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Volume 7, Issue 5 - June 1, 2006
GGI RapidNews is published approximately once a
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In This Issue
MANAGEMENT PRODUCTIVITY - Bush Proposes
Shifts in Federal R&D Budget
MANAGEMENT PRODUCTIVITY - First-To-The-World
Intellectual Property Auction
UPCOMING PUBLIC SEMINAR - June06 Product
Development Innovation Summit
BOOK REVIEW - Nanofuture: What's Next
for Nanotechnology
NON-PROFIT CONFERENCE - Society of
Concurrent Product Development
UPCOMING PUBLIC SEMINAR - Sept06
Product Development Metrics Summit - Early
Bird Rates
THE WISDOM iSTORE FEATURED PRODUCT
- Primary Research On Capacity
THE WISDOM iSTORE NEW LISTINGS - No
New Listings This Month
BIENNIAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT SURVEY
- 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998 Results
GATEWAYS TO KNOWLEDGE - A Monthly Feature
CALENDAR OF INDUSTRY EVENTS - A Monthly
Feature
TELEVISION EVENTS - Alexander Haig's
World Business Review
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MANAGEMENT PRODUCTIVITY
"Changing Priorities: Bush initiative shifts science-budget funds"
Excerpts from Science News Article, February 11, 2006, p. 86, Vol. 169,
No. 6, published by Science Service, Marion, OH.
While the proposed federal research and development (R&D) budget for Fiscal
Year 2007 will remain at current levels, agencies dealing with the Internet,
fiber optics and satellite-telecommunications systems will see increased funding
levels at the expense of biomedical research.
The $317 billion slated for R&D in 2007 up more than $3 billion over 2005 yet
represents only a 0.4 percent increase when adjusted for inflation. President Bush's
American Competitiveness Initiative provides extra funding to the National Science
Foundation (NSF), the Department of Energy's Office of Science, and the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
In contrast, biomedical research will take a cut in funding in 2007.
While the National Institutes of Health will gain $18 million,
this translates into a 2.1 percent budget decrease when adjusted
for inflation. The agency estimates that that fewer than one out
of every five grant applications will receive funding next year,
compared to one of every three in 2001.
After an increase in 2006, funding for the National Nanotechnology
Initiative would fall 1.8 percent to $1.3 billion, primarily because
DOD would remove earmarked 2006 nanotechnology projects from its 2007
request.
Copies of this article are available to subscribers in the
Science News Archives.
The annual subscription fee is about $55
and it might be worth it for this one article alone.
Please click on the link for a table of the Federal R&D Budget for
FY 2007. This table was compiled by the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS).
MANAGEMENT PRODUCTIVITY
First-To-The-World Intellectual Property Auction
Leveraging the human impulse to outdo the competition, Ocean Tomo
has charged up the Intellectual Property (IP) market by offering
patents at public auction. The Chicago-based merchant banking firm
sold 26 of 78 lots in its first Live Patent Auction in San Francisco
this April. It grossed $3 million by the close of the auction and has
subsequently sold five additional lots, bring cumulative sales to
nearly $8.5 million.
The unorthodox decision to offer IP at auction came as the result
of numerous inquiries from patent holders for help in selling their
patents, Ocean Tomo said. "The current transaction market for patents
is highly illiquid. We believe there is a significant unmet need for
making the patent transaction process more efficient from the
perspectives of time, effort and cost," noted Dean Becker, Vice
Chairman of Ocean Tomo in a recent Business Wire report.
Prior to each auction, Ocean Tomo Auctions, LLC (OTA) makes
background books available on product offerings. Its next auction,
scheduled for October 25-25 in New York City, will include both
patent and trademark offerings.
Information on the next IP auction is available on the Ocean
Tomo Web site.
UPCOMING PUBLIC SEMINAR - INNOVATION SUMMIT Jun06
GGI will sponsor its R&D
-- Product Development Innovation Summit on June
24-26, 2006 in metro Boston. Please join us for
eight comprehensive modules that surround the subject of Innovation
in R&D and Product Development.
