LEAN &Innovation

2011-04-14Jens Norin

T. A. Edison did not invent the light bulb

Synergy between Innovation and

Continuous Improvement

He bought a patent and made the first

commercially practical light from it

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Growth

• Improving existing products, services or processes

• Kaizen (PDCA)

• Six Sigma (DMAIC)

• Incremental Innovation

Continuous Improvement

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Growth

• Designing (re-designing) a new product, service or process

• Kaikaku

• Breakthrough innovation

• Design For Six Sigma (DFSS)

Radical Improvement/Innovation

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Growth

Radical + Continuous Improvement

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LEAN & Innovation Slide no 82011-04-14

Novo Nordisk at a glance

• More than 30,000 employees in 74 countries • A world leader in diabetes care since 1923• Also leading positions in:

• Haemostasis management• Growth hormone therapy• Hormone replacement therapy

• Total net turnover (2010): 60.8 billion DKK• R&D spend (2010): 9.6 billion DKK• Committed to financial, environmental and social results