Abstract
Inventive Design (ID) methodology has been developed in four main phases, from initial situation analysis to solution concept, in order to overcome TRIZ limitations. However, this methodology needs to optimize its performance, because it takes a lot of time to obtain the best solution concepts. In addition, the ability of ID to give the best result depends on individual knowledge and experience of designer, and correctness of initial situation analysis. The proposed methodology in this article uses a collection of tools and combines a long-term vision for continuous improvement. This improvement method focuses on removing the non-value added activities during the process and maximizing the quality of the results. Integration of this proposed methodology with ID framework will eliminate the wastes, which occur in different phases of ID method and increase its overall efficiency and agility.
Highlights
There is a clear evidence that increasing of efficiency, effectiveness and agility of innovation process, which is believed a bottleneck to new product introduction, is key to survival of the enterprises in the competitive global environment
For improving the performance of Inventive Design (ID) methodology, we propose to integrate this framework with other methodologies or theory like Lean Product Development (LPD), which by continuously removing the wastes within ID process, can help to increase the efficiency and agility
By looking at the presented examples of Lean applications to the sectors beyond manufacturing, and by considering this point that Inventive Design Methodology involves the flow of information, it can be concluded that the principles of Lean and its tools and techniques, which needs some modifications, are applicable to ID methodology
Summary
Ability of organization in innovating and introducing new high quality products at a quicker rate than competitors lead to success of any business. There is a clear evidence that increasing of efficiency, effectiveness and agility of innovation process, which is believed a bottleneck to new product introduction, is key to survival of the enterprises in the competitive global environment This incites the companies to track continuously the methods and techniques more cost-effective and time-efficient to boost the performance. Designer is able to extend the solution space into various domains of knowledge and apply problem-solving techniques from different fields of knowledge [5] [6] [7] This theory supplies many ideas and has the following defects: it could not guarantee a solution and its feasibility, TRIZ provides only concepts and it could not directly propose implementable solutions [8]. We propose to integrate IDM and LPD to solve these problems This integrated framework can continuously help in removing wastes within the process; it can decrease lead-time of the phases.
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