BACKGROUND
With
over 70% of US companies now using
some type of Stage-Gate process,
the real issue is not whether to
implement a Stage-Gate system but
rather how to leverage Stage-Gate
as the push for accelerated innovation
and R&D productivity steadily
rises. Top performing companies such
as P&G and 3M have been highly
successful at finding creative ways
to streamline, improve and 'right-size' their
idea-to-launch processes. However,
far too many companies with Stage-Gate
systems in place are still plagued
by missed deadlines, clogged development
pipelines and too few resources - and
ultimately, lower new product development
performance and productivity levels.
To
help address this critical issue, Management
Roundtable and Stage-Gate International have
joined forces to offer the First
International Stage-Gate Leadership
Summit, scheduled for February
20 - 21, 2007 at the Hilton
Bayfront Hotel in St. Petersburg,
Florida. Dr. Robert G. Cooper will
be the chairperson for this important
forum and will share his latest insights
on key innovation practices of leading
companies as well as how to adapt
your idea-to-launch framework to
allow for increased flexibility and
scalability to accommodate varying
project needs. The focus of this
ground breaking event is to offer
an innovative exchange and collaboration
of leading edge ideas, solutions
and experiences with industry's leading
stage-gate pioneers - you'll learn
new ways to retool and adapt your
idea-to-launch process to accelerate
decisions, increase new product success
rates and significantly improve new
product development productivity
and profitability.
Limited
to 100 attendees,
the program format will involve
a high degree of attendee participation.
Participants will be expected
to provide feedback to case presenters,
participate in facilitated idea
exchange discussion groups and
give report backs to the group
at-large.
This
first-ever event of its kind will
provide attendees with cutting-edge
information of how leading companies
are achieving more with their
Stage-Gate systems - faster time-to-market,
higher product success rates and
increased profitability. You'll come
away with concrete steps and multiple
case examples of how to garner pivotal
leadership support, remove cultural
barriers and turn your Stage-Gate
process into a leaner, more flexible
and scalable process.
Who Should
Attend
The
Summit is aimed at decision-makers
who can impact the way their business
goes about conceiving, developing
and launching new products. This
includes Vice Presidents, Directors
and Senior Managers of R&D, Marketing,
Product Development, Product Engineering,
Business Development, Innovation,
Process Improvement, Operations and
General Management.
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