This slide is to give viewer a brief introduction on TRIZ

1. Introduction to TRIZ
by: Nurul Haszeli Ahmad
Matrix Power Network Sdn.Bhd
31 July 2012

2. Introduction to TRIZ
TRIZ Methods and Process
Practical
Q&A

3. Why Innovate?
Source: http://the.lavida.me.uk/
Source: http://www.k-state.edu/udlearnsite/Lesson3.htm
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4. Why innovate?
What ALLAH says:
”dan Kami jadikan pelita yang amat terang(matahari)”for growth.
INNOVATION is the fuel
-Surah An-Nabak 78:13 When a company runs out of innovation,
It runs out of growth.
Gary Hamel
“Tidakkah kamu perhatikan bagaimana Allah telah menciptakan tujuh langit bertingkat-
(Author of Leading the Revolution & Competing for the future)
tingkat”
-Surah An-Nuh 71:15-16
“Dan Dialah yang telah menciptakan malam dan siang, matahari dan bulan. Masing-
masing dari keduanya itu beredar di dalam GARIS EDARNYA.”
-Surah Al-Anbiyak 21:33
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5. Innovation Around Us
Sample Cases:
- Toy that could swing left and right and move their head at the same time
Vanki Studio (http://www.triz-journal.com/archives/2002/08/a/vankistudio1.swf)
- Missing petrol incident - Shooting range case
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6. Innovation Around Us
Source: http://openinnovationforum.com/ 6

