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 ?
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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?
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” Which companies master the key technologies we have identified and could we envisage an alliance or acquisition in the future?
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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.
