Decision-making Tools to Support Innovation

Conclusion

The great upheavals our society is currently experiencing will inevitably lead us to deeply rethink some of our industrial systems and our overall way of life. Climate change, the scarcity of raw materials and water, the need to decarbonize energy sources or health crises such as COVID-19 are phenomena that are occurring simultaneously and are interconnected. Dealing with these phenomena requires an integrated and systemic vision on our part, as well as the establishment of mechanisms of analysis to deal with this complexity.

Thus, the design and manufacture of new products that are more environmentally friendly requires us to identify new ways to source, manufacture, organize supply chains and identify the needs of users. This implies a design, and more broadly, innovation to be done on many levels.

Indeed, simply taking into account the desired characteristics of a product is no longer enough to ensure it will be a success. The nature of the raw materials, the operational conditions of manufacturing, the environmental impact or the safety conditions of the operators must be included from the first stages of design, and this must be done simultaneously.

In addition, technological developments in the digital field in recent years have significantly increased the capacity to generate and the availability of data and have made the analysis and decision-making process more complex. Thus, in order to take advantage of technologies such as those related to Industry 4.0, ...