Innovation Management Solutions...

Imperial Consulting provides complete, focused solutions as well as customized training for organisational and individual learning in Innovation Management in the following areas:


Product Development Process Management

The product development process is the framework to build up both innovation projects and the innovation programme. Its management is the main basis for innovation in the food industry. We assist our clients in the design and implementation of product development process management systems taking due regard of their place in the food production system, environment, technology, marketing, and company resources.
We have been at the forefront of the implementation of Quality Function Deployment in the food and nutritional sciences. Quality Function Deployment is a planning tool, which helps bring better products to market using a structured, market-orientated approach to product development.



Programme Management

Programme management is the application of project management principles to a group of projects that are managed in a coordinated way to deliver an integrated set of corporate objectives. A focused product development strategy provides the framework to build up a clearly defined and coherent innovation programme. Programme management ensures the quality of the developed products through effective use of the available skills, knowledge, and other resources between the different projects. This is achieved through rigorous implementation and continuous improvement of procedures, processes, leadership skills, techniques, and methods in order to do things more efficiently and with higher quality.
We assist our clients in the design and implementation of programme management systems taking due regard of all resources, both internal and external to the company. In this regard, we have been at the forefront of assisting multinational companies achieve significant improvements in programme management performance through fundamental change of their product innovation strategy coupled with better integration of research, development, market, and finance resources and processes.



Project Management

Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities. The management of individual projects is a skilled task, which seeks to balance the quality of the outcomes against project cost and time. It is based on a platform-based approach to product innovation and occurs within a framework of an appropriately designed and implemented project management system and associated processes.
We assist our clients in the design and implementation of project management systems taking due regard of market dynamics and company resources. In this regard, we have been at the forefront of the implementation of tailored Project Management Systems in the food and nutritional sciences. Quality Function Deployment is a planning tool, which helps bring better products to market using a structured, market-orientated approach to product development. Learning from innovation projects is one of the most difficult things a company can do.



Strategic Planning & Funding Procurement

Strategic planning is the systematic process of making entrepreneurial (risk-taking) decisions. A strategic plan is a systematic and purposeful work programme for achieving objectives. An integral part of strategic planning is the provision of adequate financial resources to meet objectives.
We assist our clients procure external financial resources to support strategic plan implementation. In this regard, we have been at the forefront of national and federal government funding procurement, as well as venture capital funding, in support of strategic planning.






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