TRIZ Companies Database as of March 10, 2008
We are thankful to TRIZ colleagues who sent us their corrections, additions, and comments - E.Domb, D.Mann, Yu.Salamatov, V.Souchkov, and V.Timokhov.
TRIZ Companies Database
Prepared by GEN3 Partners/Algorithm
Results
· A tentative list of companies that offer services/products based on TRIZ throughout the world, including Russia and CIS has been compiled.
- The list excludes three largest public non-profit organizations: MA TRIZ, ETRIA, Altshuller Institute for TRIZ Studies.
- The list also excludes three major TRIZ magazines: Journal of TRIZ (www.triz-spb.ru); Izobretenia (www.aitriz.org); and electronic The TRIZ Journal (www.triz-journal.com),
· 16 TRIZ-based companies have been identified in Russia and CIS (see Table 1). Besides, the list contains data on two independent TRIZ experts, who are the most aggressive in promoting their TRIZ-based services in CIS.
· 55 TRIZ-based companies have been identified in other countries outside of Russia and CIS. As of today, 49 of them are actively engaged in this business (see Table 2). The information on the other 6 companies (see Table 3) is insufficient to make an objective conclusion about their activity.
Conclusions
· Among large consulting companies Cap Gemini Group (headcount - ten thousands of employees) declares it uses TRIZ in its consulting practice. The company has a wide network of offices all over the world and conducts business activity in various non-TRIZ directions - management and organization consulting, outsourcing, local professional services, etc.
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft at Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology is the largest performer of R&D to order in Europe, employing about 12,500 specialists and having 56 offices across Germany.
Altran Consulting and Information Services employ over 17,000 experts in business and technology consulting. Only few of them are involved in TRIZ activities.
· Only three TRIZ-based companies have been identified to have mid-size business with 100 full time employees and more: GEN3 Partners/Algorithm, ASI Consulting Group, and Invention Machine Corp.
· The majority of smaller companies are trying to build their TRIZ business in two major directions: Training and Consulting. Sometimes they also perform consulting and training in non-TRIZ fields, and develop and sell software.
· Ten TRIZ-based software producers have been identified: Invention Machine Corp., Ideation International, Ideacore , IWINT, Pretium Consulting Services, Thought Guiding Systems Corp., TriSolver Group, "Analytika", TRIZ-CHANCE, and Center of Creative Technologies.
· Most of the companies (regardless of their size) show a steady trend of using not only TRIZ methods, but also Six Sigma, QFD, Lean, FMEA [1] and other innovation methods.
[1] Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA): A systematized group of activities to recognize and evaluate the potential failure of a product or process and its effects, identify actions that could eliminate or reduce the occurrence of the potential failure and document the process. (www.asq.org/glossary/f.html)
TRIZ Companies Database
Table 1. TRIZ Companies in Russia and CIS
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Company |
Location |
Number of employees |
Key people[1] |
TRIZ--based Services / Products |
Other services |
Website |
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1. |
"Analytika" |
Chelyabinsk, Russia |
N/D |
N/D |
Consulting Workshops Software "Analysis and Synthesis of Systems " ("AiSSt") |
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2. |
Analytical center ECSD, Resultat, Hansainventor. |
Tallinn, Estonia |
N/D |
Mark Luchin |
Training and Consulting: Phenotype-audit, technologies of strong thinking, solutions for difficult problems and situations |
Training and Consulting: negotiations strategy, sales technologies, advertising, PR |
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3. |
"Assessment and consulting company "IKR-Consultant" |
Rostov-on-Don, Russia |
N/D |
Valery Vladimirovich Allaverdian |
Consulting and Training: Business analysis/assessment |
Marketing and business analysis: investments, acquisitions |
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4. |
Beliltsev's TSM Center / OO "TRIZ Training Center" |
Voronezh, Russia |
N/D |
Valeri Konstantinovich Beliltsev TRIZ Master |
Consulting: marketing, management, politics |
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5. |
Center of Creative Technologies |
Moscow, Russia |
3 |
Alexander Andreevich Baryshnikov; Albert Mikhailovich Kuzmin |
Software: IdeaFinder+ QuaD Business Assessment Technology |
Business Plans Development |
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6. |
Center of Know-How |
St.Petersburg, Russia |
2 |
Yu.V.Trofimov |
Consulting: Customized R&D |
Implementation of business ideas |
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7. |
