
Example 1
On his way home from work, John Smith has an idea about how he could fix an
annoying problem he had been having with his milling machine. On the way to his
desk the next day, he stops at his company’s idea office to submit his idea,
pointing out the problem (actual status) and his suggested solution (target
status).
The idea administrator enters the idea in the company’s idea management system.
A request to process the idea is sent automatically. More
Example 2
Bob Wood and Jim Shepherd work in different divisions of their company. During
lunch one day in the cafeteria, the two colleagues discuss an idea for
improving a work process that will benefit both divisions.
Bob suggests he submit the idea to idea management. After lunch, he accesses
the idea management site. More
Handling ideas submitted by more than 500,000 employees