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Prism articles

Issue 1, 2013

Innovativeness requires a climate of trust

Innovativeness requires a climate of trust

Tom Sommerlatte, Wilhelm Lerner

There is often a mismatch between the intellectually best solution that emerges through innovation and the implementation of that solution. This gap can be attributed largely to the human factor, ...

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Quality Management reloaded

Quality Management reloaded

Tom Becker, Veit Bütterlin, Carsten Kahner

Consumers around the globe today demand the highest quality in all aspects of a product. It is no longer enough to focus on assuring that products and services meet their specified requirements. ...

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Agile safety – how to transform safety assurance

Agile safety – how to transform safety assurance

James Catmur, Axel Kappeler, John Barker, Charles Boulton

Many companies are moving towards agile concepts as a way to improve efficiency, effectiveness and responsiveness to change. However, this can present difficulties in safety and risk-related areas. ...

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Getting a better return on your innovation investment

Getting a better return on your innovation investment

Ben Thuriaux-Alemán, Anders Johansson, Rick Eagar

Most executives need no convincing that investing in innovation is a good thing, but there is little empirical evidence about what really works in terms of managing the process. Arthur D. Little’s ...

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Why product lifecycle management should be on every executive’s agenda!

Why product lifecycle management should be on every executive’s agenda!

Anders Johansson, Sohrab Kazemahvazi, Björn Henriksson, Mikael Johnsson

Product lifecycle management (PLM) initiatives often miss their true potential and make projects unnecessarily costly. Not understanding how to optimize these investments can have long-term effects ...

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U-channel retail – Transformation of the retail function toward a new model that is ubiquitous, universal and unique

U-channel retail – Transformation of the retail function toward a new model that is ubiquitous, universal and unique

François-Joseph Van Audenhove, Dirk Luyten, Rémi Sapin, Michael Opitz

The retail landscape has changed tremendously in recent years, but new business models are still emerging as new customer needs and technological solutions arise, transforming the landscape even ...

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"The risk of doing nothing is bigger than the risk of change"

Mobily is experiencing tremendous growth in revenues and net profit year over year. Nevertheless the company heads for new strategic goals and new business areas. We spoke to the CEO about his plan.

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