Intellectual properties in the form of marketable inventions or patents are the result of an effective innovation management. Companies with successful innovation maintain an exceptionally high level of planning and organization with regard to their innovation processes. This can only be achieved by adopting an integral approach and recognizing innovation management as an all-encompassing process aligned with the long-term company objectives. The process comprises, on the one hand, all stages from the generation of an idea to the product marketing and, on the other hand, all relevant departments from R&D to the patent department and to the production start. Adiance offers the ideal platform for the goal-oriented implementation and execution of your innovation process.

Systematic Idea Management
The starting point in the innovation management as a whole is systematic and goal-oriented idea management, which guarantees the complete and structured capturing as well as the systematic evaluation of ideas.

Adiance enables:-
• The structured capturing of all ideas throughout the company by means of flexible idea categories that match exactly the needs of the  company
• The objective evaluation of all incoming ideas by means of questions and answers catalogues specific for each idea category
• The automated calculation of an attractivity quotient (and a portfolio of ideas) for ideas by means of flexibly configurable point systems
• The involvement of the patent division from the beginning

Process-oriented Implementation
In order to guarantee the market success of product innovations, the implementation of an idea needs to be accurately planned and controlled in regards to time, costs and quality.

Adiance enables:-
• The consistent modeling and web-based visualization of product innovation processes
• The reduction of project durations by means of an automated workflow system
• The process-step specific access to all relevant information, documents and SOPs in their actual version
• The efficient control of all current processes and projects
• The project documentation to be linked to the corresponding stage and made available in a manner suitable for auditing purposes.