Siemens Case Study: Crowdsourcing Solutions to Turn Gridlock into Green Lights

Siemens Case Study: Crowdsourcing Solutions to Turn Gridlock into Green Lights

Siemens, known for its innovation and resource-saving technologies, launched a global mobility contest to find innovative solutions to tackle five of the toughest challenges facing the traffic industry. The contest involving professionals, university students, and the community at large, was powered by Planview IdeaPlace innovation platform, which enabled users to post suggestions for improving existing ideas that had already been submitted and also vote on those ideas. Based on the outcomes, three winners were selected to pitch their idea to a jury panel of seven experts for final evaluation and selection. The platform provided a way for Siemens to gather ideas from various internal units and non-employees in a coherent manner.

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