Experience in AG and CE Machinery Development_Gen_2015

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Our experience with AG and CE Machinery
Product Development
May 2015
Contact :
Peter Foster
i-nova (Collaborative Product Development Solutions)
Tel Office : (33) 1 60 96 43 61
Mob : (33) 607 267 609
e-mail : peter.foster@i-novastar.com
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i-nova Sarl
i-nova is a private company, specialised in
Innovation and New Product Development
Founded in 1991 our Industry focus is Agricultural &
Construction Equipment and Automotive Engineering.
Our Goals
– Help you sell more and better products by:
 Optimising value, cost, investments, time
 Understanding Market Requirements, Product Definition and
Design Target Setting
 Raising Quality and Reliability
– Reduce Time to Market by:
 Flexible approaches to product development
 Minimising production time for key deliverables
 Optimisation of design modularity and complexity
– Improve the working environment by:
 Developing skills, transfering knowledge, improving sharing,
communication and learning
 Creating the conditions conducive to creativity & motivation
 Defining and supporting a robust « engineering culture »
Turn Over:
2011 = 780 KEuros
2012 = 720 KEuros
2013 = 980 KEuros
With trusted International Partners.
 Europe
 UK (The Change Works)
 Italy (IT)
 Germany (Co-Improve)
 Switzerland (John Stark &
Partners)
 Asia Pacific :
 India (Onward
Technologies)
 North America
 International TechneGroup
Inc.
 PDS Inc
 Reliaqual Inc
 Praxis Inc
Registered Office:
45 rue des Montforts, 77810 Thomery, France
Tel Fix: +33 1 6096 4361
Fax: +33 1 6096 4305

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Our main references in AG and CE
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AG Site
CE Site

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Examples of our work for these companies
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IMPROVE PROCESSES for PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT/PLM
• Improve on existing products : Progressive Innovation Process
• Generate completely new products : Breakthrough Innovation Process
• Benchmarking of Strengths and Weaknesses
• Identification of key issues & definition of the Road Map for progress
DEVELOP HUMAN CAPITAL IN NPD
• People Centred Product Development (PCPDTM)
• Skills assessments & skill development Road Map aligned with process
• Knowledge capitalisation and transfer
• Improve Information Logistics and Sharing
• Focused training and action learning with simulations
ACHIEVE REALISTIC PLANNING & CONTROL
• Result Oriented Project Management (ROPMTM)
• Responsibility based planning workshops
• Negotiation of Deliverable “Contracts”
• Focus on the Human side of Planning and Communication
• Information logistics between Suppliers and Customers
REDUCE COST & OPTIMISE VALUE
• Cost Reduction Expert Workshops (CREW TM)
• On the job work to apply “Lean Design to Target Cost” methods
• Tear Down and Competitive Cost Analysis
• Value Engineering
• Kaizen Blitz weeks to stimulate the CI actions
IMPROVE RELIABILITY
• Lifecycle Reliability Management
• Reliability Target Setting
• Design for Reliability
• Reliability Growth & Problem Solving
• Production Reliability Improvement
DEFINE REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN TARGETS
• Life Cycle Target Setting (LCTSTM)
• Market Segmentation, Product & Technology Planning
• Customer Observation and Lifecycle Requirements Definition
• Design Target Setting
• Target Achieving Verification and Validation
INCREASE EXECUTIVE KNOWLEDGE & AWARENESS
• Insight into the « Toyota Product Development System »
• State of the Art in Knowledge Management
• The role of management in Cutting Development Time
• Growing Intellectual Capital
• Managing global development projects
SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ON LIVE PROJECTS
• Operational integration with project teams – expert skills in selected areas
• Project Leadership if required
• Project office set up, project planning, execution & control
• Transfer of « Good Practices » to manage complex transversal & global projects
• Implementation of best practices in the vital Concept Development phase

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Our Team
CV Team Leader: Peter Foster
Team Members
• Marketing & Research Specialists
• Engineering Consultants
• Engineering Project Managers
• Engineering Specialists:
• Concept Engineering
• Reliability
• Testing
• Data Exchange and Sharing
• CAD and CAE resources
We care about our work and we enjoy doing it.
We bring experience, drive, energy and good practices to assist and help
grow your teams.
1974 : Electronics & Control Systems Engineering
at Bradford University (UK)
1974 : Systems Engineer at British Aerospace
1979 : Doctoral research in Manufacturing Systems
Design
1982 : Systems Design Engineering at Jeumont
Schneider (France)
1986 : Management Consultant with Coopers &
Lybrand Associates (Paris)
1991 : General Manager ITI France
2000 : Founder of i-nova
• 28 years as a « hands on » engineering
consultant
• Over 150 projects
• Focus on New Product Development / Innovation
• Broad business experience
• Personal goal is to help customers bring
winning products to market and create a
sustainable environment for new product
development
All our team members have more than 15 years
experience in their area of expertise. In our network we
have engineers who have held the highest
responsibilities in Engineering Management with major
corporations.

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The way we work: « With you »
Expert Problem Solvers
We work with your Top Team to solve strategic problems in
Product Development.
We work with your operational people applying structured &
inventive methods to solve product & process problems.
Solution Implementers
We build specific solutions to match your specific needs based
on project experience over 28 years and extensive Product
Development knowledge.
Our solutions are developed with you based on your capabilities
which we assess together.
Specialist Services
Effective Product Development requires increasing use of
specialists, we can augment your resources with specific skills:
• Warranty Analytics
• Reliability
• Engineering Statistics
• CAE and Simulation
Personal Implication
The people you meet are the people who will work with you. We
integrate quickly with your teams & we each have a personal
stake in achieving project goals.
We openly share with your people and help to create an open &
collaborative culture
i-nova Collaborative Consulting

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Example Case Studies
Agricultural Machinery: Reliability
 Global OEM first worked with our Reliability Processes in
1997 on a Tractor Program
 Now a standard methodology adopted on all Tractor and
Combine development programs
 Reliability as measured by MTBF improved by more than 50%
over the last known 2 year period (2005 -2007) for Tractors
and more than 70% for Combines:
 MTBF at Launch
 MTBF one year after Launch
Agricultural Machinery: Reliability
 Major International OEM began implementation in 2007 with
two Pilot Projects on Tractors and Balers
 i-nova supported implementation over a 3 year period which
included introducing a new client team to the methodology
 Standard practice in all new product development projects
 Reliability organization created
 Corporate decision taken to adopt the methodology
throughout the group
 The methodology was credited with raising awareness and
creating a culture of reliability
Agricultural Machinery: Skills Development
 After many years working with us to improve development
processes and project management a major Global OEM
wished to improve design skills and work on the people side
of product development
 Over a 3 year project we implemented an approach titled
“People Centered Product Development” which addressed
issues such as: Communication, Sharing, Creativity,
Knowledge Building, Systems Thinking and Engineering
 A method and tool for AG skills assessment, targeted
improvement and tracking was implemented
Diesel Engine: Reliability
 Global OEM began implementation in 1998
 Project target was to cut warranty claims to 50% of historical
levels
 Warranty claims were cut by nearly 70%, sales volumes
doubled the forecast.
 Corporate decision taken to adopt the methodology
throughout the group (Marine Engines, Commercial Engines,
Buses, Trucks, Construction Equipment)

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To engage in an open discussion with us to establish if an initial
meeting would make sense please contact us by phone or email
Contact : Peter Foster
i-nova (Collaborative Product Development Solutions)
Tel Office : (33) 1 60 96 43 61
Tel Mob : (33) 607 267 609
e-mail : peter.foster@i-novastar.com

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