Proposal of a Modelling of the Innovation Process in an International Manufacturing Company

Nowadays, to cope with the competition, and to ensure the durability of their activities, companies have to be able to innovate. Manufacturing companies operating in a B2B market often perceive innovation as a technological result. However, innovation is often more characterized as a process. The ne...

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Published in:Journal of technology management & innovation 2017, Vol.12 (2), p.26-33
Main Authors: Lacom, Pauline, Bazzaro, Florence, Sagot, Jean-Claude
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
B2B market
ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Innovation process
Innovation process model
Innovations
Manufacturing
Manufacturing company
SADT
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Summary:Nowadays, to cope with the competition, and to ensure the durability of their activities, companies have to be able to innovate. Manufacturing companies operating in a B2B market often perceive innovation as a technological result. However, innovation is often more characterized as a process. The needs of the users, and not only the technology, can achieve innovation. In this context, our paper intends to determine how to involve better the users in the innovation process of an international manufacturing company, which is, according to us, representative of the current manufacturing companies. The aim of our research paper is to help manufacturing companies to manage innovation led by users, and to implement their innovation process so that they will be able to set up specific tools for each action of the process. The study proposes a diagram-based language Structured Analysis and Design Technique (SADT) that is based on the normative guide FD X50-271 of the French national organization for standardization (AFNOR). The SADT model we propose usefully complements this guide, to make the innovation process more understandable, practical and operational, for manufacturing companies, which are often helpless when faced with the subject. A critical analysis of the model we propose completed in a manufacturing company through semi-structured interviews of the innovation team and questionnaire for all the employees shows the application of the model in the company.
ISSN:0718-2724
0718-2724
DOI:10.4067/S0718-27242017000200004