Frequently asked questions
- What is corporate innovation?
- What is front-end of the innovation?
- What is idea management?
- Is idea management relevant for all idea types?
- Is idea management a new concept?
- Why is innovation important in my industry?
- To whom are your innovation solutions addressed?
- How is IdeaCenter different from my current suggestion box?
- What are the pricing plans for IDEA Center?
- What is SaaS vs On Premise?
Q: What is corporate innovation?
A: Corporate innovation is the process of collaborative, bottom-up and effective involvement of an entire organization in the innovation process which leads to sustainable business performance.
Q: What is front-end of the innovation?
A: The messy 'getting started' period of new products, services, processes or other new aspects of the activities of a company. The front-end of innovation is the origin of innovations.
Q: What is idea management?
A: Many organizations are trying to find effective ways to handle new ideas - ranging from small improvements to radical new business innovations - to drive growth and renewal.
Idea management is a structured process for the collection, handling, selection and distribution of ideas. It includes support for gathering, storing, improving, evaluating and prioritizing ideas.
Q: Is idea management relevant for all idea types?
A: Idea management is relevant for all types of ideas, from incremental improvements to new and disruptive business opportunities. It can be ideas for improving the sales process, ideas for improving an existing product, ideas for an entirely new business model to service new customers, ideas to solve a technical problem, ideas to reduce cost in administration or ideas to improve customer engagement.
Q: Is idea management a new concept?
A: Idea management as such is not a new concept; the first generations of tools and practices have been established for quite some time. According to Gartner’s Hype Cycle Special Report for 2012, idea management has passed the hype phase and started the journey to maturity. Technology companies were early adopters with service industries recently following.
Q: Why is innovation important in my industry?
A: Innovation is important on a number of levels. It is important for nations and regions, for economic growth and it is important for firms for survival and growth. As recent global researches suggest ,innovation is a strategic priority for all industries organizations.
Q: To whom are your innovation solutions addressed?
A: Our innovation solutions are recommended for large and medium organizations from all industries.
Q: How is IdeaCenter different from my current suggestion box?
A: IdeaCenter is a totally different solution than the simple suggestion boxes usually available in innovative organizations. It structures the “fuzzy” front-end innovation process and provide organizations with complete tools and methods to capture, collaboratively improve, evaluate, measure and track implementation of ideas.
Q: What are the pricing plans for IdeaCenter?
A: For offer inquiries please contact us.
Q: What is SaaS vs On Premise?
A: SaaS is a is a software delivery model in which software and associated data are centrally secured hosted on the cloud. SaaS is accessed by users using the web browser.
On-Premise is a delivery model in which the software is installed and run on computers on the premises (in the building) of the person or organisation using the software, rather than at a remote facility, such as at a server farm or cloud somewhere on the internet.
The on-premises approach to deploying and using business software was the most common until around 2005 when software running at a remote location became widely available and adopted. The new, alternative deployment and use model typically uses the Internet to remove the need for the user to install any software on premises and had other accompanying benefits: running software remotely can result in considerable cost savings because of reduced staffing, maintenance, power consumption, and other factors.
We are able to offer both delivery models.