Innovation Inspired 2011

In 2011, Prodex will be running Innovation Masterclass workshops facilitated by the World's #1 Innovation Scholar - Dr. Robert Cooper:
>> SYDNEY // 14-15 MARCH Winning At New Products & Implementing Stage Gate
>> MELBOURNE // 17-18 MARCH Optimising Your New Product Portfolio

Consulting - Training - Software

An overview of the 3 core competencies that Prodex can provide to manage your NPD needs:
- Consulting
- Training
- Technology

Idea to Launch

We use a structured development process to manage risk in new product development projects. Our management approach front-loads the development effort to confirm the feasibility of new product projects before moving into the more expensive development and launch stages.

Accolade - Sopheon Software Suite

The Sopheon Accolade® software system is currently being used in 56 countries worldwide by Global 1000 manufacturers. By offering the strategic business decision-making support needed to identify those product ideas with the greatest commercial promise, Accolade customers have successfully increased their new product revenues by up to 40% and reduced time-to-market by as much as 30%.

Design Development Services

Prodex has extensive experience in managing new product process from idea to launch. Our clients include both entrepreneurs and multinational corporations. You can be assured that we have the experience to bring your new product to life.

Red Paper Issue 7 - 2011Q3

Feature: Aligning Product Portfolios with Strategic Plans
Prodex News: Prodex Systems awarded "What's Your Big Idea" grant
Training Events: Event review of the Voice of the Customer workshops with Gerard Ryan and Richard Paynting

Red Paper Issue 6 - 2011Q2

Feature: Product Innovation Maturity
Prodex News: Event review of the recently hosted Prodex Innovation Masterclass workshops featuring Dr. Robert Cooper
Training Events: Prodex Systems In House Training Capabilities

Red Paper Issue 5 - 2010Q4

Feature: Innovation Governance & Portfolio Planning
Event Review: Strategic Roadmapping 2010- A review of the Prodex Systems Strategic Roadmapping Masterclass events
Upcoming Events: 2011 Innovation Masterclass workshops facilitated by Dr. Robert Cooper

Red Paper Issue 4 - 2010Q3

Feature: Q&A with international roadmapping scholar Dr. Irene Petrick
Webinar: Dr. Irene Petrick presents an online webinar on the fundamentals of the strategic roadmapping methodology
News: Prodex awarded Enterprise Connect WIIN program grant

Red Paper Issue 3 - 2010Q2

Feature: An Introduction to Strategic Roadmapping
Upcoming Events: 2010 Strategic Roadmapping Masterclass Series
News: A review of the 2010 Prodex Innovation Masterclass Events with Dr. Robert Cooper

Red Paper Issue 2 - 2010Q1

Feature: Q&A Interview with Dr Robert Cooper, World’s No 1 Innovation Scholar
Podcast: Harvard Business Review Podcast with A.G. Lafley - Innovation Process at Proctor&Gamble
News: Prodex works with Onsteel to Develop NPD Process

Red Paper Issue 1 - 2009Q4

Feature: 10 Strategies to Generate Higher Returns from Your Innovation Investments
Webinar: Innovation at Bank of America with Nadine Elbadramany - VP of Innovation Excellence
News: Prodex helps Sanofi-Aventis Consumer Healthcare Automate NPD Process

Winning At New Products: Pathways to Profitable Innovation

Article by Dr. Robert Cooper - Developing and launching a steady stream of new product successes is no easy feat, however. Only one product concept out of seven becomes a new product winner; and 44% of businesses’ product development projects fail to achieve their profi t targets!3

Innovation Productivity - BOOM or Bust?

Article by Gerard Ryan - The current economic crisis has placed emphasis on Innovation Productivity like never before. Although today’s executives accept that Innovation is essential for differentiation in increasingly competitive markets, the willingness to take risks is gone. Companies are facing the reality that investments they make now in new product innovation MUST deliver. It is BOOM or Bust.

NPD Process Automation - the new “Best Practice”

Article by Gerard Ryan - Executives focused on driving business performance through innovation recognize the need to focus not just on the speed and quality of project delivery BUT also on the quality of projects which enter the innovation funnel and the overall effectiveness of the system...

Beyond Stage-Gate ® - Automating Innovation

Article by Gerard Ryan - The use of Stage-Gate processes to manage innovation is widely accepted as the most effective way to manage innovation risk. Adoption of gate based innovation processes by US Fortune 500 companies is now estimated to be in excess of 75%. Australasian companies lag the US in their adoption of Stage Gate although many companies have recently introduced manual processes.

Development Trade-Off model

Article by Don Reinertsen - The business of managing NPD projects requires optimization of the balance between: Development speed, Product cost,Product performance and development program expense. Wrapping the trade-off alternatives in numbers provides the business information required to make more complex decisions and optimize the business performance of NPD projects.

Strategic Roadmapping Webinar with Dr. Irene Petrick

Dr. Irene Petrick presents an online presentation highlighting the key reasons to roadmap as well as the benefits of implementing the strategic roadmapping framework.

How Strategic Roadmapping Adds Value

A look into the benefits of implementing the roadmapping framework, focusing on how and why the top performing companies are using the framework in alignment with thier innovation management processes.

Situational Awareness As A Dynamic Capability In Innovation Networks

This paper focuses on the innovation capabilities within networks, arguing that the distributed nature of, innovation and production creates unique knowledfe acquisition and sharing needs.

Tipping The Balance Of Power

Highlights the importance of supply chain management to achieve the right balance for successful product innovation and strategic roadmapping.

Targeting the “Right” Roadmapping Maturity Level for Your Organization

Article by Dr. Irene Petrick - The term strategic roadmapping implies a well-integrated and on-going company practice that systematically links market and technology evolution into a compelling product portfolio. How many companies actually achieve this level of roadmapping? Few, it appears. 

Roadmapping: Chart Your Organisation's Future

Article by Chris Creighton Thomas - Initially adopted by technologists within large organisations, roadmapping often did not include other functions such as marketing and product management. Over the last few years, however, roadmapping has been increasingly used for functional areas beyond technology as a strategic planning tool.