The Challenges of Matcher Human Centric Innovation Edition
The third edition of MATCHER Open Innovation Program focused on 13 Challenges proposed by the 11 Emilia-Romagna corporate partners. These were grouped in 3 thematic clusters.
Cluster 1: PROCESS OPTIMIZATION, AUTOMATION & CUSTOMER CENTRICITY
With the diffusion of the human-machine interaction, technologies became the best support to workers and customers, who remain the two main focuses of every business. The research of innovative solutions that allow to save time, better manage key activities and increase customer satisfaction is the key to success of this cluster.
#1. People flow monitoring and real-time data visualization
Technological solutions for monitoring the flow of people and real-time displaying of data both on the back-end for managers and on the front-end for customers.
#2. Visualization tools for customizing products
Configurator of personalized products made of standardized components that allows the customer to compose the product they need via a user friendly visual interface and that supports the staff visualizing the product designed by the client.
#3. Autonomous and collaborative solutions for product handling and moving
Autonomous and collaborative robotic/AGV/cobotic solution to select samples from the production line and transport them to the lab on behalf of the human operator.
#4. Visual platforms to enable product design by the customer
Solutions to improve the buying experience through AR/VR tools interfaced with a self-service design and profiling software.
#5. Solutions to prevent car accidents related to smartphone use
Scalable technology that allows to detect and reduce distraction from smartphones while driving.
Cluster 2: TRAINING TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING
In Human Centric Innovation, technology is seen as a functional business tool to make communication more accessible in each company. This applies both when it comes to knowledge and know-how sharing between colleagues and during training activities aimed at creating or enhancing the hard and soft skills of the workers.
#6. Training tools for work safety
Tools to create awareness and boost the quality of training on occupational risks.
#7. Automated software to support workers with complex problem solving
Solutions to share and automatically aggregate know-how and business experience to help employees solve complex problems and needs.
#8. Training solutions for the installation of mechanical components
Technologies to create innovative trainings on the installation of standardized pieces in different environments, on processes of assembly and on mechanical processing.
#9. Innovative training tools to make tasks more accessible
Alternative technological training solutions aimed to improve the engagement in training activities. This solution should also make tasks and trainings more accessible.
Cluster 3: WORKPLACE COMMUNITY, WELLBEING AND INCLUSION
Technology is seen, among others, as a fundamental support to ensure the well-being of every worker: this includes not only welfare, but also the use of innovation to increase the engagement of workers in the workplace community and in its corporate culture and to ensure the inclusion of all diversities in the professional environment by eliminating all types of discrimination.
#10. Solutions to spread corporate culture
Technological solutions that supports the company spreading the corporate values among employees and helps to disseminate a correct approach towards hybrid working
#11. Solutions to boost engagement in hybrid spaces
Solutions that facilitates the engagement of remote participants and the knowledge-sharing dynamics among remote and in-presence participants of formal as well as informal events.
#12. Recruiting tools to guarantee diversity, equity & inclusion
Recruitment technologies designed to remove cognitive biases
#13. Wellbeing lifestyle data collection solutions
Solution to collect wellbeing lifestyle related data (e.g. approach to sport, sleep, burnout, nutrition…) to study aggregate anonymous information on user groups.
