Community Forum – How can we improve how R&D and industrial design work together?
- Resource Type
- Survey (Community Forum)
- Publish Date
- 04/09/2024
- Author
- Innovation Research Interchange
- Topics
- Improve the Innovation Pipeline, Improving the innovation pipeline, Product Development, Industrial design
- Associated Event
- Publication
A: How can we improve how R&D and industrial design work together?
An IRI member is looking to improve the way that industrial design and R&D work together. They appreciate the feedback that you have provided on how these groups work together in your organizations and the support that industrial designers receive. Thank you to those who took the time to respond!
Their responses are below.
Community Responses
Other:
- Cost, Simplify Manufacturability
- Better fulfillment of consumer needs
Other:
- Hit cost targets of Products, Manufacturability, CMF
Other:
- They start with field research, then ideation.
Other:
- There are very few advantages. It is time consuming to train an external ID team.
- External input is sometimes accorded greater respect by senior leaders.
Other:
- We are trained in school to be highly collaborative.
