Activity design in product development

A method is proposed which responds to a two-fold problem: to organize the adapted valorization process from a scientific and technical result and to reduce the industrialization time of new technology. This necessitates the identification of the available know-how and the activities that could be possible, the adjustment of each product idea to the needs of the market, the determination of the specifications of the modifications to be made in the conception stage, the design of the new activity, and the promotion of exchanges between the different departments of the firm. These stages are illustrated by an industrial case dealing with the creation of a new activity in the field of aromatic raw materials. A review of the different cases in which this method has been used is presented. The proposed activity design method enables one to analyze the commercial positioning of the product or of the technical system. It also enables one to identify a certain number of design objectives of the economic activity.<>