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The Role of Innovation in New Product Development: Three Approaches for Success

Qmarkets

Innovation is essential throughout the entire new product development (NPD) process, but nowhere is it more key than it is in the Fuzzy Front End (FFE) stage. FFE is the starting point of NPD and is where new product ideas are generated before entering the formal development process.

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Digitization Chief Engineer Michael

Huub Rutten

Dear reader, let me share with you a conversation I had with the Chief Engineer Digitization & Software Development of a large company that produces complex electronic devices with many software elements in and around them. For him electronics and software development is second nature, and he is savvy about physics.

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Digitization Chief Engineer Michael

Huub Rutten

Dear reader, let me share with you a conversation I had with the Chief Engineer Digitization & Software Development of a large company that produces complex electronic devices with many software elements in and around them. For him electronics and software development is second nature, and he is savvy about physics.

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Digitization Chief Engineer Michael

Huub Rutten

Dear reader, let me share with you a conversation I had with the Chief Engineer Digitization & Software Development of a large company that produces complex electronic devices with many software elements in and around them. For him electronics and software development is second nature, and he is savvy about physics.

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Leading the Charge to Disrupt Your Industry

Innovation Excellence

Richard Jupe, Vice President, Innovative Product Development, Altria: Richard got to the point, fast: Altria’s strategy: reduce risk and expanding choice. “We We have a Duel Engine. We are changing our culture with this model, he says.” Since 1955 our company has been on the Fortune 500. We were Philip Morris.

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3 Reasons Healthcare Needs Idea Management

IdeaScale

But just wait till healthcare is disrupted as dramatically as retail or music has been over the past decade. Much of this impending disruption has the potential to deliver wonderful benefits to individuals, organizations and society at large. It’s hard enough to keep up in a complex industry like healthcare.

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The Rise of Product Management | LinkedIn Audio Event Special

Moves the Needle

The memo that started it all sounds more like modern product marketing than product management, but your mileage may vary. The program manager was part of the Engineering department. It was their job to ensure all aspects of the product development process were aligned and working together.