Creativity and Innovation Management in conservative, staid organisationsWritten by Kal Bishop
Conservative and staid organisations generally have a harder time implementing creativity and innovation into their day-to-day work processes and people. Leaders may want to capture benefits of creativity and innovation, yet there may be relevant and almost contradictory issues that they have to deal with, including:a)It may be that a conservative culture is desirable (may result in a greater fit with client base, for example). b)Culture change is time consuming and needs constant monitoring and measurement. c)Large-scale changes may not be desired. However, it is possible for leaders to have best of both worlds. That is, it is possible to combine a conservative culture with a creative one and without large-scale change. Some methods include: a)Creating teams outside core organisation whose job it is to manage creativity and innovation, identify problems, generate ideas, select best ones, and see them through development and innovation cycle. b)Allowing culture of creative teams outside core organisation to gradually diffuse its way into core culture. c)Creating direct links to decision makers. Whenever employees have good ideas, having them addressed by powerful people encourages further good idea generation.
| | Encompix Engineeer-to-Order Configurator Reduces Overall Lead TimeWritten by Roger Meloy
Encompix (www.encompix.com) is pleased to announce inclusion of Encompix ETO Configurator as part of lead Engineer-to-Order Enterprise Resource Planning product suite. Based on Configure One's Concept product it is specifically designed for engineer-to-order manufacturers. Unlike most product configurators that can handle only simple configuration challenges, ETO Configurator tackles very complex product rules normally associated with engineer-to-order, project-based or custom manufacturers. Encompix's ETO configurator dramatically reduces time it takes to go from a customer's initial request for a quote to when product is actually shipped by streamlining and automating much of pre-manufacturing process. This includes creation of quotes, sales and production drawings, routings, and bills of material. The data is seamlessly integrated with other Encompix components and is used to create a routing and a complete indented BOM in Encompix. By automating sales and engineering tasks, Encompix ETO Configurator helps speed up responses to quotation requests, free up engineering personnel, decrease errors and rework, and reduce overall lead time.
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