Welcome to the December 2008 Issue of The TRIZ Journal!
By Katie Barry, Marco de Carvalho, Ellen Domb and Paul Filmore
"We have developed into a worldwide TRIZ community that has characteristics of many families – we don’t always agree on everything, but we help each other."Using TRIZ to Improve Pem-nut Production
By Jaewook Lee and Byoungkon Roh
The numerous manufacturing processes required to produce pem-nuts using a traditional machining process have made them too expensive. Inventors used TRIZ tools to improve production and reduce the cost of pem-nuts.Systematic Clustering of Business Problems
By Junyoung Kim and Yongtae Park
Using the 40 inventive principles of TRIZ to solve problems in business is systematically and scientifically reproducible.Strengthening the 40 Principles
By Ives de Saeger and Eddy Claeys
The authors studied various TRIZ sources at compared the 40 inventive principles and suggest that the principles would be easier to use if practioners divide the principles into two parts: resources and recommendations.Teaching TRIZ Does Not Equal Learning TRIZ
By Ellen Domb
Methods for adult education have been well-researched in the last 50 years and they can be used to create a robust TRIZ teaching system that is useful in many cultures.Student Corner: Inventive Potential of Ice
By Abram Teplitskiy
Ice naturally has the ability to exist in two main technological conditions – solid state (ice) and liquid state (water). It transfers from one state to the other at particular temperatures. Ice is perfect substance for exploring the use of TRIZ.
