B2BSX operates the first customer-to-customer custom business application exchange (patent pending) where companies can sell and buy platform-dependent custom applications. These NPDI solutions support all phases of the product innovation lifecycle.

Name: Employee Innovation Management Portal
Target Market: All Industry Verticals
Functional Area: Portals
Short Description: Web-based solution developed by leading CPG customer to manage their innovation lifecycle from ideation through evaluation and acceptance. This is tool is accessible by employees only.
Detailed Description: In today’s ultra competitive business environment, it is a corporate necessity to continuously lower cost and to foster innovation. Innovation is truly the engine that powers growth companies. Leveraging the knowledge and expertise of a company's employees is vital to ensuring a steady flow of ideas that can drive top line and bottom line growth. This application, which was a developed by a recognized leader in a highly competitive industry, is used to capture employee ideas and manage them through their entire lifecycle. The application is a key component to an overall process that has been institutionalized within the organization. It includes a portal for posting ideas that includes workflow, status management, and reporting tools. Additionally, the program manager portal application includes capabilities to: establish programs, define teams, update program progress, track financial impact, and multiple reporting options to view aggregated and detailed information across programs. The application is used company-wide and is intended for long-term initiatives that result in permanent change. It is written ASP with an SQL database housing the actual information and uses flash technology for the graphics.

Price: Available upon request
Evaluation Period: 30 day free trial
Yearly Maintenance: None
Support: Standard support included in the price

• Create, change, display, publish, and approve programs
• Web-based tool for idea management
• 17 configuration tables to customize the application
• Rich reporting capabilities including program scorecard
• Email notifications
• Program status management
• Tracking of actual versus estimated savings

• Systematizes Innovation Management – This solution formalizes the process for managing internal idea management process.
• Higher Success Rates – Formalizing the process lead to more accurate ROI calculations and higher program success rates.
• Transparency – The entire organization has visibility into the status and payback of programs, making it easier to disseminate successful ideas.
• Standardization – Competing ideas are judged by a consistent set of metrics, which ensures the most efficient use of limited corporate resources.
• Shorter Cycle and Improved Collaboration – The workflow capability improves response times and a more collaborative effort.
• No Yearly Maintenance Fees – There is no yearly maintenance fee for the product.

Documentation for this application will be uploaded soon. Please check back later, or contact B2BSX at info@B2BSX.com for more details about this solution.

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