7. Why TRIZ?
Courtesy of Oxford Creativity (Source: http://www.triz.co.uk) 7

8. Why TRIZ?
1. Use the world knowledge
Courtesy of Oxford Creativity (Source: http://www.triz.co.uk) 8

9. Why TRIZ?
2. Systematic and Repeatable
Courtesy of Oxford Creativity (Source: http://www.triz.co.uk) 9

10. Why TRIZ
3. Based on proven successful patents
4. You can build your own toolkit from the TRIZ tools
5. It’s quick
6. It can be used in groups
7. It is not just for engineers
8. It makes everybody creatives
Courtesy of Oxford Creativity (Source: http://www.triz.co.uk)
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11. The Story
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12. Definition
Definition:
- Pronounce as /’tri:z/
- Теория решения изобретательских задач
(Teoriya Resheniya Izobretatelskikh Zadatch)
- "The theory of solving inventor's problems" or
"The theory of inventor's problem solving“ or
“Theory of Innovative Problem Solving”
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13. The Genius
• Genrikh Saulovich Altshuller (
ллер, pronounced [ˈ ɡʲɛnrʲɪx sʌ.uləvʲɪtɕ
əltʲʂu.lʲɪr])
• Oct 15, 1926 – Sep 24, 1998
• At age 14 – First patent
• 1946 – Patent Officer at Russian Navy
• 1947 – Come out with TRIZ
• 1948 – at Gulag (7 years) – inventor’s sabotage
• Released after Stalin died
• > 2 million patent analyzed
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14. Evolution of Problem Solving
MH Analysis
DFMEA
6∂
QFD
Function Analysis
DeBono/Buzan Simplified TRIZ
Content
Heuristics
Rules of Thumb
SOVIET TRIZ
300AD 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
Time
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15. Evolution of TRIZ
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16. What is TRIZ trying to do?
CREATIVITY
INNOVATION INVENTION
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17. What is TRIZ trying to do
To
avoid
Pet Operated Ball Thrower
Retractable Table Top for a Toilet
silly
Weed Cutting Golf Club Sanitary Security Sock System
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18. Level of Inventiveness
1.
Quantitative
Improvement
5. New 2. Qualitative
Principles Improvement
4. New
concept / 3. New
combine market
function segmentation
/principle
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19. The TOOL
40 Inventive Principles
Contradiction (Contradiction Matrix)
Ideality
Inventive Standard (Standard Solutions)
Trends of Evolution (S-Curves)
Resources
Functional Analysis / Function Attribute Analysis
S-Fields / Su-Field Analysis
System Operator / 9 Windows
ARIZ
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20. TRIZ: Tool, Methods & Philosphy
TARGET
Philosophy Creativity
Innovation
Complete Method
Ideality, Evolution
My Problem
My Solution
Tool
Problem like Mine
Collection
Generic Solution
IFR, Contradictions, Trends, Resources,
Function Analysis, S-Fields, Inventive
Principles
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21. Foundation of TRIZ: 40 Inventive
Principles
All Invention are made of 40 and
ONLY 40 principles
Althuller derived from a study of >
2M of patent
TRIZ inventor confident with this 40
principles, any invention problem
SHOULD be able to resolved
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22. 40 Inventive Principles
1. Segmentation 21. Rushing through / Skipping
2. Extraction / Separation / Removal / 22. Convert harm into benefit, "Blessing in
Segregation disguise“, Make lemonade from lemon
3. Local Quality 23. Feedback
4. Asymmetry 24. Mediator, intermediary
5. Combining, Integration, Mergin 25. Self-service, self-organization
6. Universality, Multi-functional 26. Copying
7. Nesting 27. Cheap, disposable/short-living objects
8. Counter-weight, Levitation, Anti-Weight 28. Mechanics Substitution
9. Preliminary anti-action, Prior 29. Pneumatics or hydraulics / Liquids
counteraction 30. Flexible membranes or thin film
10. Prior action 31. Use of porous materials
11. Cushion in advance, compensate before 32. Changing color or optical properties
12. Equipotentiality, remove stress 33. Homogeneity
13. Inversion, The other way around 34. Rejection and regeneration, Discarding
14. Spheroidality, Curvilinearity and recovering
15. Dynamicity, Optimization 35. Parameter changes
16. Partial or excessive action 36. Phase transformation / transition
17. Another Dimension 37. Thermal expansion
18. Mechanical vibration/oscillation 38. Use strong oxidizers, enriched
19. Periodic action atmospheres, accelerated oxidation
20. Continuity of a useful action 39. Inert environment or atmosphere
40. Composite materials
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23. 40 Inventive Principles
How many ways you can come out in
order to remove water from the
bowl?
* Without moving the bowl
1. Absorption
2. Archimedes’ Principles
3. Bernoulli’s Theorem
4. Boiling/Evaporation
5. Explosion
6. Pump
7. Surface Tension
8. Use of foam
9. Siphon
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24. Contradiction Matrix
• Use when two or more different parameters conflict each
other in order to solve a problem
– Reduce cost of a car Vs Safety
– Increase Performance Vs User Feel
– Security Vs Performance
• Physical and Technical Contradiction
– Physical: Creates a conflict with the same parameter object
– Technical: Different parameters conflict each other
• Solved by using Inventive Principles or other TRIZ tools
• 39 parameters identified
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25. Contradiction Matrix: The 39
1. Weight of moving object 21. Power
2. Weight of stationary object 22. Loss of Energy
3. Length of moving object 23. Loss of substance
