Innovation is some kind of innovation, it is supposed to be introduced in a certain industry. The introduction of such innovations involves the implementation of a special process that has its beginning, further movement and end.
The innovation life cycle plays an important role in production planning and organization of the innovation process. This role is:
- in forcing the head of a business entity to analyze activities from the position of today and from the point of view of innovation development;
- in justifying the need for systematic planning for the release of innovations;
- in defining the concept of life cycle as a basis for analysis and planning of innovations.
The life cycle is characterized by innovation. This can be shown by certain differences identified, affecting, first of all, the duration of the cycle, the duration of each specific stage inside and a different number of stages. The number and types of life cycle stages can be determined by the characteristics of a particular innovation. At the same time, each such concept must have a defined"core" (basic) basis with well-defined stages.
Innovation is a process based on the passage of a new product through seven stages of the life cycle:
- directly from its development;
- entering the market;
- development and rise of the market;
- stabilization or fall of the market.
The development stage of a completely new product is organized by the manufacturer of the innovation process. It is at this stage that the investment takes place.
Innovation is directly responsible for the successful passage of the product to the market stage. This is, in a way, the period of introducing a completely new product to the market. As a result, this product should start making money, and the duration of this stage directly depends on the quality of the advertising campaign, the level of inflation and the efficiency of the outlets selling these innovations.
The next stages - the development and rise of the market - are associated with an increase in sales of the implemented product. Their duration is the period of time during which a new product can be actively sold, which contributes to the achievement of a certain limit of its saturation with this product.
As for the application of some innovations in specific industries, it is necessary to pay close attention to the energy activities of companies.
For such organizations, innovation is not just words, it is a necessity that can make the work of power engineers evenmore efficient. To use some of the innovations in their work, energy companies stimulate their own scientific developments and cooperate with research institutes. They are also actively monitoring and implementing innovative solutions.
Innovations in the energy sector are not only (in recent years) the modernization and reconstruction of equipment available to companies. This is the use of completely new technologies to ensure the performance of equipment in severe temperature conditions.