Diol |
Novosibirsk, Russia |
N/D |
Lyudmila Semyonova |
Consulting: problem solving and strategy development Training Coaching |
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8. |
Group of companies "Russian Training Center" |
Moscow, Voronezh, Russia |
N/D |
N/D |
Training: Lean Production |
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9. |
Group of consulting firms "TRIZ-CHANCE" |
St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Russia |
N/D |
Igor Leonardovich Vikentiev TRIZ Master |
Consulting: PR, marketing, management Software Publishing |
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10. |
Institute of Innovative Design |
Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
14 |
Yuri Petrovich Salamatov TRIZ Master |
Consulting and Training: Innovative Design, Analysis of patents, Value engineering Technology Evaluation |
Patenting TRIZ-pedagogics |
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11. |
Laboratory of civilization problems of the Chuvash State University |
Cheboksary, Russia |
N/D |
Valeri Pavlovich Galietov Head of Intellectual technologies department
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Consulting: business process diagnosis Training: VEA-based diagnostics Coaching |
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12. |
Key Technologies of TRIZ |
Novosibirsk, Russia |
4 |
Vissarion Grigorievich Sibiryakov TRIZ Master |
Training and Workshops: Lean production |
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13. |
Organisation of Time |
Moscow, Russia |
N/D |
Gleb A. Arkhangelski (General director); |
Training: time management |
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14. |
Russian School of Management |
Moscow, Russia |
About 90 |
Marat Semenovich Gafitulin TRIZ Master |
Training: Management, PR, Production, IT |
Consulting: Management, Administration, Logistics |
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15. |
Sintal |
Kishinev, Moldova |
N/D |
Sergei Anatolievich Sichkorez |
Training: Business |
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16. |
TRIZ-Profi |
Moscow, Russia |
10+ (4 TRIZ Masters) |
Alexei Vasilievich Podkatilin TRIZ Master; Vladimir Yurievich Bubentsov; Alexander Ivanovich Skuratovich; Anatoli Alexandrovich Guin TRIZ Master; Victor Ivanovich Timokhov, CEO, TRIZ Master; Sergei Alexeevich Faer; Petr Ivanovich Chuksin; Nikolai Andreevich Shpakovskiy TRIZ Master |
Training: Patent breaking, Cost reduction, Product improvement, Creativity Consulting |
Training and Workshops (in Moscow Business School): management, marketing, finance, personnel, sales, logistics, foreign economic activity, business security, office management, team building |
Moscow Business School: http://mbschool.ru/about.php
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17. |
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Riga, Latvia |
1 |
Yuli Samoilovich Murashkovski TRIZ Master |
Consulting: politics Training: TRIZ in art |
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18. |
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Moscow, Russia |
1 |
Petr-Pavel Vladimirovich Surkov |
Consulting: solving production problems, Cost optimization |
Training: Business |
Table 2. TRIZ Companies outside of Russia and CIS
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## |
Company |
Location |
Number of employees |
Key people[2] |
TRIZ -based Services / Products |
Other services |
Website |
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1. |
Agamus Consult |
Starnberg, Germany Plus France & Slovakia |
>80 |
Alan Brunhammer, |
Consulting: Lean production |
Consulting: Management, Administration, Logistics |
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2. |
Altran Consulting and Information Services (CIS) |
Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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Over 17,000 |
Patrick Hendriks |
Consulting: technology, R&D support Risk & Safety assessment Performed by Altran Technologies Netherlands BV - a subsidiary of Altran CIS |
Business process mgt Business intelligence Enterprise content mgt Quality assurance & testing Process mgt in IT Innovatie mgt |
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3. |
Applied Innovation Alliance |
West Bloomfield, MI, USA |
3 |
Dana W. Clarke, Sr., President / CEO |
Consulting (online): Process/Product Innovations, Predictions, Patenting |
Organizational Support: team assessments, change management, strategic planning, coaching, cultural & organizational transitions Patent: infringement/ circumvention support |
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4. |
ASI Consulting Group, LLC. |
Bingham Farms, MI, USA |
>100 reputed instructors and consultants |
Shin Taguchi, President; Dr.Genichi Taguchi, Executive Director
Subir Chowdhury Alan Wu Jodi Caldwell |
Workshops: - Creating Breakthrough Products - Systematic Innovation |
