Most of the time their won't be a direct link between customer ideas
and product or service innovation. But, customer ideas are the hunting
ground or starting point for two things:
- improved market- and customer oriented solutions
- exploration of joint (customer & own company) market opportunities
The latter stretched the markets, competenties, ideas and portfolio of
more then one company into new, joined innovation or improvement ideas
(e.g. Senseo, shift form Medical products to medical services).
Frans Schreurs
Atos Origin NL