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Overview of our servicesSome of our innovation management services are:
Stage-GateŽ: Implementing a Best Practice Process Most companies have a great potential for improving their innovation process and thereby their bottomline. Working closely with your innovation team and upper management, our consultants help you redesign your new-product development process from idea to launch using a Stage-Gate® approach. The performance results are striking: much fewer failures; more focused allocation of resources; shorter time from idea to market and more new products that become money-makers. Lean Product Development Top performers have five times more productivity:  Do you have an idea-to-launch process in place? Would you like to overhaul and streamline your process in order to .. .. substantially increase your development productivity? Benchmarking Product Development with ProBE® In these days of rapid innovation and tough competition, you can't afford to have a mediocre new-product development effort. Many leading companies are redesigning the way they conceive, develop and launch new products. But before you begin, you must understand what your current strengths and weaknesses are and what needs to be fixed. That's where ProBE is an essential tool - a first step in the redesigning process. ProBE evaluates your new product practices and performance and benchmarks this against 1500 other firms in our database, including the top 20% of firms. This is where the redesign process begins. (Return to top) Portfolio Management A vital question in the new product battleground is: How should a corporation most effectively invest its R&D resources? That's what portfolio management is about - allocation of resources to achieve the company's objectives for new products. Managers who create long-term results optimize their new-product investments by determining the right new product strategy for their firm, selecting the high-value new-product projects, and establishing the optimal balance different project types. Our consultants will meet with your senior people to discuss the various approaches to portfolio management and then help you choose, design and implement a model that is right for your needs. (Return to top) New Product Seminars and Training Our experienced, expert consultants have held a large number of seminars around the world on "how to win at new products". Whether it is a two-hour motivational talk at a company conference, of a full 2 or 3 day intensive program on effective new-product management, we have the experience, track-record and the materials. Custom training programs can also be designed. (Return to top) |
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