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Advantages of an effective idea management

Dr. Jens-Uwe Meyer — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 12:00:27 +0000

The basic idea of idea management is very simple: Ideas management stops waste: Employees systematically search for superfluous material consumption and rejects in production. Ideas management prevents superfluous work: Employee suggestions help implement business processes through process optimization in all areas of the company. Ideas management leads to more satisfied customers…

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Digital Transformation Guiding Questions

Dr. Jens-Uwe Meyer — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:00:00 +0000

Digital change and digital transformation will intensively occupy all departments of companies in the coming years. Digitalization is no longer just the task of one specialist department (for example, a Chief Digital Officer), but affects the work of all specialist departments. Marketing and sales, product development and production, logistics and IT, HR, and the works council: All areas of…

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Innovation management in SME

Dr. Jens-Uwe Meyer — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 10:02:40 +0000

Innovation and innovation management are among the most important success factors in medium-sized businesses. Through product development and the introduction of service innovations small and medium-sized enterprises can achieve competitive advantages. also play a major role in digitalization and digital transformation. In this article you will learn about five success factors for innovation…

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Risk management and innovation management

Dr. Jens-Uwe Meyer — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 07:50:40 +0000

One of the most common pieces of advice in crisis situations is “You have to look on the bright side and seize the opportunities.” But how does that actually work? How can companies identify and evaluate risks? And how can opportunities for innovation, greater customer orientation or digital transformation be developed from them? By linking two management systems in the company: Risk management…

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Innovation management success factors – How to prevent failures

Dr. Jens-Uwe Meyer — Wed, 13 May 2020 08:59:34 +0000

Digitalization has brought many benefits for innovation management. Companies work more flexibly, faster, and more effectively than ever before. Innovation strategies can be implemented more effectively if employees use principles of collaboration to jointly implement innovation projects. In this article you will learn about five important success factors for your innovation management.

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Corona Digitalization Innovation

Dr. Jens-Uwe Meyer — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 09:00:35 +0000

Epidemics and diseases have always been a driving force for innovation in humanity. The coronavirus will possibly lead to a significant boost in digitalization and digital transformation. There is a historical example of this. The plague in the European Middle Ages was initially seen mainly as an obstacle to trade. In the long term, however, devastating epidemics like the plague often have…

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What you need to know about Innovation Metrics

Dr. Jens-Uwe Meyer — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 13:00:30 +0000

Innovation metrics are important to drive innovation in a successful business. Innovation means coming up with creative ways to do something different. But in order to fully understand if a new approach – for example in continuous improvement or service innovation is actually effective, companies have to measure innovation. It sounds a bit abstract, but paying attention to your innovation…

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Five Key Principles for Successful Collaboration

Dr. Jens-Uwe Meyer — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:00:25 +0000

Definition of collaboration The term is used in the context of business innovation, business leadership and project management. Especially in the process of ideation, idea generation, and implementation of innovative projects, collaboration is considered a proven way to achieve results in idea management and innovation management. Continuous improvement and process improvement also benefit…

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Free innovation software collaboration software

Dr. Jens-Uwe Meyer — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 09:00:35 +0000

Markets are changing faster. For companies of all sizes – from small enterprises to large corporations – business innovation is one of the most important competitive factors. Until today there has been a major problem: professional collaboration and innovation software is expensive. A major challenge, especially for small and medium-sized companies! With the free software for innovation and…

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Driving innovation in agriculture: the use of innovation software at RWZ

Dr. Jens-Uwe Meyer — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:00:13 +0000

Continuous improvement, Innovation management and digitalization are the key drivers of competitiveness in agriculture. Increasingly, innovation in agriculture and in farming is driven by data. As the third largest German agricultural cooperative, Raiffeisen Waren-Zentrale Rhein-Main eG (RWZ) supports farmers by trading with agricultural products, agricultural inputs and agricultural technology.

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