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TRIZ at Ford R&D
Through our “TRIZ Training” delivered at Ford Otomotiv R&D on 28 July by Prof. Dr. C. Ruhi Kaykayoğlu, we helped participants access innovative and effective problem-solving methods. This training aimed to add value to Ford Otomotiv's R&D processes.
At a glance
- Project Focus
- Problem Solving with TRIZ · R&D and Advanced Technologies
- Project Lead
- TrainerProf. Dr. C. Ruhi Kaykayoğlu
- Approaches Used
- Facilitation
- What Emerged
- Contradiction-based problem-solving practice · A TRIZ toolkit applied to participants' own problems
- Sector
- Automotive
Inside the project
Focus
How can a contradiction be transformed from an obstacle to improvement into a map to the solution?
The Ford Otomotiv R&D project focused on addressing training needs through TRIZ tools. Participants worked on their own technical problems.
The account of this project was structured around the organization's own definition of its needs.
TRIZ is a thinking discipline that makes technical contradictions within a problem visible before rushing to generate solutions.
Scope
We worked with the organization’s R&D teams on the TRIZ method. The training covered innovative and effective approaches to problem-solving.
Implementation
WHY WAS TRIZ USED?
TRIZ was used to help teams make technical and physical contradictions within a problem visible before trying to generate solutions directly. Once the contradiction becomes visible, solution patterns become traceable.
The real value of TRIZ lies not in a catalog of solutions but in changing how we view a problem.
The journey we designed
- 01EXPLOREA situation map was developed by considering the organization's real needs, current ways of working and external signals together.
- 02REFRAMEParticipants practiced creative problem solving and application through their own real work problems.
- 03BRING IT INTO THE ORGANIZATIONA follow-through plan was developed with teams to connect the methods learned to daily workflows.
Kaykayoğlu project insight
Speed in problem solving comes not from the search for solutions but from the depth of contradiction analysis.
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