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2003
0,57
Innovation Scorecard
97% 97% 97%
ReferencePoints
2004 2004 2004
2004 2004 2004
2004 2004 2004
Green lights 76% 76% 76% all along 0,56 0,56 0,56 the 16,2% line 16,2%
DEVELOPMENT OF THE THREE CHALLENGES BETWEEN 2003 AND 2005
NEW PRODUCTS
1 /5
1/5 of our revenue should come from
products, markets and applications
developed over the past five years.
2003
16,5%
Between 2003 and 2006, the number
of projects collected has risen
remarkably.
Quantity and Quality: of the
312 projects collected, involving
1 381 employees, after hotly-disputed
elimination rounds, just 96 (after
a second pre-selection round)
are competing in the six categories
objective
objective
of for the 2006 2006 Trophy. 2003 2004 2005
65% 65% 65% 0,57 0,57 0,57
2005 2005 2005
0,69 0,69 0,69
2005 2005 2005
20,1% 20,1% 20,1%
PARTNERSHIP
1 /2
One innovative project in two should be
generated in close collaboration with
external partners, such as customers,
universities, public authorities…
2003
2005
2003
65%
objective objective
0,69 0,57 objective
2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2004 2005 2005for
2005 2006 for 2006 for 2006
COMMITMENT
16,5% 16,5% 16,5%
16,2%
1 /1
97% 97% 97%
Every Group entity should be involved
in at least one officially recognized
innovative project.
46.5
% 16.5 16.5 16.2 % % 16.2 % 16.2 18.5 % % 18.5 2004 18.5 % 20% % 20% 20% 2004 49% 49% 51% 49% 51% 51% 46% 200446%
46% 50% 50% 50% 65% 65% 65% 76% 76% 76% 97% 97% 100% 97% 100% 100%
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16,2%
2004
2004
0,56Upward
progression at 16,2% Group level, despite
application of a stricter definition in 2005.
2005
objective
for 2006
PERCENTAGE OF SALES
GENERATED BY NEW PRODUCTS
20,1%
2003
2004
2005 2005 2005
2003
2005
2003
2005
0,57 20,1%
objective 16,5% objective objective 97%
2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2005
2005 for 2005 2006 for 2006 for 2006 2005
2005
97%
2006,
AN EXCELLENT HARVEST!
objective
for 2006
for 2006
46% 50% 65%
50% 65%
76% 100%
76%
97%
97% 100%
2003 2003 2003
PERCENTAGE OF INNOVATIVE
PROJECTS BEING UNDERTAKEN
IN PARTNERSHIP
2003
65%
2003
0,57
76%
0,56
2004
2004
76% This indicator is necessarily 0,56a
fluctuating one,
oscillating between 46% and 51%.
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25 25
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19
16
16
2003 2003 2003
312
312
2003
2003
2006
96
18
20
20
12
12
16
16
10
10
PERCENTAGE
OF ENTITIES
INVOLVED
2003 2003 2003
THE SIX CATEGORIES
New
New
business
business
Customer Customer oriented oriented projects projects
Performance improvement
Management improvement
Sustainable development and and citizenship
Replicated innovations
2005 2005 2005
J U L Y 2 0 0 6 5
2003
20
65% 6
2004 2004 20
76% 76% 7
objective objective objective
2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 for 2005 2006 for 2006 for 2006
Whilst the definition of “entity” can vary,
commitment is clearly on an uptrend.
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