This document provides an overview of an idea management system (IMS) framework for collecting, assessing, and implementing ideas from employees, customers, and suppliers. The IMS defines a process for filtering ideas through stage-gate assessments to identify the most valuable ideas and develop them into new products, services, or operations. Implementing an IMS provides benefits like improved innovation, market agility, growth, and competitive differentiation by managing the "idea pipeline" as a commercial asset. Critical success factors include having executive support, incentive structures, idea champions, and integrating the IMS process with organizational culture and objectives.