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Alex Alblas is an Associate Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology in the School of Industrial Engineering, specializing in Accelerating Innovation and Organizational Learning Processes within the Innovation, Technology Entrepreneurship & Marketing (ITEM) group. His research is centered on understanding and optimizing organizational learning and knowledge flows that facilitate the acceleration of innovation. This encompasses enhancing product and process innovation performance by gaining experience in launching new products. Alblas emphasizes the importance of how organizations learn, adapt, and respond to changing market conditions and global challenges in a timely manner. His work includes investigating operational innovation practices that lead to improved performance. Notably, he is the principal investigator of a significant industry-funded research project focusing on product development and manufacturing practices to enhance project efficiency. He holds a PhD in Innovation Management from the University of Groningen and has previously worked as a Process Improvement Specialist at ASML. His efforts have involved developing sustainability metrics within new product development projects and advising companies in the deep-tech sector, including notable firms such as NXP and TomTom.
ASML • Not Provided
Involved in challenging projects focused on the learning curve improvement in new product introduction phases.
University of Groningen • Not Provided
Worked on the 'Deployment Sustainability Metrics (DoSyM)' project which aimed to address the challenges companies face in integrating sustainability metrics into new product development.
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