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The Time Compression Management Zone includes information on a variety of management practices employed in a rapid product development environment. As expected, that includes well recognized issues such as cost management, outsourcing and supply chain management, concurrent engineering and others. But it also covers other broadbased management issues critical to success in today's accelerated product development cycle such as innovation, knowledge management, strategic planning and more.



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R and D: Why Spending A Lot May Not Make a Difference

Nowadays, an overabundance of R&D money may not be an issue too many people are faced with. But even if it were, it is better to be smart and process-oriented than a spendthrift.

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Developing the Next-Generation Airplane
7/15/2011 Time Compression
Five years from now, the air travel industry is projected to be quite different. “There will be requirements for lower-noise aircraft, lower-polluting aircraft, lighter-weight aircraft,” says John Arnone, a spokesman for Bombardier Aerospace. Instead of waiting for the regulations to take effect, Bombardier engineers intend to meet them now.
Granta Design Full Eco Package for Autodesk Inventor
6/24/2011 Time Compression
Addressing the interests of the increasing number of designers who are creating products that have more-sustainable designs, Autodesk is offering an Eco Materials Advisor as part of its Autodesk Inventor 2012 release.
Sunday in the Park with Pampers
5/27/2011 Time Compression
Although Procter & Gamble is widely noted for its commitment to and cleverness regarding Open Innovation, something else the company is doing is certainly worthy of note:   Taking what is arguably a commodity and applying design such that it becomes a premium product.
Is Boring Better for Innovation Teams?
5/12/2011 Time Compression
Often, when companies set up special groups within their standard organizations to address innovation, they give these groups names that help differentiate them from the mainstream.   In a blog post on the Harvard Business Review site, Lauren Pollak and Katherine Wakid, both of Jump Associates, look at the naming routine and have come up with four categories:   1.
TI’s Serious Engineering Crowdsourcing Community
4/21/2011 Time Compression
One of the best ways to find solutions to problems is to ask other people, other people including those who you don’t know.

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3D Printing – The New Frontier for Manufacturing
I had the privilege of touring one of the prominent companies in this rapidly growing field of 3D printing,


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