APS1013 Applying Innovation: Working with External Companies

Applying Innovation Course -Working with External Companies

• Fall 2010
  • Town of Newmarket – Water Tower Infrastructure Sharing Program
  • Del Equipment Trucks – Operations Innovation Project
  • Hatch Associates – An Investigation into Reducing the Energy Costs for a New Build 200MW Nickel Smelter in Halmahera, Indonesia
  • Hatch Associates – Way Forward for Sustainability of Mining Business in Developing Nations
• Winter 2012
  • Samco Machinery and Solar – Development of Global Growth Strategies
  • Infonaut – Development of Business and Product Strategy for a Hospital Sterilization Tracking System
  • Clear Blue Technologies – Development of Business and Product Strategy for Solar Street Lights
  • Bordin Racer – Development of a Business and Product Strategy for an Anti-pollution Door Strip
• Winter 2013
  • Butterfly Energetics – Assessed the Major Government Policy Regulating the Renewable Energy Market
  • Samco Machinery- Development of a Programme Management Office (PMO)
  • Good Robot – Development of a Business Direction for a Home Monitoring System for Senior Citizens
  • Fleetmetrica – Assessing the Efficacy of a Metrics-based Transport Vehicle fleet Safety Solution
  • Solarship – Aircraft Manufacture Start up – Implement ISO 9000 Certification Readiness Capability
• Fall 2014
  • Messier-Buggati-Dowty – Build to Spec Process Optimization
  • Pratt & Whitney Canada – Effective and Optimized Technology Portfolio Management
  • Hatch Associates – Improving the Business Development Information Infrastructure
  • Triumph Group – A Quantitative, Feature-based, Risk Management Approach for New Product Development
  • Siemens – Improving the Quality Management Culture
• Winter 2016
  • Siemens – Optimizing the Supply Chain for the Building Technologies Division
  • Messier-Dowty-Bugatti – Identification and Communication of Risks at the Product Development Phase: 17 Steps Innovation Approach
  • Celestica – Strategic Management and Design Considerations for the Factory of the Future
  • Triumph – Improving the Manufacturing Cycle time in the Production of Jet Engine Shafts
  • Relish – Developing a Business Transformation and Directional Plan Strategy

• Winter 2017
  • Samco Machinery – Implementing a Performance Measurement System
  • Siemens – Carbon Tax Project and Preparing for Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) and Fault Detection and Diagnostics (FDD)
  • Fibos – Determining Market Potential and Strategy for Fiber-Optic Sensors.
  • Safran (Messier Dowty-Bugatti) – Developing a Supplier Management Simulation
  • Crystal Fountains – Analysis and evaluation of the investment measures and innovation performance
  • Triumph – Improving Shop Floor Control and Labor Reporting

• Winter 2018
  • Bombardier Aerospace 1 – Improving Inventory Optimization in the Q400 aircraft programme (obsolescence, order policy, forecasting)
  • Bombardier Aerospace 2 – Improving Methods engineering- Aircraft Modifications design / build Process
  • Pratt & Whitney – Fostering employee engagement in Innovation – solve the problem of poor response rate in submission of innovative ideas
  • Samco Machinery – Reduce throughput time by eliminating the papers/unnecessary process steps between M6 (Design Verification) and M7 (Release to Production Control).
  • Fibos – Developing a Marketing Approach to enter into the turbine industry in power and aerospace sectors
  • Crystal Fountains –Developing a formalized innovation management process

• Fall 2019
  • Samco Machinery- Leveraging Samco Machinery’s Core Competencies
  • Crystal Fountains – review and develop strategies to alleviate current lags in its new product development process
  • Schneider Electric – Micro Grid Brand Recognition Project
  • Proxima – Startup in the creation of an escape room – starship simulator
  • JMR Plastics – Feasibility analysis of plastic pallet business