This book presents the integration of new tools, the modification of existing tools, and the combination of different tools and approaches to create new technical resources for assisting the innovation process. It describes the efforts deployed for assisting the transformation of Product-Services Systems and explains the main key success factors or drivers for success of each tool or approach applied to solve an innovation problems. The book presents a set of case studies to illustrate the application of several tools and approaches, mainly in developing countries.

Autorentext
Cortes-Robles Guillermo has ten years of experiences in the Petroleum Industry. He is a research professor at the Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico in Orizaba and currently acts as the President of the Mexican TRIZ Association. His research interest include computer aided innovation and inventive design. Jorge Luis ***García-Alcaraz, Jorge Luis*** is a National Researcher level II from National Council for Science and Technology in Mexico. He has 14 years of experience in maquiladora industry andhas expertise in lean manufacturing methodologies and advanced manufacturing technologies.

Alor-Hernandez Giner is involved in several Mexican research projects and his research interests include Web services, e-commerce, Semantic Web, Web 2.0, service-oriented and event-driven architectures and enterprise application integration.

Inhalt
1. Introduction 2. 2. Restrictions: a guide to discovering new solving paths

3. 3. Basic Classification: Social, Cultural, Technological, Financial and Environmental Restrictions

Part I: Overcoming restrictions in manufacture goods and industrial processes. New concepts and tools for innovation management and new product development.

o Manufactured goods

o Processes

Part 2: Dealing with restrictions in services and organizational structures o Services

o Organizational structures

o Marketing

Part 3: Product-Service Systems (PSS). Tools and techniques for developing and solving problems in a PSS.

Part 4: Information Technologies and software as a catalyser for innovation problem solving