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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