Mistakes to avoid
Designing mechatronic products through open innovation

Collaborative design with engineers and technicians from outside the company is not easy to implement within organizations. Turn your head and the NIH syndrome returns! ( Not Invented Here ). That's why special attention needs to be paid to the men and women who work in open innovation. Team management must be constant, and frequent get-togethers must be organized to bind the teams together, with the project manager playing a nodal role in these activities.

Involving customers in innovation projects remains a cornerstone of collaborative development. Their involvement in the functional specification phases, and sometimes even their involvement in the design and realization of products, is a rich source of ideas and opinions, leading to a product whose use will be accepted.