Open innovation models have proven to be much more efficient both for the optimization of the companies’ operations and for the faster creation of better products and services. ennomotive uses and open innovation platform and engineering crowdsourcing as a modern alternative to the traditional services from engineering and innovation consulting companies and tech centers. You can read more about open innovation at https://www.ennomotive.com/open-innovation and about ennomotive services at https://www.ennomotive.com/innovation-consulting

1. Upgrading R&D in a downturn:
An opportunity to go Digital
April 2020

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How to respond to the
COVID-19 crisis
• Protect your staff
• Maximize the protection of
your workers, clients, and
partners.
• Adapt quickly
• Adjust your R&D capabilities
to the short/medium term
budget demands.
• Recover ASAP
• Accelerate the scale-up
process to go back to normal
ASAP.
Source: Mckinsey and Oxford Economics
Containment of the
virus Case-Scenario
Reappearance of the
virus Case-Scenario
Impact of COVID-19 on the global
economy and potential recovery
case-scenarios

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ADAPT YOUR R&D
• Accelerate the return
• Prioritize the most profitable
short/medium term projects in the
new business context.
• Flexible cost structure
• Find other companies / partners to
share the cost of the projects.
• Variabilization of resources through
external R&D networks.
• Co-create with startups to reuse
available technology.
• Share the risk
• Use market intelligence to make
decisions about your portfolio.
• Transfer part of the risk to 3rd parties
There is an opportunity to increase by 25-30% the productivity of R&D resources:
• Focus your efforts on short/medium-term profitable projects.
• Accelerate the early-stage projects through external R&D networks and startups.
• Share/transfer risk to other companies with Value-Based models.
21% High added value
79% Low added value
45% High added value
55% Low added value
Source: Fast Product Development. Michael L.
George
Increase the added-value of R&D through re-organizing
your resources and accelerating your projects.

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Example of acceleration
and resource
optimization for a R&D
project
• Approach
• Open innovation challenge led by
the company project manager
• The Issue
• R&D project looking for crushable
rock bolts with no results.
• 14 months of new material
scouting and testing.
• Results
• 2 viable solutions and 1 patent
after a 4-month challenge.
• Resources < 40%.
Challenge: crushable rock bolts for underground mining
• Goal: Prevent halts in
crushers during mining
operations due to
metallic rock bolts.
• Business case: 2M$ lost
in halts per operation
every year.
• Challenge type: 2
cycles, 6 weeks each.
• Participation: 23
solutions from 43
participants.
• Results: 2 viable
solutions, 1 patent

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Help the company
RECOVER ASAP
• Reduce procurement costs
• Use your supplier network to
reduce costs through innovation.
• Digitize processes
• Find startups to optimize your
processes.
• Technology sale/licensing
• Find opportunities for IP rights
you do not use.
• Monetize your capabilities
• New applications in other
businesses that generate
immediate income.
Business
benefits
+
-
+
- Degree of
innovation
Levers to reduce procurement costs
• Change the product /
process specification
• Reinvent services
• Cross-industry solutions
• Solutions from other
countries
• Change suppliers
• Price re-negotiation with
current suppliers.
• Off-shoring or
outsourcing.
Approach using innovation
Traditional
approach
Opportunity size for the
cost reduction

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Example of cost reduction
with a new manufacturing
process and supplier
• Approach
• Innovation challenge to find
alternative manufacturing
methods and suppliers
• The Issue
• Manufacturing lead-time over 6
months (metallic moulds)
• High cost for short series
• Results
• Lead-time reduction to 1 week by
combining 3D printing and lost-
wax manufacturing.
• New USA and Canada suppliers
Challenge: Alternatives to metallic prototypes and short
series
• Challenge type: 1
scouting cycle, 4 weeks +
supplier search.
• Participation: 15
evaluated solutions.
• Results: 1 solution and 2
new suppliers.
• Goal: The identification of
new approaches and
suppliers for Al/Li
products manufacturing.
• Business case: Radical
Manufacturing Lead-time
reduction and eliminate
the investments in
moulds.

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ennomotive, a partner
for your R&D digital
transformation
• We are 100% digital
• Our company was born as a
digital business.
• We primarily work remotely, no
need to travel.
• Scalable R&D capabilities
• Online global community.
• Up-to-date skills portfolio,
scalable depending on the
needs.
• Plug & Play tools
• Methodology and online
challenge and ecosystem
platform.
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