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5. |
Axiomatic Design |
Brighton, MA, USA |
N/D |
N/D |
Training: in-home & e-learning Mentoring Consulting Software |
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6. |
C2C-Solutions |
Troy, MI, USA |
~10 |
David M. Verduyn; Adam Marx; Len Kaplan; Mike Anleitner; Sue McPhail; Joely Gardner; David Ball |
Workshops: - Teams facilitation/ coaching - Patent Searches - Knowledge extraction & research (TechOptimizer 3.5 and Knowledgist 2.5) |
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Partners: Ideacore (see below) Axiomatic Design (see below) |
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7. |
Center for Product-Innovation GbR (C4PI) |
Lohfelden, Germany |
N/D |
N/D |
Consulting: product improvement, problem solving, idea generation, analysisTraining & Workshops |
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8. |
Center for Scientific & Technical Creativity (CSTC) |
Ho Chi Ming City, Vietnam |
1 |
Phan Dung , Director |
Training: 4-60 hrs Educational programs |
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9. |
Concept Catalysts, Inc. |
Charlotte, NC |
1 |
Mark Barkan - President |
Consulting: Problem-Solving, Product/Process Improvement, Facilitation, Coaching |
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10. |
CREAX |
Ieper, Belgium
|
23 |
Simon DeWulf |
Consulting Training Software |
Funding |
also promote through: www.systematic-innovation.com |
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11. |
CTQ Media LLC |
Bainbridge Island, WA |
N/D |
N/D |
Publishing (The TRIZ Journal, iSixSigma Magazine, RealInnovation.com) |
Providing business information |
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12. |
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft at Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology |
Sankt Augustin, Germany |
~12,500 |
N/D |
Research to Order (the largest provider of R&D services in Europe) |
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13. |
GEN3 Partners/ Algorithm |
Boston, MA, USA St.Petersburg, & Moscow, Russia; |
Over 100 |
Jim Sims, Chairman; Garrett L. Dietz, CEO; Michael Treacy, Chief Strategist; Sam Kogan, President/COO, Certified TRIZ specialist; Simon Litvin, VP/CScO, TRIZ Master Igor Petiy, Algorithm President, Certified TRIZ specialist; Sergey Ikovenko, Director of training, TRIZ Master; A.Lyubomirskiy, TRIZ Master; Yu.Fedosov, TRIZ Master; A.Kudryavtsev, TRIZ Master
|
Consulting: Product/process Innovation, Business Insight Training: education, facilitation, mentorship Technology Development & Commercialization: search, evaluation, transfer |
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14. |
ICG Training & Consulting |
Enschede, The Netherlands |
1 |
Valeri Souchkov |
Training and certification: systematic innovation, analytical techniques and systematic inventive thinking Consulting: business innovation and problem solving, definition and implementation of an organizational innovation strategy Development of innovative solutions Publishing |
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15. |
Ideacore
|
Birmingham, MI, USA |
~10 |
Joseph Craig - CEO&President |
Software: QFD, Web-miner, TRIZ, FMEA Training Coaching |
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16. |
Ideation International, Inc. |
Detroit, MI, USA |
6 (3 TRIZ Masters, |
Zion Bar-El, CEO/Chairman, Boris Zlotin, Chief Scientist, TRIZ Master Alla Zusman, TRIZ Master; V.Gerasimov, TRIZ Master |
Consulting Software: several TRIZ-Based products Training Workshops: e-learning Publications |
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17. |
Innologics |
Gilching/ München, Germany |
>5 |
Dr. Edgar Jochheim Christian Stammel Thorsten Rudolph Leonid Shub Christian Ritter Bastian Krapf |
Consulting: Innovation Generation, Technology Commercialization: Search, Development, Transfer, Due Diligence |
Consulting: Marketing, Manufacturing, Patenting |
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18. |
InnoQ |
Eindhoven The Netherlands |
N/D |
N/D |
Consulting: Innovation Training |
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19. |
Innosight |
Watertown, MA, USA Singapore |
>35 |
Mark Johnson - Co-Founder and Chairman Scott Anthony - President |
Training & Workshops: Innovation leadership, Ideas generation, Consulting: Idea synthesis, industry landscaping, reshape/banlance innovations |
Market analysis |
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20. |
Innovation Works, Inc. (IWINT) |
Headquarter in California; |
N/D |
L.Bachilo, G.Severinets |
Consulting: TRIZ, Application of Software Training: TRIZ, Creativity Software: Pro/Innovator, & CBT/NOVA |
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21. |
Innovation-TRIZ, Inc. |
Tampa, FL St. Paul, MN, USA |
2 |
Jack Hipple; Mark Reeves |
Consulting: Innovation Audits and Assessments, Future Product Design, TRIZ-based patenting Workshops: problem solving |
