Consafe Logistics is a logistics company with 350 employees across several European countries. The document outlines Consafe's approach to corporate innovation, including establishing an innovation process, tools, and collaboration events. It notes some challenges in fully implementing initiatives like getting employees to publish ideas, engaging universities in each country, and renovating innovation demo rooms across all offices due to time and monetary costs.

1. A Pragmatic Approach To Corporate Innovation –
Experiences At Consafe Logistics

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Basic Facts
 Annual Turnover of 50 MEUR and 350 employees
 HQ in Sweden, subsidiaries in the Netherlands, UK, Poland, Denmark and Norway.
 More than 400 customers world-wide in more than 30 countries
 Strong, value adding partner network
 Part of the JCE Group of Companies since 2003

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“We are your partner in Supply Chain Execution IT
– improving your performance is our guarantee”
Creating shared values with passion, talent and heart
Vision

4. The right partner for your supply chain excellence
- adding value in each step.
HARDWARE SERVICESSOFTWARE

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Our Value Base
 Our passion is to enhance performance.
 We combine experience with new ideas into creative solutions.
 We encourage initiative and strong individual drive.
 To share an idea is always a good idea.
 We are one team with a common way of acting and working.
 We are proud to earn the trust of our customers, partners and co-workers every day.
 We keep things smart and straightforward.
 We honour our promises. Always.
 We believe in long-term relationships.
 We believe in people who want to make a difference.
 Business wins when everyone matters.
 We take our individual, corporate and social responsibility.

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Our Value Base
 Our passion is to enhance performance.
 We combine experience with new ideas into creative solutions.
 We encourage initiative and strong individual drive.
 To share an idea is always a good idea.
 We are one team with a common way of acting and working.
 We are proud to earn the trust of our customers, partners and co-workers every day.
 We keep things smart and straightforward.
 We honour our promises. Always.
 We believe in long-term relationships.
 We believe in people who want to make a difference.
 Business wins when everyone matters.
 We take our individual, corporate and social responsibility.
Objective #1
Contribute
significantly to
the company
living its values.

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Our Product Innovation Strategy process.
- annual review and update of strategy
Communicate strategy and roadmaps
Q1
Strategy Update – Design and Describe
Prepare Roadmaps
for next year
Verify strategy internally
and externally
Q2 Q3 Q4

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Our Product Innovation Strategy process.
- annual review and update of strategy
Communicate strategy and roadmaps
Q1
Strategy Update – Design and Describe
Prepare Roadmaps
for next year
Verify strategy internally
and externally
Q2 Q3 Q4
Objective #2
Inspire
participation
engagement and
assure
input/feedback
quality.

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Our Product Innovation Strategy process.
- annual review and update of strategy
Communicate strategy and roadmaps
Q1
Strategy Update – Design and Describe
Prepare Roadmaps
for next year
Verify strategy internally
and externally
Q2 Q3 Q4

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Innovation – Creative solutions into the future

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Innovation – Creative solutions into the future
Objective #3
Realize the full
potential of the
innovation power
available in our
ecosystem

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Innovation – Creative solutions into the future

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User group
events
Customer
collaboration
events
Innovation
process
Innovation
tools &
methods
Innovation
demo studio
Innovation
projects
University
collaboration
Internal
Innovation
events

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User group
events
Customer
collaboration
events
Innovation
process
Innovation
tools &
methods
Innovation
demo studio
Innovation
projects
University
collaboration
Internal
Innovation
events
• A toolbox with material and
methods to perform CLIC
events was introduced.

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User group
events
Customer
collaboration
events
Innovation
process
Innovation
tools &
methods
Innovation
demo studio
Innovation
projects
University
collaboration
Internal
Innovation
events
• A toolbox with material and
methods to perform CLIC
events was introduced.
• It takes more time than
anticipated to train the
organization to start using the
toolbox.
• The toolbox need continuous
updates.

