Stage-Gate innovation newsletter
September 2008
10 Ways Leading Companies
are Reinventing their NPD Processes
Dr. Bob Cooper
Dr. Robert Cooper
Dr. Scott Edgett
Dr. Scott Edgett



Jack Welch, past president & CEO of General Electric, once said, ‘If the rate of change outside your company is greater than the rate of change inside your company, the end is in sight.’ This view also holds true with the processes and practices you use to drive new products to market, namely your Stage-Gate process.

Can you recall the last time your company made a significant, performance-impacting improvement to your NPD processes? Are your competitors improving their practices at a faster rate than you? If you are interested in learning what leading companies are doing NOW to improve their Stage-Gate systems you should read this brief, insightful article recently written by Bob.   Download.

Best regards,
Michelle Jones
EVP, Global Growth
Stage-Gate International


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Maximizing Product Innovation Performance to Drive Profitable Results

Learn from and network with innovation champions from leading companies spanning all industries, around the world. The annual Stage-Gate Innovation Summit on, February 24-25, 2009 in Clearwater, Florida brings together a high caliber community of innovation executives looking to discover the latest thinking in Stage-Gate product innovation best practices.

Discover new ideas to help you maximize product innovation performance and drive profitable results.

Featuring Case Studies by Guest Speakers from these Companies

  • Church & Dwight - Matthew Wasserman, Director, Global Portfolio & Product Stewardship
  • Corning - Bruce Kirk, Director of Corporate Innovation Effectiveness
  • Fresenius Medical Care - Wally Slone, Vice President Business Solutions
  • ICOM - Peter Meyers, Vice President Marketing
  • ITT Industries - Dick Arra, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
  • Johnson & Johnson - John Gilbert, Associate Director of Research & Development
  • McKesson - Andres Salinas, Vice President Process Improvement
  • Proctor & Gamble - Kim Jones, Director of Innovation & Initiative Management Systems

Co-chaired by leading NPD experts, Dr. Robert Cooper and Dr. Scott Edgett, the event showcases real-company presentations rich with practical and effective approaches to all aspects of new product performance.

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Understand what truly drives world-class performance - the 10 critical success factors - and the most effective and efficient way to organize the many best practices into a system that helps you succeed.

  • Conceive, develop and launch winning new products - faster
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  • Achieve the necessary buy-in to your process and gain internal momentum
  • Start using your Stage-Gate Process – sooner rather than later
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