August 30, 2016
Servitization is recognized as an opportunity for manufacturing firms to harvest additional value by accessing new sources of revenue and expanding their reach up and down the value chain. It is a...
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New Product Development
June 27, 2016
Biomimicry, defined as innovation through the emulation of biological forms, processes, patterns, and systems, is particularly valuable for its focus on solution discovery, as opposed to solution...
June 27, 2016
When transitioning from a product-centered business model to one focusing on providing services and solutions, manufacturers must realign and reallocate resources to support the new business model...
June 27, 2016
A Case Study of AmorePacific's Cushion Foundation The locus of innovation can be found in either the core or the peripheral components of a product. Most innovation literature has focused on...
June 27, 2016
In Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, Hank Rearden, a steel magnate, develops a new material that he modestly calls Rearden Metal. It is stronger, lighter, and tougher than any alloy available on the market...
June 02, 2016
Express Learning When examining "disruptive" technologies and/or business models, one of the common threads is that they all drive a significant change in human behavior. The "sharing economy" is a...
May 25, 2016
Express Learning The structure of medicine and the practice of surgery are changing based on governmental policies and emerging new technologies. This session focuses on the growing application of...
May 25, 2016
Express Learning Eastman Chemical launched a new solvent in 2014 which was the result of years of development and testing. The challenges to bring a new molecule to market can be overwhelming, even...
May 25, 2016
Customer demand for individually configured and customized products is on the rise across all industries. Companies are faced with the challenge of maintaining cost and quality while producing...
May 25, 2016
Express Learning Learn how to leverage 3.8 billion years of research and development in the natural world in service of your toughest design challenges. Mike Dupee explains when and how biomimicry...
May 24, 2016
ROR Stage: gathering and analyzing data Lean Start-Up is a new process for product development that can enhance the stage gate process and is more suitable for developing products when there is high...
May 24, 2016
ROR Stage: gathering and analyzing data This project aims to overcome the gap between a high level view on the importance of sustainability to a “how to do it†approach to integrating sustainability...
May 02, 2016
OVERVIEW: Using activity theory as a framework, this paper explores how organizational changes enabled a multinational construction company to transform its business model in pursuit of servitization...
May 02, 2016
OVERVIEW: Many manufacturers are moving to servitization, but making that move successfully requires considering the underlying business logic of a division or product. Differences in existing...
Friday October 07, 2016 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Learn how biomimicry can be used as a powerful design tool to support sustainability-driven product development in the front end of innovation.
November 01, 2008
Advancing from a lab prototype to a commercial product or service offering can be a lengthy and risky process. IBM’s First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) program is an attempt to take a short cut by bringing IBM...