Amcor Selects Goldfire Innovator; Packaging Giant Selects Invention Machine's Software for Accelerating the Innovation Process.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2004 Invention Machine Corporation (www.invention-machine.com), the leading provider of software that optimizes and accelerates the innovation process, today announced new customer, Amcor Limited, one of the world's largest packaging companies. Headquartered in Victoria, Australia, and with over 230 manufacturing plants and operations spanning the globe, Amcor purchased Goldfire Innovator(TM) software through Invention Machine's Australian Australian pertaining to or originating in Australia. Australian bat lyssavirus disease see Australian bat lyssavirus disease. 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Goldfire Innovator delivers, within a single desktop platform or "dashboard (1) See Mac Dashboard. (2) A software-based control panel for one or more applications, network devices or industrial machines. Dashboards display simulated gauges and dials that look somewhat like an automobile dashboard. ", comprehensive functions and content that accelerate the innovation process including: -- Proven problem-analysis tools and methodologies, such as TRIZ TRIZ Theory of Inventive Problem Solving TRIZ Teoriya Resheniya Izobreatatelskikh Zadatch (Russian: Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) and value-engineering, that guide users to solutions; -- Semantic See semantics. See also Symantec. knowledge retrieval, providing fast, pinpoint access to relevant content; and -- Access to millions of patents, more than 9000 scientific effects, and over 2000 scientific websites, unparalleled in their depth and relevance to innovation research. "The creation of a technological edge over competition is a key element of Amcor's strategy. This edge is being achieved through the Product Leadership and Innovation program that focuses on working with our customers to bring new products to market ahead of the field," said Michael Blake, Innovation and Alliance Manager, Research and Technology Amcor Australasia. Companies using Goldfire Innovator benefit from: greater conversion rates of ideas to products; better products, designed with a knowing eye on competitive offerings; streamlined manufacturing processes; and faster time-to-market - all at lower cost. For information on Goldfire Innovator, please visit www.invention-machine.com. About eTG Knowledge Solutions eTG Knowledge Solutions combines the global and local experience of leading business and technology consultants, focusing on Innovation and Knowledge Management. eTG is the exclusive representative of Invention Machine in Australia and New Zealand. For more information on eTG visit the website at www.etg.com.au About Invention Machine Invention Machine Corp. delivers software that optimizes and accelerates the innovation process to: 1) Bring structure and predictability to the art of invention; 2) Help fuel product pipelines with new products and product refinements; 3) Accelerate time to market as well as corporate growth; and 4) Deliver unprecedented efficiency to the innovation effort. For more than a decade, over 1,000 innovative companies, representing more than 50,000 users worldwide, have leveraged Invention Machine's solutions to drive top-line growth, reduce costs and expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. time-to-market by improving process efficiencies and more rapidly fueling their product pipelines with higher-quality products. Invention Machine customers include: Boeing, Delphi Automotive, Honda, HP, NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S. , Procter & Gamble, Peugeot, Samsung, Saipem, and Shell. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts “Boston” redirects here. For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation). Boston is the capital and most populous city of Massachusetts.[3] The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the unofficial economic and cultural center of the entire New , Invention Machine has development facilities in Minsk, Belarus, and offices in France and the United Kingdom. For more information on Invention Machine visit www.invention-machine.com. |
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