European Commission DG Enterprise IRE Network

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European Commission DG Enterprise IRE Network

• Luxembourg 15th May 2003
• by Dimitris Milossis
• URENIO Research unit Aristotle University

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The VERITE network 17 Membersfrom 13
countries(EC and NAC)
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What was expected VERITE

• The definition of VERITE consortium was based on
  a common interest of its members about the
  methods, techniques, tools and technologies,
  which allow various organisations to create and
  manage effectively innovations.

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The working assumption

• The technical capacity to innovate is linked to
  fundamental knowledge processes, such as
• Technology watch Benchmarking, economic
  intelligence, foresight
• Technology transfer Licensing, skills transfer,
  technology clinics
• Product innovation Creativity, product
  development teams, testing of prototypes, product
  life-cycle management
• Process innovation Material requirements
  planning, enterprise resource planning, business
  process reengineering
• Knowledge sharing Networking, improvement of
  supply-chains, stock management, outsourcing.

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These processes are approached through

• Five thematic conferences for the exchange of
  experience on the respective technologies
• An IT web platform for the knowledge presentation
  and exchange

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VERITE home sitehttp//www.e-innovation.org
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Contents of VERITE web sitehttp//www.e-innovatio
n.org

• The documentation (presentations and papers) of
  the VERITE activities (meetings, workshops and
  conferences).
• Analysis and user guides the software tools
  developed

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Subject of VERITE conferences

• Benchmarking
• Innovation Management Tools and New Product
  Development
• Supply Chain Management
• Technology Clinics and Transfer
• Business Intelligence

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Conference on BenchmarkingStuttgart (D), June
2002

• 109 participants, 16 speakers
• Issues discussed
• Impact to the economy of the regions
• Best practices of regions
• IT platforms
• Company Benchmarking cases
• New trends and concepts

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Conference on IMTs and New Product Development
Mantova (IT) October 2002

• 50 participants, 15 speakers
• Issues discussed
• Regions and New Product Development
• (the role of technologies, cluster cases,
  industrial disctricts)
• NPD tools
• (roadmaps, processes, Rapid protopyping support
  etc.)
• Generation of ideas for NPD
• (methodologies for design, Tech. Transfer, etc.)
• Virtual Environments for NPD
• (Virtual Florence, Linex project in Extremadura
  etc.)

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Conference on Supply Chain ManagementCardiff
(Wales, UK), February 2003

• 90 Participants, 16 speakers
• Issues discussed
• Supply Chains and the Objectives of Regional
  Policy
• The Changing Role of Supplier Development
  Strategies
• Improving Supply Chain Performance
• Examples of Specific Tools
• (Logistics, e-commerce, NPD, Sustainable
  development)

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Conf. on Technology TransferHelsinki (FI), May
2003

• 50 Participants, 10 speakers
• The Technology Clinics concept in Finland (the
  concept, case studies for service providers,
  SMEs)
• Case studies of Technology Clinics
• Technology transfer success stories in European
  regions
• (cases of Spain, France, UK, Finland, Romania)
• In-network workshops
• Perspective of interregional cooperation between
  Technology Transfer centres
• IT applications for interregional cooperation
• Applications of interregional Technology Clinics

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Conf. on Business IntelligenceBilbao (ES),
September 2003

• Expected discussion issues
• How the competitive intelligence function can and
  should influence corporate strategy
• What companies are doing internally and
  technologically with respect to competitive
  intelligence
• The application of knowledge-management
  principles and measurements in order to improve a
  company's effectiveness.

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VERITE IT platform

• A set of software applications concerning
  Innovation Management Technologies and
  especially
• Benchmarking and Economic Intelligence
• Technology Transfer
• Process Innovation
• Product Innovation
• Supply Chain Management
• MRP/ERP

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Content of VERITE platform

• A Discussion Forum about policies, measures and
  implementation on IMTs
• A ServicesTools section collecting information
  about relevant technologies and services provided
  by European firms and institutions
• A documentation application which collects
  relevant success stories and best practices

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VERITE web site statistics (From 19/2/02 to
30/4/03)

• 5400 unique visitors
• (top countries Greece, USA, Italy, Germany,
  UK, Spain, Austria, Slovenia, Finland etc.)
• 900 unique visitors in April 2003

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VERITE Services Tools Section
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Services Tools section

• What is the tool/technology
• Objectives, methodologies, application in
  enterprises/regions, implementation procedures
  etc.
• Presentation of existing relevant services in
  Europe
• Description, after sale services, contact
  information with the provider, user reviews

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Current material status

• 7 tools/technologies
• Benchmarking, Process Innovation, Product
  Innovation, MRPERP, Economic Intelligence,
  Technology Transfer, Supply Chain Management
• Analysis of the tools for 6 of them
• 80 services described

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The Discussion forum
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Discussion forum statistics (On 30 April)

• 44 members (21 within VERITE network)
• 6 forums
• 14 suggested topics
• 35 posts (not yet satisfactory)
• 650 views (people visited the forums)
• The evaluation period is 1,5 month

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Documentation knowledge base

• An IT platform which collects
• Success stories of IMT implementation in European
  regions
• Best Practices of IMT implementation

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VERITE documentation database
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Documentation databasecurrent status

• 7 thematic categories
• 291 documents so far
• 44 registered members from 18 countries

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Other dissemination processes

• A brochure has been produced.
• Reference of VERITE in the member web sites,
  newsletters, activities.
• Presentation in numerous regional activities.

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Main work remaining

• The last of the 5 conferences
• (Business Intelligence, Bilbao, Sept. 2003)
• Integration of material in ServicesTools as well
  as the documentation database
• The second of six discussion forums is under
  progress
• The second (and last) evaluation report
• Integration of dissemination process and planning
  for future actions

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Contacts for VERITE activities

• The coordinator
• URENIO Research unit, Aristotle University
• Thessaloniki, Greece
• Tel[phone], Fax[phone]
• Contact person Dimitris Milossis (dm_at_urenio.org)
• The web site
• http//www.e-innovation.org