The Innovation Modules that will be offered are:
All modules feature some level of case study discussion and
examples from a range of industries. There will be three group
exercises where attendees will "try out" well regarded
innovation methodologies to achieve some level of "hands-on."
With all GGI Summits, we will pave the road for you to direct
the selection and implementation of tools and processes that
will bring leverage to your organization.
If RN readers are planning on attending, please register
now for the Innovation Summit.
For more details on the Product Development Innovation Summit,
please go to GGI's
Innovation Summit web site which is also available through
our home page. If you are already registered, leisure
time activities may be useful for planning transportation,
meals, and personal time outside the Summit.
BOOK REVIEW
Nanofuture: What's Next for Nanotechnology,
, by J. Storrs Hall. Prometheus Books, USA. May 6, 2005. Copyright
2005 by J. Storrs Hall, ISBN 1591022878, 333 pages.
Would you enjoy a steak more knowing that no animal was sacrificed
to produce the meat? Would you wear ultra-light weight clothing
that maintains your body temperature in all climates? Would
you like to fly your car to work?
These are some of the goodies in store for mankind once we
have harnessed the power of nanotechnology, claims author
J. Storrs Hall.
Nanotechnology involves the designing and building of "machines"
in which every atom and chemical bond is specified precisely.
This is done on a scale of less than 100 nanometers, this
is one-billionth of a meter.
We are currently at the first two stages of a five-stage
development cycle. At this point, we are able to make images
at the atomic level and to manipulate atoms. We can also produce
atomically precise molecules, but in doing so we also make
many similar but unusable molecules.
The second stage involves getting atomically precise structures
to assemble themselves so that each structure is identical
to all others. Scientists have had success in the lab prompting
DNA molecules to do just this.
Nanotechnology has just entered the second stage at this
juncture. Storrs contends that the first nation to introduce
a stage three system, self-assembling machines, will have
an almost unbeatable lead. He predicts that stage three systems
could make nanoscale measurement equipment, test fixtures,
and experimental prototypes of new machines.
For those who are involved in day-to-day operations of their
company, this may not be the book for you. However, anyone
responsible for future strategy, strategic marketing or business
development, Nanofuture will stretch your thinking outside
of the box.
You can find more information about this book or purchase
it through Amazon.
CONFERENCE OF INTEREST [Non-Profit]
Society Of Concurrent Product Development, Inc. [SCPD] - 9th WW Conference
formerly Society of Concurrent Engineering, Inc. [SOCE]
http://www.scpdnet.org
Many RN readers know of GGI staff and affiliate volunteer activities
in this non-profit association to promote and teach the "Concurrent Engineering"
and now "Concurrent Product Development" Body Of Knowledge dating back to 1992.
Dick Power, Don Stewart, Anne Schwartz, Richard James, Renee Dorjahn,
Brad Goldense and others [People] have all held or still hold leadership roles.
We have a quite distinguished Advisory Board that adds to the capability of the
well seasoned WW Board.
SCPD's Five Pillars of Knowledge have served many leading
companies over the years to orchestrate fundamental change
in their organizations to meet the much more competitive global
environment of today. A major revision to this BOK is due out
in the next several months, along with the first issue of SCPD's
new Refereed Journal "The Journal of Concurrent Product
Development [JCPD]." Our quarterly publication by long time
Editor John Cushman,
Concurrency, is always worth a read. That
is especially true with regard to the
June 8 Conference Issue.
This 9th
WW Conference also marks a milestone for SCPD. We will
be inaugurating new President Peter Fritz who is Manager of
Technical Education at 3M Corporate in Minneapolis. Peter
will deliver the Keynote address on Concurrent Practices and
their relation to Six Sigma, Lean, Agile, Stage-Gate, Systems
Engineering and other development practices of today. As a
Six Sigma Blackbelt with umpteen line management jobs, Peter
is now lead educator for one of the worlds most innovative
companies.
