Statistics to Facilitate Innovation: A Panel Discussion

Innovation is defined as the process of moving an initial invention or creative idea through research and development to the eventual market introduction. It is an important consideration for organizations to stay competitive and to continue to evolve in today's fast-paced environment. Statisti...

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Published inQuality engineering Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 2 - 19
Main Authors Jensen, Willis, Anderson-Cook, Christine, Costello, Julia A., Doganaksoy, Necip, Hoerl, Roger W., Janis, Stu, O'Neill, Julia, Rodebaugh, Bill, Snee, Ronald D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Milwaukee Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2012
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Customer feedback
design of experiments
Innovations
R&D
Research & development
Six Sigma
statistical engineering
statistical thinking
Statistics
Studies
Total quality
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Summary:Innovation is defined as the process of moving an initial invention or creative idea through research and development to the eventual market introduction. It is an important consideration for organizations to stay competitive and to continue to evolve in today's fast-paced environment. Statistics can play a large role in encouraging and facilitating innovation, through idea evaluation, collection of customer feedback, assessment of prototypes, and evaluation of the quality of products and processes. We define innovation and consider questions connecting innovation and statistics. The answers by a panel of industry leaders include discussion of the relationships between innovation, statistical thinking, and statistical engineering.
ISSN:0898-2112
1532-4222
DOI:10.1080/08982112.2012.621865