Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Approaches to Application of TRIZ in Japan

Author: Toru Nakagawa
Abstract:
History and current activities of introducing TRIZ in Japan are summarized. TRIZ has been introduced into Japan for these three years and gradually getting popularity among pioneering engineers in industries. But Japanese TRIZ learners/practitioners still have much difficulty in mastering the way of thinking and in applying TRIZ to their actual problems. For overcoming this difficulty, several textbooks have been published in Japanese and a public WWW site "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" is serving. Needs of easier process for creative problem solving has been recognized, and USIT (Unified Structured Inventive Thinking) developed at Ford has been introduced as a simplified TRIZ methodology. Case studies and training practices of USIT are presented. The "Slow-but-Steady" strategy of introducing TRIZ into Japanese industries is recommended. ...

This paper was originally published in “TRIZ Home Page in Japan” in May 2000. Reposted in trizsite.com with the permission of Dr. Nakagawa, Editor, TRIZ Home Page in Japan. For original contents please refer to the author’s site below.



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