We are looking forward to something quite different this year for
the main body of the conference. The approach this year will be highly
interactive and hands-on. Speakers will include
Peter Fritz as Keynote,
Gary Rosen, a VP at Varian Semiconductor, Roger Lundberg from
DaimlerChrysler, John Miller from J.D. Power Associates, Will Hill of
UnltraCell and others from firms such as Bose and Raytheon. A number
of seasoned technically-savvy facilitators will be assisting break-out
groups during the day. We'll leave it at that to tease the imagination.
Frank Hull and Paul Collins, Arizona State and U Washington respectively,
who are respected researchers in concurrent practices will discuss the BOK as
a closing presentation.
There will be two Post-Conference Seminars on Friday morning concluding
in mid-day.
Download a
Brochure.
Register now. No attendee will pay more than $500
for the whole day and one-half. The Early Bird Rate Ends May 15.
Early Birds can't possibly pay more than $450. All Non-Member
registrants will receive a complimentary one year membership in SCPD.
UPCOMING PUBLIC SEMINAR - METRICS SUMMIT Sept06
We are delighted to be offering our Metrics Summit again in
September 2006. Many prior Metrics Summit participants were
kind enough to share their written comments about the Metrics
Summit so that future participants could get a better idea of
what to expect.
Testimonials.
Early Bird rates will be effective
through July 24 at EOB Pacific Time. Discounts are available
for individuals and company teams of three or more.
GGI's
Product Development Metrics Summit will be held
September 19-21, 2006 in metro Boston. Please join us for a
series of 3 seminars, focused on 3 major areas of importance
to R&D executives and managers.
The first seminar (Measuring Product Development II (MPDII) - March 14)
addresses the subjects of setting hurdle rates, assessing risk
and complexity, tradeoff analysis, measuring capacity, and
assessing overall financial performance. Click to view the
MPDII abstract or to download the table of contents.
The second seminar (Proactive and Predictive R&D Metrics
(PPRD) - March 15 AM) focuses on three different stages of developing early,
predictive metrics that will enable managers to foresee issues on the horizon
or to know that success is in front of them. Click to
view the PPRD abstract
or to download the table of contents.
The third seminar, a capstone, (Product Development Metrics Portfolios
(PDMP) - March 15 PM and March 16) covers the areas of metrics for R&D and
product development that are not discussed in the prior two seminar days and
then shifts focus. Company teams gather and working groups form around Innovator,
Innovator/Extender, Balanced, and Extender R&D strategies for the purpose of
developing a set of measures for the R&D organization as a whole, including the
few measures that should be used by the corporation to measure R&D productivity,
output, and overall performance results. Click to
view the PDMP abstract
or to download the
table of contents.
All three seminars are geared to executives and top-level professionals that
manage entire organizations, departments, and budgets; and senior program
management executives.
Registration is easy. If you are registering a team, you can register any
number of people in one transaction. Our site provides for the contact information
for one person though and we will contact you to get the contact information for
the remaining registrants. If you are already registered,
leisure time activities
may be useful for planning transportation, meals, and personal time outside the Summit.
For more information please
download a brochure.
THE WISDOM iSTORE FEATURED PRODUCT
Discounted Item: Periodically, GGI's iStore features one item that
we discount 40%. We just changed the item a few days ago. For the first
time we are discounting our primary research report, including ground breaking
research on staffing ratios and time spent on new product development, that
we performed in 2002 and published in 2003.
MR24h
"2002 Product Development Metrics Research Results (Hard Copy)" [list price $1,784.00]
Goldense Group, Inc., Needham, MA, USA
March 28, 2003 [223 pages] $1070.00
The 2002 Product Development Metrics Survey focused on resource
and capacity management practices and metrics. Results of the
research are offered in three reports of increasingly detailed
description and analysis: Research Highlights (MR21), Research
Summary (MR22), and Research Results (MR24). These three separate
reports provide, respectively, an executive summary, middle-management-level,
and detail-level view of the survey data.