4. Length of stationary object 24. Loss of Information
5. Area of moving object 25. Loss of Time
6. Area of stationary object 26. Quantity of substance
7. Volume of moving object 27. Reliability
8. Volume of stationary object 28. Measurement accuracy
9. Speed 29. Manufacturing precision
10. Force (Intensity) 30. Object-affected harmful factors
11. Stress or Pressure 31. Object-generated harmful factors
12. Shape 32. Ease of manufacture
13. Stability of the object’s composition 33. Ease of operation
14. Strength 34. Ease of repair
15. Duration of action of moving object 35. Adaptability of versatility
16. Duration of action of stationary object 36. Device complexity
17. Temperature 37. Difficulty of detecting and measuring
18. Illumination intensity 38. Extent of automation
19. Use of energy by moving object 39. Productivity
20. Use of energy by stationary object
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26. The Matrix
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27. How to use?
• Desired changes versus undesired changes
• What we want versus What we don’t want
• Ideal End Result versus Affected Parameters
• Improve Versus Worsening Parameters
• Eg: To increase speed of vehicles and at the same time increase
safety
– Speed versus Safety
– Safety versus Speed
• Parameter No. 9 Vs No. 27
• Parameter No. 27 Vs No. 9
– Result:
• Principles No. 11, 35, 27, 28
• Principles No. 21, 35, 11, 28
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28. IFR
• A description of the best possible solution for the problem situation (or
contradiction) regardless of the resources or constraints of the original problem
• To overcome psychological inertia and reach breakthrough solutions by thinking
about the solution in terms of functions, not the intervening problems or needed
resources.
• It focuses on functions needed, not the current process or equipment
• The goal of formulating the IFR is to eliminate rework by addressing the root
cause of the problem or customer need.
• A basic principle of TRIZ is that systems evolve towards increased ideality, where
ideality is defined as
• Ideality = S Benefits / (S Costs + S Harm)
– Evolution is in the direction of
» Increasing benefits
» Decreasing costs
» Decreasing harm
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29. IFR
• 4 characteristics of IFR
• Eliminates the deficiencies of the original system
1.
• Preserves the advantages of the original system
2.
• Does not make the system more complicated (uses free
or available resources.)
3.
• Does not introduce new disadvantages
4.
• TRIZ Approach
Current IFR
Intermediate Solution Starts Here
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30. IFR
• IFR solutions is pure FUNCTION
Zero Product Cost
Zero Weight
Zero Size/Volume
Zero Quality Defects
Zero Development Cost
Zero Time To Market
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31. IFR
• Eg:
– Self Cleaning Clothes
– Self Cleaning Glass
– Self Cleaning Wall Paint
– Self Monitoring Car
– Self-timing egg
Intermediate
Solution Space
Current
Solution
Space
IFR
TIME
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32. Inventive Standard
• To solve complex industrial problem
• A Structured rules for synthesis and reconstruction of technical
system
• Divided into 5 classes
– Class-1: Building and Destruction of S-Fields
– Class-II: Development of S-Fields
– Class-III: Transition to Supersystem and Microlevel
– Class-IV: Standards for Detection and Measuring
– Class-V: Standards on Application of Standards
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33. Inventive Standard
• Steps in applying the standard
1. Define the type of problem in the beginning.
2. Build an initial s-field model of the problem.
3. Apply the Standards for development of the s-field model
of a generic solution
4. Refine developed s-field model
5. Generate the specific solution concepts
Example at TRIZ Journal
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34. Trends of Evolution (S-curves)
to predict the future characteristics of the products in the
process of product evolution
based on the fact that all products, process or technical systems
evolve over time
There are certain patterns of evolution which repeats in every
product or system
According to TRIZ, if this trend or patterns is apply properly,
then we can predict the future of the product
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35. S-Curves
• Laws governing the Trends of Evolution
– Static Law
– Dynamic law
– Cinematic Law
• Trends in Technology Evolution
– Transition from single to double to multiple
– The transition from rigid to flexible to wave technologies
– The transition from mechanical to thermal to electronic energy
application
– Transition from large to small
– Strait lines to curves
– Manual to automatic, or moving towards decreasing human
involvement
– Transition towards controllability
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36. Resources
• One of TRIZ fundamental in solving problem
• Evaluate the resources around us
– Smell, Touch, and See
– Negative or positive resources
– Big or small resources
– Mechanical, human, electrical, water, air, etc
• Divided into
– Substances
– Energy
– Space
– Time
– Functions
– Information
– Combine Resources
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37. Resources
• How to use?
– Prioritize
• First consider free of charge resource which are already there
in the system
• resources outside the system but easily available and at very
low cost
• resources available at a cost
– Analyze
• Formulate a list of resources