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22. |
Innovative Partners |
Wormer, The Netherlands |
5 |
Gertjan Otto |
R&D support |
Business consulting |
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23. |
Innovative Patent Technology, Inc. |
Oregon House, CA, USA |
3 |
James Kowalick |
Consulting: IP & IP Strategy development |
Subject-meter expertise |
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24. |
Inventioneering Company |
USA |
1 |
Michael S. Slocum |
Consulting: Problem Solving, Idea/Concept Generation, Technology Forecasting Innovation Coaching |
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http://www.inventioneeringco.com/
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25. |
Invention Machine Corp. |
Boston, MA, USA Offices in the UK, France, Germany, Belarus, Japan |
~100 |
Mark E. Atkins, President/CEO J. Toddhunter CTO I.Devojno |
Software: Goldfire Innovator Training: Education/ Mentoring Consulting: Knowledge management |
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26. |
National Institute of Applied Science, Laboratory of Industrial Engineering & Artificial Intelligence |
Strasbourg, France |
28 Proffessors 15 PhD student |
D.Cavallucci; N.Khomenko - TRIZ Master; D.Kucharavy |
Research Training (Education) |
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27. |
Oxford Creativity Ltd |
Witney Oxfordshire, UK
|
9 |
Karen Gadd, H.Strickland, |
Training: TRIZ & TRIZ-teams building Workshop: Practical Problem Solving with TRIZ |
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28. |
P41 |
Antwerpen, Belgium |
|
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Consulting: product and process innovation R&D support Training |
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29. |
Pretium Consulting Services, LLC |
Houston, TX; regional office in MI, USA |
>5 |
David Bonner Peter Hanik Sergey Malkin Galina Malkin |
Software: Guided Innovation Toolkit Training Workshops |
- IP Enhancement, IP strategy - Business Strategy Development |
http://www.pretiumllc.com/index.htm Partner of Ideation International, Inc. (see above) |
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30. |
PRIMA Performance Ltd. |
Maple, Ont., Canada |
2 |
Gunter Ladewig, Director |
Training: TRIZ, TOC, SixSigma, Lean Consulting: Product/Process Due diligence Improvement forecasting, etc. |
Consulting: Project Management, Turnaround and profit improvement, Business process |
http://www.primaperformance.com |
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31. |
Productivity Quality Results (PQR Group) |
Upland, California, USA |
>10 |
Ellen Domb (founder); Ralph Czerepinski; Michael Slocum; Joe A. Miller; Darrell Mann; Mark Barkan; Ned Schneider; Marco Aurélio de Carvalho; Akhilesh Gulati |
Consulting: problem solving and strategy development Training: TRIZ, QFD, Six Sigma practice, "Train-the-trainer" |
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32. |
A.Seredinski |
Poitiers, France |
1 |
Avraam Seredinski - Certified TRIZ specialist |
Consulting: Problem solving, Training: TRIZ education, Publication: Translation and Distribution TRIZ books in French |
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33. |
SIT Ltd. |
Tel Aviv, Israel Sweeden, Germany, USA |
>40 |
Janko.Goldenberg, Ron Horowitz, A.Levav, Managing Director |
Consulting Training: from lectures to mentoring |
Trainings: Marketing Communications & Advertising |
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34. |
Start2Think |
Ramat Gan, Israel |
1 |
R.Horowitz |
Publishing Training: Internet & CD courses |
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35. |
Systematic Innovation Ltd. (cluster of companies) |
Clevedon, UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Japan, Denmark, Turkey, USA, Australia, Malaysia, India, Mexico |
40 |
Darrell Mann |
Training & Workshops Software Development Problem Solving
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IP licensing Turnkey projects Global Benchmarking |
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36. |
Systematic Inventive Thinking Center "Think-Tech" |
Kfar-Saba, Israel |
1 |
Alexander Chernobelsky, Manager |
Training Consulting: Problem solving, Trends, IP |
Text book "Systematic Inventive Thinking and Technological Problems Solving" (Hebrew, 224 pages, 1997) |
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37. |
Technical Innovation Center, Inc. |
Worcester, MA, USA |
5 |
R.Langevin-CEO; S.Rodman - President Valery Krasnoslobodtsev; Isak Buhkman, TRIZ-Master Gunter Ladewig |
Training, Consulting: problem solving and IP development Publishing |
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38. |
The Cap Gemini Group |
Paris, France; offices in more than 30 countries |
Over 82,000 worldwide |
Capgemini U.S.: Salil Parekh-CEO; Lanny Cohen - CEO, Capgemini North America, and Acting Area Director, East Region |
Consulting: design and integrate technological solutions, exploit innovation, etc. (based on TRIZ) |
