Mis Assignment 5

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MIS Assignment 5 10/31/12 Part A 1. 3M’s innovation process focuses on two aspects, deep technological competence and strong product development capabilities. Innovator Enterprise software tools facilitate 3M’s innovation process in the following ways: Idea creation, timed challenges, engagement and collaboration. 3M could utilize several of innovator Enterprise software features such as: “Capture idea and new innovations”, “Broadcast new ideas” and “Check duplicate ideas.” Utilizing these features will allow 3M to promote new design ideas and ensure their new product hasn’t already been created. This will enable 3M to develop product capabilities efficiently. 3M could benefit by providing their employees with timed challenges because it’ll improve their ability to solve problems; therefore, they’ll be able to improve products, processes and communications. There are several features that may be used to promote employee engagement in the innovation process. One feature called the “Incentive and Recognition” is based on the notion that a company should provide employees with incentive to be creative and suggest new ideas. This feature would be helpful to 3M because a lot of their innovation depends on product development capabilities. Having creative employees may give them a stronger competitive advantage. One other feature that 3M should adopt is a collaboration tool called “My Profile.” This would enable 3M to create a profile based on their past innovation experiences and find an expert who can match them to other ideas/innovations. 2a) 3M’s innovation strategy has been successful in making their innovation process more efficient. This is shown in the following charts: 3M has relatively high return on both assets and invested capital. b) 3M’s innovation strategy has been successful in making 3M a better competitor in the marketplace in the
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