The Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) at Georgia Tech is helping manufacturers improve their innovation strategy to increase competitiveness.
Through this half-day workshop, you will learn to put in place a process to ideate, test, maintain, and sustain an innovation system.
Innovation is defined as commercializing a meaningfully unique idea that a customer will pay for. However, only 10% of companies choose to compete on innovation strategy. These same companies have a return on sales that is twice as high as those that compete primarily on low cost, quality or delivery metrics. Learn to develop new processes, services, or products that will contribute significantly to your profitability. Over the next 20 years, innovation management will be a key business growth strategy.
Through this workshop you will:
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Discover why Innovation Management is a “must-have” for business growth
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Understand the types of innovation and why they are important
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Be able to identify the warning signs that innovation is not driving your strategy
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Learn to implement tools to create innovative ideas
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Participate in exercises to begin your journey
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Gain tips on implementing a sustainable innovation management system in your organization
Who Should Attend?
Key Decision Makers, CEO’s, Senior Leadership, Business Development Leaders, Plant Managers, EDO leadership
Innovation Management Workshop Partners
Thank you to our state and local partners:
State Partner: OneGeorgia Authority
Local Partners: Dalton Utilities, Dalton Whitfield County Joint Development Authority