Innovation management  
       
   
type of client title and location of the project year
         
BELGIAN INDUSTRIAL GROUP, MANUFACTURING POLYURETHANE FOAM AND OPERATING IN MORE THAN 25 COUNTRIES  

Management of a ‘diversification task force’; providing long-term assistance and consultancy services in business development, product diversification and industrial marketing.

Location : Belgium (company HQ)		   2007
         
Consortium of 6 European consultancies (project supported by the DG Research of the European Commission)  

Providing assistance to SMEs in the semi-conductor industry for the transfer of technologies to other sectors. The project is realised in 3 distinct phases : a technology audit, the building of a European partnership and the submission of a project for financing to the EU.
Location : Belgium

   2001
         
Medium-sized company producing metal woven fabrics   Marketing assistance for an innovative product range : open new application segments. Management of a task force to identify segments, define customer needs, adapted products and services and launch the penetration.
Location : EU		   2001
         
European Commission (DG Research), ESA (European Space Agency)   Providing assistance to SMEs in the space and aeronautics sectors for the transfer of technologies to other sectors. The project is realised in 3 distinct phases : a technology audit, the building of a European partnership and the submission of a project for financing to the EU. As member of a consortium of 6 consultancy companies. Direct responsibility for five technologies/projects and their consortia.
Location : Belgium & Netherlands		   2000-2001
         
Promoroma (project funded by EC - DG Regio)   Responsible for monitoring the customer satisfaction of 800 SMEs being assisted under the PRIMATS programme in 8 regions in the EU. The programme supports enterprises with the implementation of innovation management techniques.In charge of developing management manual and evaluating the consultancy services provided to 800 technology-driven SMEs.Training of 50 consultants in 8 EU regions is part of this project (6 seminars of 1 week duration).
Location: 8 EU regions		   1999-2001
         
EC - DG XIII   Development of management tools for the network of 52 Innovation Relay Centres set-up by the EC in the 15 EU Member countries : evaluation of present tools, development of new tools, test with a group of 8 centres. Principles of tools developed have been decentralised management by objectives and self-measurement of performance.
Location : all EU		   1996
     
 
       
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