Schlagwort-Archive: Institute of Technology and Process Management

Technology management (part 3/3)

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Neither technology nor innovation exist in a vacuum. They respond to customer needs and/or social and technological trends. Or even better, they anticipate them. The third and final part (part 1, part 2) of the discussion between Birgit Stelzer, a researcher at the Institute for Technology and Process Management at Ulm University, and Guido Beyß deals with the relationship between producers/suppliers and customers, with the response to new trends, with the anticipation of new technology trends and with the question of how to document knowledge which is relevant for technology management. Weiterlesen →

Technology management (part 2/3)

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Technology and innovation are closely linked. Technology without innovation – i.e. Vorschautechnology which cannot be successfully used on the market – will remain invention at best and stuck in a pre-market phase.  The second part of the discussion on technology management (part 1) between Birgit Stelzer, a researcher at the Institute for Technology and Process Management at Ulm University, and Guido Beyß deals with what defines innovation, how innovation originates, which type of culture promotes innovation and what kind of vision a technology-driven company needs. Weiterlesen →

Technology management (part 1/3)

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Birgit Stelzer, Ulm University

Birgit Stelzer, Ulm University

Technology management, which involves the planning, implementation and monitoring of the development and use of (new) technologies to create competitive advantages, is one of the most important steering tasks in R&D-heavy industries. Birgit Stelzer, a researcher at the Institute for Technology and Process Management at Ulm University, spoke to Guido Beyß about key aspects of technology management. We will document excerpts of the interview in three blog entries. The first entry will focus on a fundamental understanding of technology management, its integration into the company and its internal and external points of reference. Weiterlesen →

Technology competence creates competitive advantages (2/2)

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In a former blog entry I presented key results of the study “Technologische Kompetenz und nachhaltiger Wettbewerbsvorteil” (“Technology Competence and Sustained Competitive Advantages”, available only in German) published by the Institute of Technology and Process Management at Ulm University in March 2012. Of a total of 175 German companies – mostly from the mechanical engineering, automobile and metalworking sectors – which participated in the study, 12 out of 114 SMEs (11%) and 5 out of 61 larger companies (8%) belong to the benchmark group. Weiterlesen →

Technology competence creates competitive advantages (1/2)

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Will innovation create sustainable, long-term competitive advantages? Is there a positive connection between successful innovation (with regard to either products or procedures) and corporate success? The answer to both questions is clearly “yes”. That is the ultimate result of a study on “Technologische Kompetenz und nachhaltiger Wettbewerbsvorteil” (“Technology Competence and Sustained Competitive Advantages”, available only in German) published by the Institute of Technology and Process Management at Ulm University in March 2012. Prof. Dr. Leo Brecht, the director of the institute, says that the study aims to show how technology competence can boost competitiveness, in what way well-performing technology-oriented SMEs differ from their less well-performing counterparts and what the differences between SMEs and larger companies are. 175 companies from all German regions participated in the study. Most of them belong to the mechanical engineering, automobile and metalworking sectors. Weiterlesen →