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SIT for Problem Solving (PS) is used to tackle problems in a wide range of areas, including technical problems in high-tech and low-tech industries, production and manufacturing challenges, and problems in marketing, strategy, and process problems. If you want to solve a well-defined problem that is delaying your R&D efforts, diminishing your efficiency, or making your customers unhappy, SIT for PS can be a tremendous help. Here's the short version of how we do it: two SIT facilitators will typically spend several days with your organization, working with a team of 10-12 professionals from the relevant departments. They will help the group to apply the SIT tools and principles to solve the problem at hand. This effort will result in three main deliverables:

1. A list of ideas that have passed preliminary filtering (several dozen);
2. A small number of proposals for development;
3. A preliminary action plan so that you can begin launching the new ideas right away.

We help you achieve all of this by following a set of clear goals and objectives, and working on a well-defined time table.

If you are looking for a truly innovative, non-trivial solution to a problem, SIT for Problem Solving can help. SIT for PS can be applied to a large variety of problems, including: Technical problems arising from the manufacturing or development process, from the process of turning ideas into products, and from costing. Click here to try to solve a riddle Marketing problems, such as increasing market share, competing with the industry leader, and differentiating your product or service from others'. Problems of strategy, management, and human resources. What's Special about SIT's Approach to Problem Solving? Most solutions to problems involve making either "Parametric" or "Concept" changes: Parametric Change involves modifying one component of a system - for example, building a stronger motor, increasing memory capacity, or decreasing customer service personnel. Concept Change involves completely replacing the current technology - for example, switching from film to digital photography or from internal combustion engines to fuel cells. While both of these approaches can be extremely effective, each has significant drawbacks. Parametric Change modifications can often lead to successful new products, but they do not result in breakthrough innovation. Concept Changes, on the other hand, are largely innovative, but tend to require major investments of time and money. Fortunately, there is another possible approach to problem solving. "Logical Change" solutions are in certain respects simpler than Parametric or Concept changes, yet are rarely employed. Logical Change involves, as the name suggests, changing something in the logic of the system - using a product's existing components, but changing the relationships among those components. In general terms this can mean, for instance, using the problem itself as the source of the solution, or recognizing that an apparently essential component of a system is actually no longer needed. The VW Beetle, which uses the air around the car to cool its motor, is an example of a Logical Change solution. Even though Logical Change can yield excellent solutions, most problem solvers are more accustomed to using the two other, more intuitive approaches. The SIT Problem Solving methodology leads to Logical Change by applying two unique structural principles - "Closed World" and "Qualitative Change", a set of five thinking tools to achieve significant changes at a reasonable cost. For further material on SIT's approach to PS. What You Can Expect No matter what sort of problem you want to use SIT for PS to solve, the outcomes will look like this: You will definitely have found novel ways to think about the problem. You will most likely have discovered new directions in which to look for the problem's solution. You may very well solve the problem.