• prioritize them in their order, internal and free at the top,
external and paid at the bottom.
• Define what kind of resources are needed for solving the
problem
• Evaluate and estimate each of the existing resources
• Prioritize in the order of their effects/ usefulness to the given
problem
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38. Function Attribute Analysis (FAA)
• to understand the elements of the system, their interactions,
and the problems with those interactions
• Why? Solutions change over time BUT functions remain
– Functions: Move from A to B
• Walk, Horse, Motorbike, Car
– Functions: Cleaned clothes
• Soap, Water, Detergent, etc
– Functions: Remove water from tank
• Break, pump, foam, boiling, etc
• Defined
– Process mapping – Steps in a time sequence
– Relationships between system elements at each process step
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39. FAA
Main Function M
Useful functions
1. Identified the components
Harmful functions
Insufficient functions 2. Identified the functions
• Main Functions
Excessive functions
• Sub-functions
Missing functions • Etc
3. Characterize functions
• Useful functions
• Negative functions
4. Define problem
5. Look for solutions idea
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40. FAA
• Can I eliminate this part?
• Do I need the functions offered by
the part?
TRIMMING • Can something else in or around
the system perform the functions?
RULES • Can an existing part perform the
function?
• Can a low cost alternative perform
the functions
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41. Su-Field
What is S-Field Model
1. An s-field consists of at least two substances ("S1" and "S2") and a field ("F")
2. In an s-field model, "S1" is a product that will be processed, "S2" is a tool that
processes and "F" is a field (or energy or force) used by the tool "S2" to act on the
product "S1".
3. The fields in a s-field can be:
 Mechanical (pressure, force, gravity)
 Electrical (electric field, current, electric waves)
 Magnetic (magnetic fields)
 Thermal (application of heat or cold)
 Audible (acoustic sound, waves of all frequencies)
 Chemical (chemical reactions that change a substance)
 Biological (biological interactions between elements).
S1 is a "product" that will be machined, processed, developed, measured, changed, etc.
S2 is a "tool," an element that provides (or produces) these changes, actions or operations.
Typically, only a tool can be modified and improved.
F is a "field" (or energy, force) used by the tool, S2, to act upon the product, S1.
Lines between elements show interaction between elements. Interactions can be useful, harmful,
unregulated, poor or absent.
http://www.realinnovation.com/content/c070409a.asp
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42. Space-Time Interface
• Also know as 9-windows / System Operator
• Take into account not just the system or problem but
also the main problem or main system and/or the sub-
system
• Shows the trend of the solutions
• Will help to find/identified problem correctly
• It can be 12-windows
• Start with present than move front and back (past &
future) and move up and down (sub and super)
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43. Space-Time Interface
Hyper System
Super System
Current Current
Solution
Sub System
Past Present Future
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44. ARIZ
• Russian Acronym for "Algorithm of Inventive Problem Solving".
• The analytical tool of TRIZ used for defining a problem through problem defining algorithm
• ARIZ (ARIZ85C) contains nine steps as below.
– Restructuring of the Original Problem
• Analysis of the system, which helps to define the basic function of the system and the root
conflict that is worth solving.
• Analysis of the resources of the system includes analysis of the zone where the selected
conflict happens, periods when it happens and objects and energy that system has.
• Define the Ideal Final Result and Formulate the Physical Contradiction
– II. Removing the Physical Contradiction
• Separate the Physical Contradiction-which includes application of one of six rules to separate
conflicting requirements.
• Apply the Knowledge Base: Effects, Standards, and Principles
• Change or reformulate the problem
– III. Analyzing the Solution
• Review the Solution and Analyze the Removal of the Physical Contradiction,
• Develop Maximum Usage of the Solution,
• Review all the Stages in ARIZ in "Real Time" Application.
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45. Quick Test for a good solution
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46. Conclusion
• Someone, somewhere, had solve the problem
• Innovation (part of MIMOS tag) is putting the idea into
saleable item
• 90% of ideas are not saleable
(http://www.patentlysilly.com/)
• TRIZ is NOT a SOLUTION to a problem BUT a tool to
generate better and useable idea to solve the
problem.
• TRIZ is not to find root cause of a problem BUT a tool
to solve founded root cause of a problem
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47. Ideally
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48. References
• http://en.wikipedia.org
• http://www.triz.co.uk/pwpcontrol.php?pwpID=166
• http://www.trizsite.com/startup/default.asp
• http://www.innovation-triz.com
• http://www.triz-journal.com/archives/1997/07/b/index.html
• http://triz40.com/
• http://www.triz-journal.com
• http://www.aitriz.org
• http://www.insytec.com/TRIZApproach.htm
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49. Thank you.
Nurul Haszeli Ahmad
masteramuk@yahoo.com
http://malaysiandeveloper.blogspot.com