Innovation Management for Technical Products Systematic and Integrat
New ideas for new products are not enough for creating successful markets: Product Innovation means to manage the whole chain from invention to new and best selling products in market. This innovation roadmap has to be carefully and systematically planned
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Walter Eversheim
Innovation Management for Technical Products Systematic and Integrated Product Development and Production Planning
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Editor Prof. Dr.-Ing. Walter Eversheim RWTH Aachen Laboratorium f¨ur Werkzeugmaschinen und Betriebslehre Steinbachstr. 19 52074 Aachen Germany [email protected]
ISBN: 978-3-540-85726-6
e-ISBN: 978-3-540-85727-3
DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-85727-3 RWTHedition ISSN: 1865-0899
e-ISSN: 1865-0902
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008935546 c 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: deblik, Berlin, Germany Printed on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com
Preface
RWTH Aachen University is recognised as one of Germanys leading Universities of technology with a long tradition of close collaboration with national and international Industry on the one hand and globally relevant research and education organizations on the other. The national top position in third party revenues underlines the commitment and position of the University with respect to social impact. Within the German high-tech initiative RWTH Aachen University has been granted the status of a University of excellence. In this context a strategy has been developed witch strives for the integration of not only technology and natural science but also to systematically include disciplines like economics, humanities and languages. Thus the University accepts the challenge of ultimately reaching the level of a fully integrated technical University. In light of this RWTH Aachen University and Springer-Verlag Publishing have agreed on a publication series titled “RWTH Edition”. The series shall demonstrate the quality of individual researchers and results on a global platform. The present work covers a topic of special relevance for RWTH Aachen University: The process of organising innovation. The contend on the one hand generalizes systematically acquired knowledge up to the “Aachen Innovation Model (AIM)” and one the other hand documents real world application case studies. As Vice-Rector of Aachen University and Pro-Rector for research I express my sincere gratitude to the authors for this top level analysis as well as to Springer Verlag for its commitm
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