Innovation

Question 1

What are the two types of innovations that are in focus? give examples

Answer 1

• Radical- siginificant impact on a market (new innovation)
  
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  • smartphone apple
• Incremental- Significatliy enchanced or upgraded (developed inoovation)

Question 2

What are the histroical revolutions?

Answer 2

Question 3

What is Kaizen?

Answer 3

• Traditional improvments
• Repaeated incremental improvment steps
• “poitn Kaizen” or event driven improvments
• “Flow Kaizen” incoporates total operations in Lean mnufacturing (TPS)

Question 4

What is Kaikaku?

Answer 4

Radical improvment

• Kaikaku can describe radical non-recurring improvments or changes
• Semtiomes called redical Kaizen
• “Kaikaku teams” often take control of operations in crisis situation

Question 5

How is the innovation typically driven by technological evolution?

Answer 5

• Physically smaller componenent fulfil the same function
• The same function is produces while consuming less resources
• The number of components decreases with same function
• Component become more integrated
• More and more machines are electro-machinical
• More an more content of electronics in machines
• Increased automation in porudcts
• Overall products become more complex

Question 6

What parts is it in the requirments driven product innovation?

Answer 6

Internal, user and legal has requirments on the new products and needs and technologies also effects what requirments it is

Question 7

What is the definition of an innovation?

Answer 7

Something “new and useful”

Question 8

What are the four different domains of innovation?

Answer 8

• Product innovation
  
  • Which involves introduction og new goods or services that are substantially improves. This might include improvments in functional characteristics, technocal abilities, ease of use, or any other dimension.
• Process innovation
  
  • Involves the implementation of a new or significantly improved production or delivery method
• Marketing innovation
  
  • IS the development of a new marketing methods which improvement i product design or packinging, product promotion or piercing.
• Organisational innovation
  
  • Involves the creation of new organisations, business practices, or ways of running organisations.

Question 9

What is a product service system?

Answer 9

The thing that is sold is the service itself like sunfleet car rental

Question 10

What is important with innoations to think about in ramanufacturing perspective ?

Answer 10

• pave the way for easy remanufaturing of systems and componets that have a low pace of development.
• Pave the way for easy upgrading/ replacment of components that have a high pce of development
• Pave the way för easy repair/ replacement of components that often break or deterorate
• Pave the way for easy re-configuration of systems and components whose context-of-use differ much during their life cycle.
• But, one should not remanufacture goods that inherently have short service life

Question 11

How is the “house” of the toyota production system built?

Answer 11

• The base:
  
  • Emplyee satisfaction, stability (process, people), mutual trust between employees and managment
• Columd:
  
  • Just- in-time:
    
    • pull system, 1 pieace flow, takt time, leveted production
  • Jidoka:
    
    • Andon, poka yoke, standardized work
  • Over all continues improvments
• The roof:
  
  • Custom service:
    
    • Increase quality, decrease cost and lead time