1. Creative Problem Solving
TRIZ

3. Problem Solving Methods
DMAIC – Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control
DFSS – Design for Six Sigma
PDCA – Plan, Do, Check, Act
PDSA – Plan, Do, Study, Act
TQM, PR, Kaizen, Pugh, WB,
TRIZ – Theory of Inventive Problem Solving

4. TRIZ Principles
Somebody, someplace, has already solved your problem or one similar to it. Creativity means finding that solution and adapting it to the current problem.
Don't accept compromises. Eliminate them.

5. Somebody has Solved Your Problem
California Dairy Farmers needed a way to dry manure
Heat became too expensive
Solution – hydrophilic gas which carries water away
Orange Juice Concentrate

6. Somebody has Solved Your Problem
Pharmaceutical industry needed a way to deal with excess foam from a pharmaceutical process
Solution came from the beer industry
Paint manufacturers needed a way to deal with sludge accumulation in equipment
Solution came from nuclear waste disposal industry

7. Traditional Tradeoffs
Technical Contradictions
Stronger at cost of additional weight
Greater bandwidth requires more power
Faster airbag deployment requires greater force
Physical Contradictions
Coffee hot enough to enjoy but not so hot as to burn
Software powerful features but easy to use
Surveillance quick to target but slow to collect data

8. TRIZ Tries to eliminate problems rather than accept compromise
Airbag material that can’t grab skin as it is deployed
Car supersystem to avoid crashes
Social system that prevents small persons from front seat
Match book problem – dissolving
Compromise when necessary

9. TRIZ Dissolution Technical Constraints
Technical contradictions solved through 40 problem solving principles
Physical contradictions solved through 4 basic principles to look at supersystems, subsystems, separation of time, space, etc.

10. Self-heating Beverage Container
Contradictions
Fast heating can cause steam pressure to rupture capsule
Thin material allows heat transfer but isn’t strong enough
Multiple thin layers strong enough but too expensive
Metal top will allow traditional pop top but can burn lips

11. Self-heating Beverage Container
Principle 1 – segmentation, instead of blow molding container, satisfy layer requirement through die stamping operation

12. Self-heating Beverage Container

13. Improve Direct Mail Advertising
Customer wants knowledge of product, but doesn’t want to read
Advertiser wants response to ads, but only from customers who are serious
TRIZ led to techniques used in diet food industry and applied to patio building

14. Resources http://www.triz-journal.com/ http://triz40.com/
40 Principles

15. TRIZ Matrix - Example
want to increase length but not add to the weight