Innovation on Demand

This book describes a revolutionary methodology for enhancing technological innovation called TRIZ. The TRIZ methodology is increasingly being adopted by leading corporations around the world to enhance their competitive position. The authors explain how the TRIZ methodology harnesses creative principles extracted from thousands of successful patented inventions to help you find better, more innovative solutions to your own design problems. You’ll learn how to use TRIZ tools for conceptual development of novel technologies, products and manufacturing processes. In particular, you’ll find out how to develop breakthrough, compromise-free design solutions and how to reliably identify next generation products and technologies. This explains the book title. Whether you’re trying to make a better beer can, find a new way to package microchips or reduce the number of parts in a lawnmower engine, this book can help. Written for practicing engineers, product managers, technology managers and engineering students.

About the Authors

Victor R. Fey is Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Wayne State University and a Principal Partner and co-founder of the TRIZ Group. He is one of the few TRIZ Masters personally certified by Genrikh Altshuller, the creator of TRIZ. He has authored or co-authored seven patents, over 30 papers and two books.

Eugene I. Rivin is a professor and director of the Machine Tool Laboratory in the Mechanical Engineering department at Wayne State University and a co-principal and cofounder of the TRIZ Group providing TRIZ training and methodology for problem solving and technological forecasting. He is a Fellow of ASME and SME and an active (full) member of CIRP. Rivin holds over 60 patents and has authored more than 160 papers and 15 books.