Discover inspiration in Holcim’s ‘Cage Machine’ case-study

Introduction

Andrew Heley (National Manager R&D, Innovation and Assets) of Holcim, tested the Knowledge Canvas and Pulse products on an innovative project. The project was to test a robot to weld cages used for making concrete products – called the ‘Cage Machine’. The Cage Machine was tested and commissioned at one of their production facilities. Andrew was starting to plan for installations at other facilities.

Results

The Knowledge Pulse™ survey was sent to personnel involved in the creation of the idea, the solution and the knowledge objects. At first, Andrew thought the project was at the Adopt part of the Innowise™ process.  From the feedback, it was realised that the Machine was still in the Creation phase. It was still being tested in its initial form. It was not ready for further installations or wider implementation or training.

It was a learning for Andrew and for InnoWise™.  We now have a checklist to see where your project is at in the InnoWise™ process. The checklist asks appropriate questions to determine the phase of the project.

The checklist is sent to stakeholders involved in the project to garner their perspective.  The results show where the stage of the innovations development and what aspects are missing to complete a particular phase.

The information received from the Knowledge Pulse™ (Likert scale and open-ended questions) are analysed to determine a trust and energy rating for both the solution and knowledge aspects. The analysis is summarised in a report with recommendations made. These recommendations allowed Andrew to focus on the next steps of the machine’s development. Andrew found the results and the analysis very useful and he has acted on many of the recommendations.

What’s the benefit

The benefit of using the InnoWise™ framework and tools as described by Andrew:

“The tools provide a good insight and it all makes sense.

The Knowledge Canvas needs to be introduced into the group before deploying it or using it as sometimes, there is no time to explain and so may cause confusion.

There is value in the Canvas, as it provides a great conduit for ongoing conversations and would be most beneficial to use through the entire lifecycle of the project.

It is good that the surveys can be deployed in a flexible manner [email, interview, workshop] – to suit a variety of circumstances and people’s ability to engage.

The tools would definitely be useful for other projects.” 

Want to learn more

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