March 23, 2018
Arkema is in the market for a document management tool that the R&D community can use to store, search and retrieve in-house technical know-how. There seems to be a lot of products on the market...
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August 25, 2017
Arkema has an initiative called the "innovation toolbox" where we are tasked with identifying tools or other ways of working to improve our ability to analyze, collaborate, document and communicate...
May 01, 2004
Surveys are commonplace in organizations, with more than 70 percent of U.S. organizations using them regularly (1). R&D managers can use surveys to understand the perceptions, thoughts, feelings...
May 09, 2017
Express Learning Enterprises are increasingly moving towards embracing collaboration tools from the public and open-source arenas in order to improve various aspects of their Research and Development...
May 02, 2017
In 280 BC, a Greek general added fighting elephants to his ranks and won two battles against the Romans. But in doing so, he suffered terrible losses. Plutarch quotes him as saying, “If we are...
April 12, 2017
Looking to reboot your approach to innovation projects? Have they failed to achieve the impact or organizational buy-in you had hoped for? Have you experienced misfires with consultants or among your...
March 27, 2017
Sonoco is currently in the process of updating dashboard metrics to track progress against innovation goals for the company. We would like to get feedback on what priority metrics your company tracks...
February 23, 2017
There is growing interest in determining whether social media analytics can provide new insight into business performance. But, are these new data sources optimal or added noise for timely decision...
February 22, 2017
For the past several years CIMS has been using big data analytics to address the strategic challenges confronting companies. By analyzing the publicly available data residing on the worldwide web we...
February 22, 2017
Current computing technologies can help management de-risk business decisions by providing the facts necessary for rational decision-making. The challenge is in framing ambiguous business statements...
Our organization has a robust technology roadmap process and we are exploring various ways to make the data understandable and relevant to a broad customer set. How has your organization overcome this challenge? In addition, do you have recommendations for how your organization has engaged customers directly in roadmap plans and updates?
LORD Corporation is seeking input on how other companies identify, develop, and launch market-based solutions. Their need for continued growth is driving teams to re-evaluate how they develop, launch...
What PLM Costs Should We Expect? We are looking for benchmark costs on implementing a new PLM system for a CPG company that maintains an active catalog of 11,000 products with 300 new product...
Completed October 2017 Deliverables Member Summit 2017 Presentation The Hollywood Model Project Charter Statement of Opportunity "To compete in today’s market, companies must look beyond just...
July 01, 2005
What exactly does quality management in research mean? This remains a question frequently asked by managers and staff of industrial research laboratories. Surrounding business functions like...
March 01, 2005
Organizations must be innovative all across the value chain, not just in R&D, in order to succeed in today’s rapidly changing economic environment. Over the past two years, an Industrial Research...