NEW PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT

Artificial Intelligence

Efficiency, innovation, and decision-making in product development.

Innovative Design

Explore cutting-edge methodologies.

Sustainability

Circular economy, eco-design, and regulatory compliance.

Purpose

This survey examines how SMEs are integrating innovative methodologies, artificial intelligence, and sustainability into their product development processes, aiming to identify key barriers and propose actionable solutions to overcome them.

This survey complies with GDPR and is completely anonymous; no personal information will be collected.

What’s in the Survey?

The survey is organized into five main sections

Company Overview, your organization’s size, sector, and focus.

New Product Development Processes, your lifecycle and key bottlenecks.

Design Methodologies, adoption and challenges of design methods.

Artificial Intelligence, role in creativity, efficiency, and decisions.

Sustanability, integration of sustinable practices.

Goals

Identify Barriers and Solutions

Pinpoint challenges SMEs face and provide actionable insights to overcome them.

Promote Sustainability

Encourage the integration of eco-friendly practices and circular economy principles into product development.

Empower SMEs with Innovation

Highlight modern methodologies like Agile and Design Thinking to streamline processes and improve outcomes.

Leverage Artificial Intelligence

Showcase the potential of AI in product design to improve efficiency, creativity, and decision-making.

Survey Outcomes

Our survey aims to uncover the current practices, challenges, and key pain points SMEs face in new product development.

By analyzing the collected data, we will evaluate their familiarity with innovative methodologies, sustainability practices, and AI integration.

Based on these insights, we will develop actionable methodologies and a tailored framework of tools to help SMEs enhance their new product development processes.

The outcomes of this research will be published as academic contributions and shared on this website, providing valuable resources to empower SMEs in driving innovation and achieving sustainability.

Contact us

Have Questions? Get in Touch.

University of Padua
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
(ICEA)
Via Venezia 1, 35121, Padova, Italy