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For long periods after their introductions, all bi g technologies have failed to create the kinds of productivity improvements that they would deliver in the long run. Many large technology systems today show the kinds of weaknesses found in the immature periods of earlier technologies such as those apparent in 18th Century steam-driven factories and early 20th Century factories where electric motors...
Idea generation techniques provide a variety of approaches for supporting an innovation process. Until recently, the space of techniques has been unstructured, and no clear guidelines have been available for the selection of an appropriate technique for a given innovation goal. We used the 'change of perspective' paradigm as an approach to study idea generation techniques with the aim of obtaining...
Over the last five decades the Toyota Production System (TPS) has evolved from an advanced socio-technical concept in manufacturing to a participative design for large-scale change management. Toyota has been able to sustain a strategic competitive advantage by applying TPS as a process innovation and intervention, as measured by quality, reliability, productivity, cost reduction, sales and market...
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