To build & implement a design tool that aligns all Grundfos product related experiences (e.g. packaging, product, web, manual, etc.) in an early phase.

1. Translate customer knowledge in Grundfos personas
2. Align all relevant parties (e.g. marketing, web, product design, project management, etc.)
3. Create 'product experience' tool
4. Test & implement globally

To ensure true cooperation from all parties.

• Stronger brand identity on product level
• Shorter development time & lower development costs per project

To help the designers with the development of a tool can facilitates objective design decision making.

1. assess current design process
2. identify key design decision making moments and stakeholders
3. develop tool with stakeholders
4. test tool

To integrate design tool in strong engineering driven automotive development process.

• Having a tool to make objective design decisions for all stakeholders
• Best practice among all design project team members

To create global digital design management system to facilitate the design process.

1. define objectives and requirements for a digital system
2. screen potential software partners, and setting up selection procedure (RFI, RFP, pilot)
3. guide the development & implementation of the system globally

• Balancing the power and requirements of IT and Design
• Developing one solution to cater for various project types & processes within rigid workflow system
• Translating the appropriate user & design requirements for IT
• Keeping the user interface of a complex

• Clear & traceable responsibilities including sign-off
• consistent design output globally
• Faster design execution achieved through better project management
• large design savings through a reduction of design iterations and automated artwork creation

To build a new concept design team next to a large ‘regular’ Roca design team.

1. Define appropriate organisation, processes & competencies
2. Continuously coach team
3. Reevaluate process & organisation each year
4. Create relevant concept design tools

To ensure acceptance of conceptual thinking in a short-term & result-driven culture.

• Increased internal innovation power

To develop and optimise the process to identify business and innovation opportunities. To support the creation of a program of innovation projects for three companies: VOX Furniture, VOX Profiles and VOX Doors & Floors. And to create an organisational structure and responsibilities that enable innovation to become a core competency.

1. analyze current business practice with employees, distributors, suppliers, end-consumers, installers and experts.
2. develop strategic intent and objectives for innovation with management
3. create process and organisational structure for innovation
4. identify areas of radical and evolutionary innovations with top management for the next five years
5. define program framework and roadmap of innovation projects aligned with corporate strategy
6. support in defining and managing the innovation program
7. facilitate implementation of process, structure and program in single innovation projects

• To prioritize innovation opportunities based on the definition of the corporate strategy.
• To create customer / consumer focus in a production oriented corporate culture.
• To deal with three very different corporate cultures under one global brand.

• having a clear process how to derive the innovation program from the corporate strategy
• optimise use of resources through alignment and prioritisation of innovation activities
• having tools that support effective and efficient planning of innovation resources