Innovation management in practise - analyse of Buhlergroup's innovation management

Abstract

Bühler is a worldwide specialist for system design and services for transforming renewable raw materials and synthetic materials into high-quality functional products and valuable materials. Buhler’s high-tech systems and processing plants are in service at customers’ sites throughout the world and Buhler is a global technology partner for the food industry, chemical processing and die casting. The introductory part of this CCS makes the reader aware of terms and perceptions that are necessary when dealing with the topic of innovation management. This theoretical introduction is followed by a description of Bühler to make the reader familiar with the company’s specific history, products and services. 2 The analyze of Bühler’s Innovation Management is a next big part of the CCS which is followed by challenges and an outlook to the future development of Bühler. It seems that recent R&D activities might change Bühler’s whole business model.