R&D and Innovation Intelligence

Success Story

An international beverage corporation was inspired by cosmetic packaging technology to launch new packaging for its youth target.

Key Benefits

  • identify and understand technologies which might have an impact on your sector.
  • identify and evaluate research partners or companies to acquire more efficiently.
  • increase capacity to innovate.

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  • R&D Manager
  • Research Engineer
  • Innovation Manager
  • Marketing Director
  • Business Development Manager
  • Intelligence/CI Project Manager
  • Innovation Consultant

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Digimind’s R&D and innovation intelligence solution helps companies innovate at their best, thanks to exploratory intelligence on technological developments.

It provides answers to the following questions:

  • What are the emergent technologies in our sector?
  • Which technologies used in other areas or sectors could benefit us by replacing our current technologies ?
  • Which technologies could be used to design new products, new packaging, new production or distribution methods?
    Could any technologies be combined to improve our products?
  • How might emergent technologies affect our competitors or the arrival of new players?
  • ” Which companies master the key technologies we have identified and could we envisage an alliance or acquisition in the future?

The R&D and innovation intelligence solution performs the following functions:

  • identifies and prioritizes areas to monitor according to specific objectives (new product, new packaging, new production process,…)
  • identifies information sources (online and field) to be monitored;
  • involves informer networks to collect field information (conventions, trade-fairs, business development meetings,…)
  • facilitates collaborative analysis and the simulation of potential scenarios using appropriate methods (brainstorming or creativity sessions, probability/ impact grids,…);
  • facilitates the production and updating of summary maps and reports on the technological trends that have been identified and how they might be exploited.