Launched in 2015, IDEAS is Amer Sports\u2019 innovation initiative, using the power of crowdsourcing to harness the innovative potential of \u00a0\u00a0thousands of Amer Sports employees. Over 1,500 ideas were submitted across 30 campaigns. As of the time of the winning of the award, over 100 ideas had been selected for implementation, each idea worth an average of \u20ac23,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\t\t\tRead the Case Study<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n In the path leading up to winning the award, Amer Sports\u2019 Annecy Design Center (ADC) was visited by a delegation from Innov’acteurs in order to audit IDEAS. This audit included a close examination of the tools and processes of the innovation project, as well as the outcomes. In addition, the Innov\u2019acteurs delegation interviewed employees. It was the combined results of this audit which led the jury to choose Amer Sports the Gold Award for Collaborative Innovation!<\/p>\n Standing out to the Innov’acteurs delegation was the high level of commitment shown by the employees of Amer Sports, (over 50% participation in ADC, 30% among the workers in factories in Austria and Bulgaria), as well as the wide range and variety of topics discussed during the Call for Ideas (Operational Excellence, Employee Commitment, Sustainability, Products and Services Innovation). Also noted by Innov’acteurs was the involvement of multiple sites in different countries, involving the numerous brands which constitute the Amer Sports brand. \u00a0Particular attention was paid to the originality of IDEAS corners, dedicated areas with notice boards and tablets which employees could use to participate in the innovation project.<\/p>\n \u201cParticipating in this competition was a good opportunity to get external feedback from a renowned organization.\u201d Shared Matthieu Knibiehly, the Collaborative Innovation Manager at Amer Sports.<\/p>\n Amer Sports is the second consecutive Qmarkets customer to win this prestigious award, after Europe\u2019s largest transmission systems operator and energy supplier, RTE, won the award in 2016.<\/p>\n To learn more about the collaboration between Amer Sports and Qmarkets, read the case study below.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/qmarkets.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Amer_Sports_Award_1-1024x681.jpg\")
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