Sigma Improvement Process Tollgate Review Guidelines - DEFINE These guidelines are intended to prompt discussion between Project Sponsors and Project Managers. They are suggested questions only. Project: Date: DEFINE Project Definition 1. What is the problem being addressed? Where‚ when and to what extent does the problem(s) occur? What is the scope of the project? Has another improvement team tried to solve this or a similar problem? What did they learn? 2. What is the
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Speedo innovation: Swimwear companies have invested millions designing high-performance suits for the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Can design help swimmers finish faster? Following the 2004 Athens Olympics‚ officials at swimwear giant Speedo had good reason to celebrate: Athletes clad in their latest suits at the time‚ called Fastskin FSII‚ won 46 medals in the pool. Yet when the company ’s in-house design team‚ Aqualab‚ gathered soon after the games at company headquarters in Nottingham‚ Britain
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Why is diffusion of innovation and technology important? When I think of diffusion of innovation and technology‚ I think of evolution or how a product‚ idea or theory goes from a thought in someone’s mind to an actual working process and then through time develops into better products to meet society’s needs and wants. Many times certain societies have a special trait‚ characteristic or ability that enables them to be great at certain types of technology or maybe they produce certain products that
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Critically Analyse the Marketing Strategy and Marketing Mix of a recent successful Marketing innovation in the financial services industry. According to the OECD Oslo Manual‚ a marketing innovation is “the implementation of a new marketing method involving significant changes in product design or packaging‚ product placement‚ product promotion or pricing”. Research and development to create new marketing innovations in the services industry‚ and in particular‚ the financial services industry‚ is
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Innovation at 3M 3M attributed much of its growth to its innovative products and incremental/extensions of existing products. However‚ of late they hadn’t come up with anything significant and they were stagnating. At this point‚ Ms. Rita Shor implemented the “Lead User Research” methodology to come up with four recommendations on new innovative products and strategy. In my opinion‚ Ms. Shor should put forward their first three recommendations to Mr. Dunlop. They consisted of development of three
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EUROPEAN KEY IT & MANAGEMENT ISSUES The top 10 management concerns have tended to evolve slowly since 2007‚ despite the recession. Top IT Management Concerns for Europeans = Business Agility Speed to Market IT & Business Alignment IT Cost-Reduction: Importance is growing in Europe & shrinking in US; Europe tends to be more cost-orientated Top 6 European IT Concerns: Business Agility & Speed to Market: Essential for business survival in uncertain & volatile economic times Agility
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"A company which innovates has to look like a university" Since he invented the cyclonic vacuum cleaner twenty years ago‚ James Dyson continues to perceive the innovation with all the dynamism and the energy of his debuts. But the vacuum cleaner without bag is first of all the success of a team. Around James Dyson‚ four engineers-designers‚ then awarded a diploma by Royal College of art‚ developed various prototypes. This group works even today on the elaboration of new products at Dyson. At
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such as Toyota Motor‚ Motorola‚ Ford Motor‚ and Philip semiconductor. TQM which is a strategy aimed at embedding awareness of quality in all organizational process (wikipedia) began in the 1950’s and it has become widely known in 1980’s. Also‚ Six Sigma was originated from Motorola in 1986. Its purpose is to “identify and remove the causes of defects and errors in manufacturing and business processes. It uses a set of quality management methods‚ including statistical methods‚ and creates a special
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The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs by Carmine Gallo Introduction • Innovation is largely spurred by distressing factors such as economic struggles and strained infrastructures‚ environmental problems and poverty. As history records have shown that during such difficult times‚ innovation and creativity has taken its place to ensure the betterment of the peoples’ lives. • Definition of Innovation: A new way of doing things that results in positive change‚ which makes life better. It is a commitment
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Language Innovations in a Multi-lingual Classrooms Multilingualism is noticed all around the world. Connotatively‚ multi as several or many‚ and lingual as language‚ combined‚ basically meaning the use of multiple languages. It does not simply dictate the language they use but also the place where they have been influenced and had grown‚ thus‚ even reaching out to multiculturalism‚ meaning multiple experiences‚ influences‚ cultures‚ ideals‚ and more. It is clear furthermore that the above linguistic
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