{"id":137655,"date":"2018-06-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qmarkets.net\/schindler-announces-deployment-of-qmarkets-software-to-boost-creativity-and-innovation\/"},"modified":"2018-06-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T22:00:00","slug":"schindler-announces-deployment-of-qmarkets-software-to-boost-creativity-and-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qmarkets.net\/de\/resources\/news\/schindler-announces-deployment-of-qmarkets-software-to-boost-creativity-and-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Schindler Announces Deployment of Qmarkets Software to Boost Creativity and Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Schindler has partnered with idea and innovation management software company Qmarkets to leverage the collective intelligence of their German workforce.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>BERLIN, June 7th, 2018 \u2013<\/strong>Schindler, a leading global manufacturer of escalators, elevators, and moving walkways, has invited 4,000 employees from across Germany to participate in a collaborative idea generation process using Qmarkets\u2019 award winning collective intelligence software.<\/p>\n<p>Launched on the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>of April, the platform generated an incredible 252 ideas within just over two weeks. This high rate of creativity and innovation excellence can be attributed to the promotional efforts of Schindler, who employed a variety of promotional techniques to encourage participation, including newsletters, magazines, flyers, and SMS texts.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the 4,000 users who have been invited to participate in the idea generation, there are many field workers who don\u2019t have regular access to computers. However, due to Qmarkets\u2019 responsive mobile interface and dual-login functionality, over 60% of these employees were engaged within the first week, and able to contribute ideas towards developing innovative manufacturing solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Schindler\u2019s project team evaluated six different vendors for this initiative, and after undertaking a cost-benefit analysis that compared features, functionality, pricing, and support, Qmarkets\u2019 flagship Q-ideate product was selected for implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Qmarkets\u2019 product replaced a legacy idea management system which was built internally by Schindler over 15 years ago. However, unlike many other German idea generation initiatives, Schindler chose to activate commenting and collaboration features to encourage the development of ideas for process improvements and innovative manufacturing solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is immensely satisfying for us to see our platform generating such an immediate impact for Schindler\u201d shared Noam Danon, Qmarkets\u2019 founder and CEO. \u201cIt\u2019s a pleasure to see a renowned organization like Schindler utilizing our advanced engagement capabilities to create such a forward-thinking approach to innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Qmarkets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As an established leader on the idea generation and innovation management landscape, Qmarkets has developed a reputation over the last 10 years for delivering the most comprehensive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/qmarkets.net\/products\/under-the-hood\/crowd-voting-tools\/\">crowdsourcing software solutions<\/a>\u00a0in the world. Recognized by leading analysts such as Gartner, Forrester, and Info-tech, Qmarkets offers unmatched technical and design flexibility to their extensive list of leading global clients; including Nestle, Ford, Lufthansa, Ab InBev, Phillip Morris International, UniCredit, and many more.<\/p>\n<p>Qmarkets\u2019 software offering extends beyond\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/qmarkets.net\/use-cases\/by-challenge\/innovation-management\/\">innovation management<\/a>\u00a0to include products focusing on process improvement, continuous improvement and operational excellence; open innovation with customers and business partners; <a href=\"https:\/\/qmarkets.net\/products\/q-scout\/\">technology scouting for enterprise M&amp;A opportunities<\/a>; and digital employee engagement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c6c117 single-post-content content elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"8c6c117\" data-element_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p><strong>To discover how Qmarkets can help you boost creativity and innovation for your\u00a0corporate enterprise, don\u2019t hesitate to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/qmarkets.net\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a>\u00a0today. You can also click here to organize a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/qmarkets.net\/contact-us\/\">free demo<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For press inquiries please contact:<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Elliott Wilkins<\/p>\n<p>Marketing Manager, Qmarkets<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:elliott.wilkins@Qmarkets.net\">elliott.wilkins@Qmarkets.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>+44 7469171016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schindler has partnered with idea and innovation management software company Qmarkets to leverage the collective intelligence of their German workforce. BERLIN, June 7th, 2018 \u2013Schindler, a leading global manufacturer of escalators, elevators, and moving walkways, has invited 4,000 employees from across Germany to participate in a collaborative idea generation process using Qmarkets\u2019 award winning collective intelligence software. Launched on the 3rdof April, the platform generated an incredible 252 ideas within just over two weeks. This high rate of creativity and innovation excellence can be attributed to the promotional efforts of Schindler, who employed a variety of promotional techniques to encourage participation, including newsletters, magazines, flyers, and SMS texts. Out of the 4,000 users who have been invited to participate in the idea generation, there are many field workers who don\u2019t have regular access to computers. However, due to Qmarkets\u2019 responsive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qmarkets.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qmarkets.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qmarkets.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qmarkets.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qmarkets.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qmarkets.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qmarkets.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qmarkets.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qmarkets.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}