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Capturing and nurturing a pipeline of
innovative product development ideas
At the final control gate a complete
business case is presented. If
approved a development project will be
launched in the Functionality or
Structure stream.The ideas are reviewed at control gates.
If the idea pass it will be nurtured with
additional innovation hours.
The ideas are reviewed at control gates.
If the idea pass it will be nurtured with
additional innovation hours.
The ideas are reviewed at control gates.
If the idea pass it will be nurtured with
additional innovation hours.
The ideas are reviewed at control gates.
If the idea pass it will be nurtured with
additional innovation time.

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Capturing and nurturing a pipeline of
innovative product development ideas
At the final control gate a complete
business case is presented. If
approved a development project will be
launched in the Functionality or
Structure stream.The ideas are reviewed at control gates.
If the idea pass it will be nurtured with
additional innovation hours.
The ideas are reviewed at control gates.
If the idea pass it will be nurtured with
additional innovation hours.
The ideas are reviewed at control gates.
If the idea pass it will be nurtured with
additional innovation hours.
The ideas are reviewed at control gates.
If the idea pass it will be nurtured with
additional innovation time.
• All ideas are managed in a portal.
• All ideas are public internally.
• Any employee can insert new ideas
and comment on any idea.
• Nurturing is done by handing out
innovation hours.
• All ideas are reviewed monthly.

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Capturing and nurturing a pipeline of
innovative product development ideas
At the final control gate a complete
business case is presented. If
approved a development project will be
launched in the Functionality or
Structure stream.The ideas are reviewed at control gates.
If the idea pass it will be nurtured with
additional innovation hours.
The ideas are reviewed at control gates.
If the idea pass it will be nurtured with
additional innovation hours.
The ideas are reviewed at control gates.
If the idea pass it will be nurtured with
additional innovation hours.
The ideas are reviewed at control gates.
If the idea pass it will be nurtured with
additional innovation time.
• All ideas are managed in a portal.
• All ideas are public internally.
• Any employee can insert new ideas
and comment on any idea.
• Nurturing is done by handing out
innovation hours.
• All ideas are reviewed monthly.
• Even with a portal the organization
need stimulation to publish ideas.
• Talking about new ideas seem to be
more interesting than realizing them…

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User group
events
Customer
collaboration
events
Innovation
process
Innovation
tools &
methods
Innovation
demo studio
Innovation
projects
University
collaboration
Internal
Innovation
events
• Plan is to engage with at least one
university in each country.
• Main objective to get inspired by
young people.
• Secondary objective to promote our
company and find candidates for
employment.

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User group
events
Customer
collaboration
events
Innovation
process
Innovation
tools &
methods
Innovation
demo studio
Innovation
projects
University
collaboration
Internal
Innovation
events
• Plan is to engage with at least one
university in each country.
• Main objective to get inspired by
young people.
• Secondary objective to promote our
company and find candidates for
employment.
• Requires a clear local incitement
which is not always easy to identify.

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User group
events
Customer
collaboration
events
Innovation
process
Innovation
tools &
methods
Innovation
demo studio
Innovation
projects
University
collaboration
Internal
Innovation
events
• Plan is to hijack an existing space in
each office and turn into a CLIC
room to be used for CLIC events and
also for demonstration of prototypes.
• Be a carrier of innovation internally
and when inviting customers and
partners.

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User group
events
Customer
collaboration
events
Innovation
process
Innovation
tools &
methods
Innovation
demo studio
Innovation
projects
University
collaboration
Internal
Innovation
events
• Plan is to hijack an existing space in
each office and turn into a CLIC
room to be used for CLIC events and
also for demonstration of prototypes.
• Be a carrier of innovation internally
and when inviting customers and
partners.
• Since we want to establish a
recognition dimension between the
offices it takes time and money to
renew all rooms.

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User group
events
Customer
collaboration
events
Innovation
process
Innovation
tools &
methods
Innovation
demo studio
Innovation
projects
University
collaboration
Internal
Innovation
events
• Discussion
…..

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User group
events
Customer
collaboration
events
Innovation
process
Innovation
tools &
methods
Innovation
demo studio
Innovation
projects
University
collaboration
Internal
Innovation
events
Gartner comment in public
document:
Consafe Logistics has shown its
dedication to thought leadership
with the formation of its
Innovation Center.
This is a structured and
collaborative endeavor that involves
Consafe employees, customers,
partners and academic institutions
in the cycle of innovation.

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