01751nas a2200217   4500008004100000022001400041245007200055210006900127260004200196300001000238490000600248520109200254653002101346653002601367653002201393653002001415653001901435653001901454100002401473856003601497       2015                        eng d  a1927-032100aOptimizing Innovation with the Lean and Digitize Innovation Process0 aOptimizing Innovation with the Lean and Digitize Innovation Proc  aOttawabTalent First Networkc03/2015  a29-380 v53 aActionable knowledge to improve innovation and bring value to the customers and organizations is essential in today's economy. In the past, there have attempts to apply Lean Thinking and Six Sigma to the innovation processes, with mixed results. The aim of this article is discuss how to improve innovation processes using the Lean and Digitize Innovation process, which integrates digitization into the Lean Six Sigma method. Through the redesign of innovation processes and their automation, the process aims to add value to customers, improve effectiveness, eliminate waste, minimize operating costs, and reduce time-to-market. This new method is characterized by seven stages, or "the 7 Ds" (define, discover, design, develop, digitize, deploy, and diffusion), with 29 steps. This article describes the Lean and Digitize Innovation process and presents cases where the approach has been successful in helping innovation processes from start to end: from the definition of the value for the customers up to the implementation of a prototype and engineering of the delivery processes. 10aagile innovation10aInnovation management10alean and digitize10alean innovation10alean six sigma10are-engineering1 aNicoletti, Bernardo  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/879