Fraunhofer IAO, Germany From Concept to New Product

1. Fraunhofer IAO, Germany From Concept to New Product NITM International Seminar Series A series of Seminars for Executives & Managers NITM, Dublin, June 11th, 2003 Frank Wagner & Joachim Lentes Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering

2. Agenda • Introduction • A New Approach to Rapid Product Development • Project & Process Management for Engineering Teams • Modern Information & Communication Tools & Methods - From Evaluation to Selection and Implementation • Product Development 2010 - Future and Visions • Discussion with Q&A

3. Objectives of the Seminar I To show practical and proven ways for the successful management of New Product Development, with a focus on providing approaches, methods and tools for managing the challenges within the magic triangle time, cost and quality, especially by small and medium sized enterprises.

4. Objectives of the Seminar II Create awareness for the challenges of New Product Development Give an overview on the product development process Describe diverse case studies and lessons learnt Give an overview on innovative methods and tools Show a brief outlook into the future

5. Agenda • Introduction • A New Approach to Rapid Product Development • Project & Process Management for Engineering Teams • Modern Information & Communication Tools & Methods - From Evaluation to Selection and Implementation • Product Development 2010 - Future and Visions • Discussion with Q&A

6. About … Fraunhofer Society Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung e. V. Founded: 1949 Number of Employees: 11.000 * Research Volume: 910 million euro* President: Hans-Jörg Bullinger Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Prof. e.h. Dr. h. c. OrganisationalStructure: 56 research establishments, operating as independent »Profit-Centres« *2001

7. About … Fraunhofer Society Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787 – 1826) Successful researcher, inventorand entrepreneur Establishing a connection between basic research,practical application andcommercialisation Shining example for work in applied research

8. About … Fraunhofer Society Research fields Materials technology, component behaviour Production technology, manufacturing engineering Information and communications technology Microelectronics, micro systems technology Sensor systems, testing and measurement technology Process technology Energy and building technology, environmental and health research Technical and economic studies, information transfer

9. About … Fraunhofer Society Locations of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Fraunhofer-Establishments abroad: Fraunhofer USA with locations in – Boston (Massachusetts) – Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) – Plymouth (Michigan) – Providence (Rhode Island) – Newark (Delaware) – College Park (Maryland) – Peoria (Illinois) Fraunhofer associated offices in Asia: – Beijing (China) – Singapore – Jakarta (Indonesia) – Tokio (Japan)

10. About … Fraunhofer IAO Fraunhofer-Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO Founded: 1981 Number of Employees: 250 Employees, 320 student assistants* Research Volume: 33,5 million euro* Head of Institute: Dieter Spath Prof. Dr.-Ing. Address: Nobelstraße 12 70569 Stuttgart Phone +49 (0) 7 11/9 70-01 Fax +49 (0) 7 11/9 70-22 99 E-Mail: Info@iao.fraunhofer.de Web-site: www.iao. fraunhofer.de *2001, inclusive IAT

11. About … Fraunhofer IAO Contract research fromprivate industry Research Volume: 33,5 million euro* Basic financingand special funds 11 % 48 % 41 % Project financing from federal and regionalgovernment and the European Union *2001, inclusive IAT

12. About … Fraunhofer IAO Demonstration Centers and Labs • Business TV • Customer Care Center Baden-Württemberg • PDM Consulting Center • E-Factory • Electronic Commerce Center Stuttgart • Engineering Innovation Lab (EIL) • Engineering Knowledge Management System (EKMS) • Enterprise Process Management Labor • Ergonomics Laboratories • Office Innovation Center (OIC) • »HyPl 6« (6-sided-CAVE) • Rapid Product Development • Software Management • Tele-Cooperation Laboratory • Usability Labor • Virtual Reality Lab (VR-Lab)

13. About … The Competence Centre R&D Management • Number of Employees: 22 Researchers and 30 Research Assistants • Fields of Activity et al: - Strategy development and implementation - Project Management & Controlling • - Business Re-Engineering • - Engineering Life-Cycle Management • - R&D Assessment & Performance • - Information and Communication Technology • - Concurrent and Systems Engineering • - Innovation Management • - Knowledge Management • - International Project Management • www.rdm.iao.fhg.de

14. About … CC R&D MANAGEMENT 1995: Development of fundamentals for a modern simultaneous, integrated and standardised product development 1997: Strategic reorganisation of the entire product development (processes, project management and IT-infrastructure) at LG Electronics, Korea 1998: Development of a navigation environment ("war room") at the BMW AG for the co-ordination of the development of BMW X5 1998 and 1999: conception of a central pre-development for the entire Temic Telefunken GmbH 1999: Reorganisation of product development processes at Moxy 1999: Development of an operative project management tool based on degrees of product maturity for Robert Bosch GmbH 1999-2001: Airbus A380: development of a Concurrent Engineering Reference framework for a decentral and interdisciplinary product development Since 2000: Development of an innovative Performance Management System for the new product development in co-operation with leading companies, e.g. Skandia and ECI Telecom Ltd.

15. About … CC R&D MANAGEMENT

16. About … the Speakers Dipl.-Ing. Frank Wagner Frank.Wagner@iao.fhg.de Head of Competence Center R&D-Management Dipl.-Ing. Joachim Lentes Joachim.Lentes@iao.fhg.de Researcher, R&D Management