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A conversation with Jeff Bellairs, Director, External Innovation, General Mills
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"We've distributed technology briefs to more than 700,000 people through NineSigma and have as a result completed over 100 projects, with 45% of them leading to agreements for further collaboration."

Larry Huston, VP of Innovation and Knowledge, P&G, Harvard Business Review, March 2006

 
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Companies embarking on an Open Innovation (OI) program want to know:

  • How do I effectively connect to innovators globally?
  • How do I quickly find a solution that I know exists outside my company?
  • How does my company prepare for and implement a successful OI program?
  • How does my team evaluate potential solutions for acquisition?

NineSigma helps leading companies in the U.S., Europe, and Asia successfully answer these questions through its end-to-end suite of OI services.

NineSigma’s constantly expanding innovation network provides a powerful extension to the client’s own traditional network of suppliers and innovation partners. NineSigma helps the client leverage this vast global network to find solutions to specific needs and identify innovation providers that they could not pursue on their own.

Connect to Innovators Globally

  • Request for Proposals (RFP) – NineSigma’s proven RFP process helps translate the client’s business or technology need and distribute it to a broad community of innovation providers across industries and technical disciplines to find a solution that can be adapted or readily applied.

Connect to Ready Solutions

  • Request for Solution (RFS) – A complementary service to the NineSigma RFP, the RFS communicates a client’s request for a known “solution” to the global innovation community. RFS can accelerate the finding and acquisition of the solution for companies that are searching for suppliers of ready to deliver ingredients, materials or components.

Plan and Execute an Effective Open Innovation Program

  • RapidOIsm Program - NineSigma has designed a multi-step program specifically to support the launch of an OI program. The Rapid OI program incorporates NineSigma’s proven Request for Proposal process and is based on our experience with Global 1000 clients across industries. RapidOI is a combination of methodology and consulting that leads the client team through the development and implementation of a successful OI program.

Assess and Acquire Solutions That Drive Value for Your Business

  • OI+sm Program - NineSigma’s OI+sm Program is a customized, completely facilitated program to lead client teams through the assessment and acquisition of externally developed technologies. Using a proprietary evaluation process designed to accurately capture information and speed evaluation, NineSigma’s OI+ Team interfaces with the company’s open innovation team to integrate best practices in bringing external solutions in-house.

Other Service Offerings

  • Innovation Exchange Summit – NineSigma leverages its Innovation Alliance Program and global solution provider network to connect clients to specific, hard-to-find technologies or capabilities in selected regions where engaging innovation partners is difficult to do on one’s own.
  • Innovation Monitoring – NineSigma provides a methodology and corresponding work processes to search global innovation sources to derive deep insights regarding a core technology or competency that is a key differentiator for the client.

For more information or to discuss your company’s specific needs, please contact sales@ninesigma.com.
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