The 2002 Product Development Metrics Research Results is
a 223-page report containing text and presentation slides
that describe and analyze the survey population both as a
whole and segmented as follows: Public vs. Private Companies;
Smaller vs. Larger Companies; Process vs. Repetitive/Discrete
vs. Job Shop Companies; Higher vs. Lower Technology Companies;
and Companies with More vs. Fewer Employees. The report summarizes
the overall survey results and provides details on the profiles
of the survey respondents. The five research subject areas
were loading the RD&E capacity pipeline, providing capacity
for RD&E activities, balancing cross-functional resources
(staffing ratios), systems, tools, and metrics used to manage
capacity, and RD&E metrics used in industry.
This research provides interesting results regarding the methods
companies use to select projects and to establish and manage backlog.
The report provides details on staffing ratios and the resources,
both within the development function and in the cross functions, that
companies are allocating to new and existing products. Also discussed
is the infrastructure in place to enable resource and capacity planning
and management.
GGI's Featured Item changes approximately every other month and is
always offered at a 40% discount. To order this material, please go to
GGI's Featured Item.
Recently Released Items: While not a featured item, we want to make
you aware of a recently released coursebook, the one that is used for
GGI's 3-Day Innovation Summit (S8).
S8 "R&D - Product Development Innovation Summit Coursebook"
1st R&D - Product Development Innovation Summit, Goldense Group,
Inc., Needham, Massachusetts, USA, Copyright © 2006 Goldense Group,
Inc., ISBN 1-932468-44-7
January 2006 [520 pages]
This coursebook covers the range of topics around the subject of
innovation that are of interest to persons responsible for directing
and managing innovation at the corporate and business-results levels.
This is the material that underlies GGI's 3-Day R&D-Product Development
Innovation Summit which was first offered to the public on January
17-19, 2006 in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA. While in MS Powerpoint
format, this is a data-intensive document that is consistent with GGI's
industry reputation in the quantitative aspects of product development
and innovation.
The first section of the R&D Innovation Summit Coursebook contains
industry benchmark information about: product selection and intellectual
property management and decision processes, pipeline yield rates from
ideation to commercialization, relative innovativeness of tools and
techniques used by today's product developers, top management short
list of practices that fuels R&D productivity, and an inventory of
"all" innovation tools in the marketplace today.
The second section contains more in-depth information about four
major innovation-enablers: Lead User Analysis, Six Hats, Triz, and
Semantic Processing. The second section also contains more in-depth
information about: Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Servicemarks, Copyrights,
and Patents.
The third section contains information on five subject areas that
are part of an overall innovation environment: additional software
such as self assessment and DSS and IP management, insourcing and
outsourcing innovation, metrics and measures for innovation environments,
and reward and recognition processes and mechanisms. The Summary
highlights the contributions of five prominent books in the field of
innovation that are used by corporations. The brief Conclusion
indicates the places in product development processes where the use
of innovation tools may have the best impact, along with positioning
innovation strategically, and within technical and product management
functions.
For more information, or to order, any GGI products please go to
The Wisdom iStore.
S8 is specifically located at
The Wisdom iStore.
THE WISDOM iSTORE NEW LISTINGS
No new items were added to the The Wisdom iStore since we
last wrote you.
For more information, or to order, any GGI products please
go to The
Wisdom iStore. T60
is specifically located at The
Wisdom iStore.
BIENNIAL METRICS SURVEY RESULTS
2004 Product Development Metrics Survey - Product Selection,
IP Management, and Top Corporate Metrics: The Summary
and Highlights Reports for GGI's 2004 Biennial Product Development
Metrics Survey are now available for purchase by the public
through GGI's
Wisdom iStore. These reports are completely based on primary
research performed by GGI researchers. The research includes
202 respondent companies. There was a 5% response rate.
McKinsey & Company, Texas Instruments, Rockwell, Kimberly
Clark, JDS Uniphase, Shure, Curtiss Wright Flight Systems
and Datacard are representative of companies that purchase
market research from GGI.
