We are passionate problem-solvers taking on challenging problems with ‘no known or acceptable solutions’. Every day we enable client teams to create breakthrough solutions at an accelerated pace to reach their next level of maturity.
Highly strategic business leaders look to AIA to achieve faster time-to-market, more efficient operations, resolve cross-functional issues, streamline, reduce cost, improve quality and compliance while reducing risk across a diverse organization.
The Manufacturing Journey has a data driven future. Are you ready to execute that paradigm? Get a ‘Neutral 3rd-Party Assessment’ - a confident early step along your Digital Manufacturing path.
Position your organization to strategically evolve the future: business models, processes and technologies. Define how the future ‘can and will’ unfold to enhance strategy, execution, and create paradigm shifts. Also, ask about Competitive Opportunity Management™
Failure to align strategy and tactics is a clear path to failure. We help strategically align new patents, IP portfolios & product platforms, circumvent blocking IP, and resolve infringement issues. Ask about Spinning Off Patents & Products™
Although innovation can deliver robust solutions across a diversity of industries, we have a passion for industrial: manufacturing, oil / gas, automotive (vehicles), aerospace, aviation, and defense... We help industrial companies achieve market-leading positions.
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Have you ever thought what life might be like without #innovation? Mankind would not exist. Innovation has been the key that allowed us to survive and thrive. From our ancestors’ need to hunt and create fire to computers and nanotechnology, innovation has been a part of our lives. And, it will exist as long as mankind lives on this planet and the next. The better we are at identifying and delivering innovative solutions the better our future. Today’s structured approaches to innovation allow us to solve problems more efficiently and effectively. Innovation is not a fad or a trend; it is one of the most critical elements of a successful business. It should be managed and executed like any other business function. #problemsolving
Digital manufacturing is a challenge for many companies… it required a strategy that will differentiate manufacturing operations from competitors. And, it requires tactics as well as a unique configuration matched to leadership vision and the real world challenges of each manufacturing operation. Two quotes stand out as guidelines when thinking about getting to the next level of manufacturing.
Contact us to learn about AIA’s Manufacturing Innovation & Transformation™ Assessment Process.
Every manufacturing organization has taken one or more steps toward MFG 4.0. One of the keys to successfully moving forward is understanding where you are in the process. Your readiness can range for being ready at one machine to machining cells, production lines, entire plants and multiple plants.
What is happening with your manufacturing data lies at the core of your readiness. Are your machines capable of producing data, is the data being stored at the machine or networked and compiled in databases. What happens with the data? Is it just stored, pulled out for analysis to determine what went wrong in production, or used to predict and prevent problems? Is data availability and utilization adding to cost or reducing cost? Do people have to receive extensive training to use the data? How is data transferred from person to person and from the bottom to the top of the organization? Is the data received at the top of the organization overwhelming and unused or high-value, target?
One way to get answers to this collection of questions and more is to go through AIA’s Manufacturing Innovation & Transformation™ Assessment Process – a rapid assessment process to collects, assesses and aligns the manufacturing organization from the top to the bottom.
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Where does leadership vision come from? Experience, market awareness, competitive insights, observations, or the inputs of trusted advisors? Absolutely, but what about a process for creating and making leadership vision on specific topics quickly? And, what about the vision of different leaders – are they aligned or in contradiction with each other – and, how is that resolved? What is an easy way to make theses difference visible.
You have been told to THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX over and over. It might be time to consider changing this way of thinking to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of what you have been told to do.
When it comes to MFG 4.0, why wouldn’t you THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX WITHE DIRECTION; becoming laser focused on delivering high-value production throughput of good products.
Innovation in manufacturing (MFG 4.0 as an example) should not be an accident; it should be a well-managed part of your business that allows you to deliver the required throughput of good parts or any other critical manufacturing need efficiently and effectively.
It all begins with an assessment of the current state of operations; vision, surfacing problems that need resolved along the way, alignment between vision and the plant floor then delivering solutions. Not just trying… DELIVERING.
We treat all our projects with the highest level of confidentiality. We work hard not to link any identifiable company information to a case study. Honoring our client's privacy is our solemn duty. We'll treat your company the same.
AIA is a visionary company providing excellent value and superior results far beyond what great consultants provide… Working side-by-side with Dana is like working with an iconic and historic figure like Thomas Edison or Walt Disney – it’s exciting and game changing. Dana is bold, brilliant and fully committed to his client's success… I look forward to watching the very first CEO that actually truly understands and grasps the enormity of Dana Clarke's innovation capabilities and the capabilities of his company, Applied Innovation Alliance. It will be game-over for the competition and game-on for that company's customers. I am grateful to be connected to the leader that literally creates extraordinary breakthroughs as an ordinary part of his day and trained 1000's of innovators worldwide.
The work Dana does in the area of structured innovation is the most powerful approach to solving the most complex and seemingly intractable problems in a short amount of time. His work is also very well suited to facilitating strategic planning... He has a treasurer chest of approaches for customized solutions.
Dana’s work ethic and integrity are unparalleled and his moral fiber is unquestionable... always looking for ways to make everyone around him successful… He will stop at nothing short of the immutable laws of physics to find a solution that exceeds a client’s expectation. If you ever have the opportunity to work with him…take it.
I have a great respect for Dana. On the personal side, he is hard working, customer focused and ethical. On the work side, he has developed a paradigm-busting innovation tool based on proven concepts and has demonstrated success of the product to some very significant companies. I highly recommend Dana Clarke and Applied Innovation Alliance as a firm to trust and use.