employees (150 R&D)‚ serve more than 90% of fortune 500 manufacturing companies‚ around 100‚000 industrial consumers‚ parent company Siemens AG over 100 billion electronics and engineering company in over 190 countries with 428‚000 people‚ leader in innovation → Zenon – owned by GE‚ provided a complete range of filtration processes‚ offered broadest product line in industry‚ over 100 years of experience‚ over 300‚000 employees in over 100 countries‚ publically traded with 18 million in revenue → smaller
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Filter Innovations Inc. Filter Innovations Inc. (FII) was created by John Dragasevich in 1992. It was based out of Toronto‚ Ontario and supplied small industrial water filtration systems and environmental products. It focused mostly on projects that required processing below 1 million litres per day. This was because competing companies were more interested in projects that required processing above 1 million litres per day. Problem Statement The problem Dragasevich faces with FII is that
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1.1 Relevance The study focuses on the phenomenon of IT industry which is credited with developing and sustaining distinct organizational cultures. The basic assumption here is that companies which are able to renew their knowledge stand a better chance of understanding the consequences of the changes in their environments and are better suited than competitors to respond faster and better to them. Compared to technology‚ which becomes more available and thereby reduces as a source of competitive
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struggling filters business. The filters business‚ named ABC Filters‚ currently sells oil and air filters for consumer and commercial vehicles. In addition to automotive filters‚ ABC historically invested in emerging air filter technologies for large‚ natural gas turbines (GT) used for power generation. The process of combusting natural gas for power generation requires a tremendous amount of air intake (~720‚000 ft3 of air every minute of operation) and a turbine may need up to 1‚000 intake filters to
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Abstract Kennametal Inc. is a 72 year old company founded in 1938 who employs 14‚000 people with operations in 60 countries around the world. The company reports $2.3 billion dollars in annual revenue as the premier provider of tools‚ engineered components‚ and advanced materials utilized in manufacturing and construction. The company is comprised of three divisions; Advanced Materials Solutions‚ Metalworking Solutions Group and J&L Industrial Supply. Its’ customer base is as broad as it is wide
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Apple innovation; a case study Ahmad Al-Rubaie Agenda • • • • • • Apple as a leading innovator Apple financial performance Apple history & innovation background Apple’s innovation strategy Apple’s innovation takeaways Steve Job’s innovation secrets One cannot talk about innovation without mentioning Apple Inc. For the fourth straight year‚ respondent ranked Apple and Google the two most innovative companies‚ with Apple once again the hands-down winner. Apple has held the op spot in
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The Amazon of Innovation Amazon is a company we all know and love. The company is widely known for its online retail shopping‚ it’s popular Kindle Series with e-bookstore‚ along with their cloud and order fulfillment services amongst many other things. Amazon has become a great example of a perfect collaboration system and utilizing all of its information systems. With the vast history of Amazon we can begin to ask certain questions that would help understand Amazon and its continual success in
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Study of passive filter characterization for PCB application Chapter 1: Introduction Project Description Passive filters are relatively simple electronic part that consists with resistors‚ capacitors‚ and inductors. The function of the passive filter is to allow a certain range of frequencies to pass‚ can be used to separate signals‚ passing those of interest‚ and also can reject noise and attenuating the unwanted frequencies. In this project‚ there are three type of passive filters that
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Introduction Creativity & innovation is important for enterprises‚ especially high-tech corporations. In the trend of extensive globalization‚ it is almost impossible for any enterprise to survive in the business world without seeking help from creative innovations. The paper focuses on significance of creativity & innovation in the operation of a famous company----3M. 3M is a manufacturing company that has a long history‚ it has a series of well-known products and brands. The first part of the
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Drucker‚ the management consultant and author of “Innovation and Entrepreneurship stated that “…Because its purpose is to create a customer‚ business has two—and only two functions: Marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results‚ all the rest are costs." So the question now is what is innovation? Generally put‚ an ‘innovation’ is developing a new idea and putting it into practice. Edward Kahn in his book stated that innovation is inherently unstructured‚ unpredictable‚ and risky
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