@article{Sojka_Lepsik_2021, title={Innovation by Increasing Ideality – A New Method for Overcoming Process Related Problems}, volume={25}, url={https://www.qip-journal.eu/index.php/QIP/article/view/1578}, DOI={10.12776/qip.v25i2.1578}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> In production, problems that are difficult to solve could occur. When a classic problem-solving toolset is not enough, a company must accept not fully satisfying solutions or secondary problems. This paper proposes a new method called Innovation by Increasing Ideality (3I), which helps to resolve difficult problems in production.    </p> <p><strong>Methodology/Approach:</strong> Based on a previous literature review a new method was designed. The method leads the solver by a set of steps that lead to a well-described problem, with many ideas or ways, where the solver should search for a satisfying solution. The method is based on TRIZ principles, but it is user-friendly even for users who are not TRIZ specialists but have only basic knowledge of TRIZ principles and its tools. The method is demonstrated in a case study, where a problem with the transportation of parts is successfully solved.</p> <p><strong>Findings:</strong> Newly proposed method, compared with the traditional way of resolving a problem, got a much better solution in a shorter time.</p> <p><strong>Research Limitation/Implication:</strong> Only one example of use. There is a need for more applications in future.</p> <p><strong>Originality/Value of paper:</strong> The paper describes a new method for overcoming difficult problems in production. The method uses TRIZ principles to innovate the process where the problem is. The presented method can serve as a new powerful tool for industrial engineers in practice.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Quality Innovation Prosperity}, author={Sojka, Vladimir and Lepsik, Petr}, year={2021}, month={Jul.}, pages={78–94} }