Always one step ahead of the competition with value management

In the global environment, this method is indispensable for product development when it comes to competitiveness.

Value management describes a simple and efficient approach and ideally allows to increase the value of the product while reducing costs. The value analysis also includes an initial functional analysis, a cost analysis and a detailed analysis. However, this is always followed by a workshop to develop ideas in a cross-functional team. The tool for the value management process:

The id-x | valueTracker allows you to capture the generated ideas digitally – easily with the mobile devices of your employees. The collected ideas are displayed on the dashboard in real time and can be processed and categorized immediately. This is how you promote the digital transformation in your company with the id-x | valueTracker.

From the input of an idea to the implementation.
Whether in a global or local environment.
Whether as a workshop on site or completely digital, simultaneously from different locations.

The id-x | valueTracker adapts to your requirements.
The continuous improvement process will not only be successfully practiced in the company with this workflow but also leads to enormous cost savings, which can be communicated transparently and clearly. Cost savings without loss of quality or functionality – this is what your customers demand.

For a certain time, Excel lists and presentations work well. Even when data is collected, paper and pencil always work. But as soon as people start searching for information or ideas, things start to get a bit complicated. At best, all files are stored in a structured and secure way on the company’s own servers. But without knowing where the data has been stored, finding information is often very time-consuming and practically impossible for colleagues. This is where a database makes sense and also simplifies data entry and analysis. But the step from Excel and paper to a database does not only bring opportunities but also risks. It all depends on the appropriate structuring of your data and processes. For this it is necessary to apply a combination of business knowledge and database knowledge. The system must be tailored to your business to increase effectiveness and provide a short term ROI. We want to share our many years of experience in this area with you and help you to successfully manage the digital transformation.

GENERATE KNOWLEDGE FROM DATA

Data on measurements, ratings or photos of products are available on the market for every company. Every company can acquire the same data and use it for itself.

But data alone does not deliver added value. Valuable knowledge is only created by enriching the data with the know-how and experience of the company’s own employees. In addition, internal knowledge is often not or only insufficiently made available to other employees. Valuable knowledge is thus lost or simply inaccessible.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

For the digitization of processes it is not enough to just store information digitally on servers. Digitization with the id-x|platform has the goal of

the easy searching and finding of information
the continuous availability of knowledge and solutions throughout the company
the possibility of global collaboration and the standardization of terminologies and processes

In addition, information, whether external or internal, can be enriched with the company’s own know-how, evaluated, classified and processed into solutions.

PRODUCT OPTIMIZATION

Due to the pressure of competition, companies are continuously challenged to make their products better and better and their processes more and more efficient and to use the advantages of digitalization.
Digitization helps to make knowledge transparent within the company. Solutions for improving products do not have to be developed several times, but are available to the development departments. New ideas and innovations are promoted and can be processed until they are implemented.

For high flexibility and various application

The ValueTracker is based on a structure of networked data objects (iTEMs) which, thanks to their flexibility and simplicity, can be used to map many use cases from product development. The iTEMS can be used to define any number of data objects of any size. This means that your use case can be mapped very precisely. In addition, users can create iTEMs themselves or modify existing ones.
iTEMs can be connected with each other as desired in order to map real use cases. For example, products can be linked to ideas and additionally to technologies, which in turn are linked to technology clusters or to assemblies / components.
iTEMs and clusters are the essential component of the ValueTracker. They make the ValueTracker the tool that integrates seamlessly into your development processes and immediately generates added value.

Design the user interface

Id-x start pages allow you to structure your data individually tailored to your organization. Define the external appearance yourself and represent your department, for example.
Start pages can be defined individually for different product areas or user groups. Thus, everyone has the access to data that is permitted and desired. Layout and content can be adjusted by authorized users at any time.
Determine what can be seen on your page, iTem lists, news, favorites, FAQs, movies, URLs, etc.

Capture highlights at any time, share immediately with your colleagues

How often have you had to collect a bunch of information on a specific topic to then share with your colleagues or present to your management? Collect information at the trade fair, in the car dealership or on the road with mobile devices, briefly compile the most important information and generate a finished PowerPoint presentation at the touch of a button, which also has the company’s own layout and can be changed as desired after export. A simple application of the ValueTracker.

The tool to find solutions and solve problems

Instead of focusing on the problems, companies today concentrate on the solutions. Issues lists or LOPs (list of open points) help in project management to keep product development organised and structured and to always keep an eye on the problems. The goal is to find solutions to the problems in order to be able to check off the point. These solutions are often not documented or described. So other project groups have to look for the same solutions. The philosophy of guidelines, lessons learned or best practice are well known, but have never been so easy to implement as with the ValueTracker.
Carry out product audits with mobile devices, intelligently and automatically categorise the recorded data, simultaneously search for solutions, always keep an eye on the project status and distribute, receive and process tasks and map entire workflows. Do you have any questions? Get in touch with us.

Efficiency through digitisation of workshops

The objective of a VA/VE workshop can be to reduce the costs of a product, to improve the quality or the scope of functions. For this purpose, entire products or only components are usually disassembled down to their individual parts and analysed by different experts. Each participant sketches ideas for this, which are collected afterwards and evaluated by the team. Without the help of digital solutions, an enormous amount of time is needed to process the information.

User-centred development – with user feedback

It often makes sense to ask colleagues or smaller focus groups about a topic in order not to develop without the user in mind. In the field of user experience and perceived quality, this method is regularly used to steer the project in the right direction.

With ValueTracker, focus groups can connect to the product questionnaire on site via QR code or they are invited to an online survey via a link. Here, the questionnaires can be created individually and always anew. However, the data remains bundled in one place and can be accessed, analysed and compared with other feedback at any time.