Project company: an enterprise

The enterprise designs and manufactures from small hand-held devices, pays its attention to development of multimedia entertainment, broadband transmission, wireless communication, energy saving and other main directions, such as Windows Mobile, Linux and Android and makes a multifunctional integration of multimedia video entertainment, electronic reader, GPS and so on, to bring more convenient life for consumers with more smart products. Now the company operates in five countries and 11 regions globally and has about 35,000 staffs.

Promotion reason of the DFSS/TRIZ project: in order to quickly meet the strict requirements of world famous customers (Cisco, Apple, Samsung, Palm and British Telecom) for new products, the company seniors decide to fully implement DFSS/TRIZ projects.

Project summary:

1. Project duration: 2005 ~ 2008

2. Trainee quantity: Champion: 50 persons   BB: 500 persons

3. Project achievement:

  3.1: Financial benefit of the project: about US$ 16M in total (new products)

  3.2: Development time of new products: be reduced by about 1.5 months on average

  3.3: BOM cost: be reduced by 18.5% on average

3.4: Process yield: be improved by 9.5% on average (MP)

3.5: Project patents: two patents for each project on average

3.6: Product reliability: MTBF is improved by 15000h on average

Customer evaluation:

"IEG is the most powerful consultant company of DFSS/TRIZ in the industry, Many thanks to IEG for its assistance in improvement of R&D strength"-Deputy quality manager

"IEG constants have actual rich product R&D experience and can in good time assist R&D colleagues to generate innovative ideas to make the products much more competitive!"-Deputy R&D manager

"IEG is Second to None"---Deputy Technology manager