Consulting: Management, Finance; Outsourcing Services Local Professional Services |
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39. |
The TRIZ Group, L.L.C. |
West Bloomfield, MI, USA |
3 |
V.Fey, E.Rivin David Mayer Vice President Business Development |
Consulting: Forecasting, Roadmapping, Problem solving Training |
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40. |
Thought Guiding Systems Corp. |
Canada |
1 |
Y.Karasik |
Software: Root Cause Finder Training Consulting: problem solving Publishing: The Anti TRIZ-journal |
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http://www3.sympatico.ca/karasik
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41. |
TIPS Innovation |
Stockholm, Sweden |
3 |
Olle Berg Joachim Burvall |
Consulting: Process/Product development, Training (using TechOptim) Publishing |
Consulting: Marketing and Management |
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42. |
Total Quality Management |
Neckarsulm/ Stuttgart/ Karlsruhe, Germany |
>10 |
André Kapust Christian Wirth Rita Demmeler-Wirth Elisabeth Rößle Oliver Wagner Jochen Wanders Gerald Saur Alexandra Lindner Horst Nähler Klaus Hörmann Roland Papst Michael Proch Karin Prinz |
Consulting: In-house consulting using software Training: using software |
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43. |
TriS Europe GmbH - Innovation Knowledge Company |
Hannover, Germany Zürich, Switzerland |
>10 |
Pavel Livotov |
Consulting Software: TriSIDEAS Training |
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44. |
TRIS OY |
Turku, Finland |
1 |
Kalevi Rantanen |
Publishing Training |
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45. |
TRIZ Consulting, Inc |
Seattle, Washington, USA |
1 |
Zinovy Royzen -President, TRIZ Master |
Training: TRIZ Consulting and Facilitation Publishing |
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46. |
TRIZ-online |
Germany |
N/D |
N/D |
Innovation consulting Software development Training Publishing |
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47. |
TRIZ XXI |
Valencia, Spain |
N/D |
José M. Vicente Gomila, Co-Director |
Software: distribution Training: TRIZ, CI |
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48. |
TRIZ4U |
Melbourne, Australia focused on Malaysia & Singapore |
7 |
Iouri Belski |
Training: Seminars. |
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49. |
WOIS INSTITUTE |
Coburg, Germany
|
11 |
Prof. Hansjürgen Linde |
Consulting: Problem solving, Innovation strategy Training: Team Facilitation |
Education: MBA |
Table 3. Inactive Companies
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## |
Company |
Location |
Number of employees |
Key people[3] |
TRIZ-, 6-sigma-, FMEA-, Lean-based Services / Products |
Other services |
Website |
|
1 |
ESICS (Ecole Superieure de l'Innovation, de la Conception et de la Simulation), Chaire of TRIZ |
La Rochelle, France |
3 |
Dominique Barre, Directeur ; Avraam Seredinski, TRIZ Chairman, Certified TRIZ specialist |
Training: Education on TRIZ (students, industries) |
|
New website: http://www.esics.com/ TRIZ-pages are under construction (Dec.11, 2007) |
|
2 |
eTG – Knowledge Solutions exclusive representative of Invention Machine in Australia and New Zealand |
Australia |
2 |
David Brocklehurst, Chairman David Colvin, Managing Director |
Consulting: P-o-P prototyping, Innovation Road-mapping Workshops: Diagnostic Workshops Software: Goldfire InnovatorTM Reselling |
Consulting: - Information/Knowledge Management, - Business Case Development & ROI Assessment, - Project Management and Implementation - Post Implementation Support |
out-of-order (Dec.11 2007) |
|
3 |
Present Vision, Inc. |
Oregon House, CA, USA |
~10 |
James Kowalick, Technical Director |
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http://www.presentvision.com/index.html This page is parked free (Dec. 13 2007) |
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4 |
The TRIZ Experts |
CA, USA |
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S.Savransky, President |
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This page is parked free (Dec. 13 2007) |
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5 |
Strategic Product Innovations Inc. |
Houston, Texas, USA |
N/D |
William (Bill) Molnar; Mark R. Bender; John Filla; Jay Pharris; |
No services |
Market new product: generate, evaluate, incubate, prototyping, patenting |
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6 |
Mulbury Consulting Limited |
UK |
N/D |
N/D |
Mulbury Consulting Limited is no longer trading and does not undertake any consultancy or training work. |
e-shop providing free resources, electronic or paper books to meet the needs of the next generation Six Sigma, Lean and TRIZ practitioner. |
[1] Persons identified as TRIZ-experts are marked
[2] Persons identified as TRIZ-experts are marked
[3] Persons identified as TRIZ-experts are marked