The TRIZ Journal Article Archive - 2008

July

Welcome to the July 2008 Issue of The TRIZ Journal!

By Katie Barry and Ellen Domb

Beverages are this month's unexpected theme – liquids from vending machines and cappuccinos to be exact, making them more accessible and with less hassle. This month's bounty also includes looks at how TRIZ fits in and around other tools and techniques.

Theories of Everything and TRIZ

By Darrell Mann

TRIZ builds on a solid foundation of knowledge and is based on the idea technological improvement results from studying excellence. This paper looks at excellence and what occurs when knowledge is integrated into a theory of everything (TOE) whole.

Using TRIZ to Overcome Vision and Target Failures

By Ido Lapidot

Organizations develop cultures that influence the behaviors of individuals and teams within the organization and eventually create thinking patterns and paradigms. These patterns can result in complacent descision making and lower producitivity.

Design of an Adaptive Liquid Vending Machine

By Muhammad Ali Yousuf

Students were given the task of designing and building a new vending machine that was adaptable. Students were given some training in TRIZ, and to a lesser extent axiomatic design, but were allowed to innovate and come up with their own solution.

Add Value by Connecting Tools and Techniques

By Jack B. ReVelle

Even when the application of every tool in the connectivity chain perfectly completes its assigned task, it is necessary to turn over the results of the application to the next tool in the sequence to reach the ultimate goal.

Using TRIZ to Make Great Cappuccino Foam Without the Hassle

By John Cooke

Have you ever tried to make a real cappuccino drink with espresso coffee and steamed fresh milk? If you have, you know that heating the milk fully and getting the milk to foam properly is a precise art.