiveness of an R&D organization. Two IRI...
March 09, 2018
Companies often use new product sales (sometimes referred to as new product vitality) as a measure of R&D effectiveness. This metric is often reported as the ratio of new product sales (sales...
1. Metric Definition A group of measures of the financial return of R&D or the innovation process, including the New Sales Ratio (the percent of current sales originating from new products), Cost...
Background | User Guide | Program Contents | Stakeholders | List of Metrics 1. Metric Definition The value of sales of products protected by patents owned by the company, or the percentage of the...
What are your leading safety metrics? We are the process of taking a critical look at our leading safety metrics (predictive injury metrics) and have narrowed down the list with strongest correlation...
The calculated sum of future value expected to be realized from current R&D projects.
Do you use an Innovation Index? At John Deere, we are considering developing an “Innovation Index”, an indicator that measures the health and performance of our innovation efforts. We recognize that...
October 09, 2019
Companies make choices between investments in R&D, productivity, tech service and the plant, or choices between different types of R&D. To make these choices they balance the risk, return,...
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When is a new product considered 'commercial'? How do people decide when a new product is "commercial"? I am looking for a short definition that the project team can use to guide their decision. -...
December 28, 2020
Looking forward to next year? Who isn’t! The guiding principle for IRI in 2021, we will be operating as a virtual organization. We will deliver exceptional value, including networking, research, and...
Wednesday January 06, 2021 11:00am
Abstract: A popular innovation metric today is the Vitality Index: % of sales from new products. But it’s a lagging indicator. Changes you make to your front-end of innovation could take years to...
April 27, 2018
As our innovation funnels grow in size and/or complexity to achieve corporate growth ambitions, our program management teams must become more efficient with their time and finite resources. Therefore...
December 14, 2020
Looking forward to next year? Who isn’t! The guiding principle for IRI in 2021, we will be operating as a virtual organization. We will deliver exceptional value, including networking, research, and...
Background | User Guide | Program Contents | Stakeholders | List of Metrics 1. Metric Definition A family of related measures of patent value, including the percent of patents that are useful, their...