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Innovation Assessment & Tools<br />Where does an organisation start with an extensive exploration of their innovation process?<br />Anand Subramaniam<br />

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2<br />“Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.” <br />- William Pollard <br />

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3<br />Highlights<br />Innovation Assessment<br />Innovation Tools<br />

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Innovation - Assessment<br />

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Innovation - Assessment Areas<br />5<br />Strategy<br />Human Resources<br />Marketing<br />Technology<br />Quality<br />Supply Chain<br />

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Innovation - Strategy<br />Vision<br />Idea about the company future<br />Resource – competency / capabilities<br />Company innovation programs<br />Plans, goals, objectives<br />(Non) Financial indicators of the plan<br />Project management<br />Change Management<br />6<br />

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Innovation - Marketing<br />Monitor current market trends<br />Evaluate the market competition position<br />Customer-orientation<br />Monitor customers’ attitudes towards the company product<br />Market information flow<br />Marketing and financial control<br />7<br />

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Innovation – Technology <br />Firm’s future & industry competitiveness<br />Technology changes<br />Collection of impulses for implementation of technology changes<br />Evaluation of the return on investment <br />Production costs and their monitoring <br />Creation of resources for development<br />8<br />

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Innovation - Quality<br />Monitoring firm’s quality management<br />Employees’ contribution to quality system <br />External quality audit<br />Monitoring environmental impact <br />Impact of quality on the firm’sprocesses<br />Cost resulting from modifications of standards, regulations and legislation in the sphere of quality and environment<br />9<br />

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Innovation – Supply Chain<br />Firm’s purchase and distribution channels<br />Optimisation in & outbound logistics<br />Information and communication flows between the firm and its partners<br />Flexibility of supply chain (SC) processes <br />Introduction of innovations in SC<br />SC and financial control<br />10<br />

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Innovation – Human Resources<br />Employees satisfaction <br />Employees motivation <br />Management and communication<br />Conflict resolution<br />Firm’s information system<br />Firm’s culture & values<br />11<br />

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Innovation - Tools<br />

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Innovation – General Tools<br />Technology Audit<br />Business Process Reengineering<br />Change Management<br />Value Analysis<br />General Tools<br />Brainstorming<br />Benchmarking<br />Technology Forecast<br />13<br />

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Innovation – Managerial Tools<br />Total Productive Maintenance<br />Failure Mode and Effects Analysis<br />Managerial Tools<br />ISO 9000<br />Peer Evaluation<br />Team Building<br />14<br />

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Innovation – Process Tools<br />Continuous Improvement<br />Design for Manufacturing & Assembly<br />Lean Thinking<br />Process Tools<br />Just In Time<br />Concurrent Engineering<br />15<br />

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Innovation – Product Tools<br />Design for X<br />Product Tools<br />Quality Function Deployment<br />16<br />

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17<br />“The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organisation, Innovation and Communication.” <br />- Michael E. Gerber <br />

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18<br />Good Luck<br />http://www.linkedin.com/in/anandsubramaniam<br />