The 2004 Survey focused on the following 5 areas of product
selection and IP management:
- Product Selection Process
- Product Selection Tools
- IP Management Process
- IP Management Tools
- Top Corporate Metrics Used in Industry RD&E
We have already shared many results with GGI RapidNews readers
since we began this line of business in 1998. 2004 Survey
results ran in six RN issues, RN V5I11 - RN V6I5, which may
be found in the RN
archives, along with results from prior years.
Some additional complimentary information about the survey
is available:
The 2 commercial versions of the survey results that we currently
offer for public purchase are:
1. 2004 SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS: A text-only report (75 pages),
including the full text of all the results and analysis of
the survey population analyzed as a whole, and
2. 2004 SURVEY SUMMARY: A report of composite results, where
the survey respondents are analyzed as a whole (149 pages,
includes a full set of graphed answers for every survey question).
Individual sections of the research reports, as well as logical
combinations of sections are also available. All reports are
available in printed or electronic versions.
These reports are available in the Market Research section
of GGI's
Wisdom iStore.
2002, 2000, 1998 Product Development Metrics Survey: The Summary and
Highlights Reports for GGI's prior Biennial Product Development Metrics Surveys
are also available for purchase by the public through GGI's
Wisdom iStore. These reports are completely based on primary research performed
by GGI researchers. Information about the purpose and focus of prior surveys
may be found in our biennial
survey archives.
GATEWAYS TO KNOWLEDGE
GTK-Gateways To Knowledge is a DIRECTORY OF THOUSANDS
OF LINKS to providers of engineering, purchasing, and manufacturing
technologies and services. If you hit the right subjects,
it is more useful than a search engine! The "main entrance"
to GTK can be found at:
http://www.goldensegroupinc.com/gateway/index.shtml
For those of you that do not want to risk going through the
main entrance above, some of the Gateways that we believe
you will find useful or entertaining are highlighted below.
CALENDAR OF INDUSTRY EVENTS
GGI's Calendar of Industry Events contains an up-to-date
listing of links to Conferences, Seminars, Distance Learning
Centers, Colleges & Universities, Executive Education,
and Corporate-Sponsored Universities. The calendar has just
been updated with more conferences and seminars throughout
2005. The categories we follow are:
The categories of conferences, seminars, and distance learning
are further organized into the following subject areas:
- Strategic, Knowledge & General Management
- Marketing & Sales - Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical,
Electrical, & Electronic
- Marketing & Sales - Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology,
& Life Sciences
- Product Development - Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical,
Electrical, & Electronic
- Product Development - Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, &
Life Sciences
- Manufacturing & Automation - Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical,
Electrical, & Electronic
- Manufacturing & Automation - Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology,
& Life Sciences
- Software, Internet & IT
- Project Management
- Metrics
If you are looking for a conference or other learning opportunity,
check out the Calendar. This free service for our readers
is front and center on GGI's
Home Page. Or, go directly to the Calendar
of Industry Events MEGA Gateway.
TELEVISION EVENTS
Alexander Haig's World Business Review: Brad Goldense
has made several appearances on Alexander Haig's World Business
Review in the past year. Streaming video is available for
all shows, which aired on August 4, September 29 and December
15, 2002 and on May 20, 2003. See below for details.
May 20, 2003 Broadcast of September 29th In-Studio with
Alexander Haig (22.5 minutes): Streaming video for this
segment is available on GGI's
web site.
December 15, 2002 In-Studio with Alexander Haig (7.5 minutes)
on CNBC paid programming: Streaming video for this segment
is available on GGI's
web site.
September 29, 2002 In-Studio with Alexander Haig (22.5
minutes): Streaming video for this segment (as well as
the entire 30-minute show) is available on GGI's
web site.
August 4, 2002 On-Location at GGI (3.5 minutes): This
On-Location field report is available in streaming video on
GGI's
web site.
The web page includes links to download a streaming video
player, if you do not currently have one installed on your
computer.
For more information on any of Brad's appearances on television,
go to:
http://www.goldensegroupinc.com/ggiontv.shtml
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