Philips 2013 Annual Report Download - page 89

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eectiveness. In addition, PGI opens up new value
spaces beyond current business scope or focus
(Emerging Business Areas), manages the Emerging-
Business-Areas-related R&D portfolio, and creates
synergy for cross-sector initiatives.
PGI encompasses Philips Research, Philips Innovation
Services, the Philips Innovation Campus in Bangalore,
the Philips Innovation Center Shanghai, Philips Design,
the Philips Healthcare Incubator as well as Emerging
Business Areas. In total, PGI employs some 4,900
professionals around the globe.
PGI actively participates in ‘Open Innovation’ through
relationships with academic and industrial partners, as
well as via European and regional projects, in order to
improve innovation efficiency and eectiveness,
generate new ideas, enhance technology partnering
capabilities, and share the related financial exposure.
The High Tech Campus in Eindhoven (Netherlands), the
Philips Innovation Campus in Bangalore (India), and the
Philips Innovation Center in Shanghai (China) are prime
examples of environments enabling Open Innovation.
Through Open Innovation, Philips also seeks to ensure
proximity of innovation activities to growth
geographies. For example, in 2013, Philips and Dubai
Economic Council signed a memorandum of
understanding to develop a series of strategic initiatives
to encourage the adoption of Open Innovation
strategies between businesses and government in the
United Arab Emirates.
A joint initiative between PGI, IT and multiple Philips
businesses aims at speeding up digital innovation to
create personalized solutions that matter to people.
One of the results in 2013 was that Philips, together with
Accenture, simulated the first proof-of-concept for the
seamless transfer of patient vital signs into Google
Glass. At the IFA in Berlin, Philips also demonstrated
apps that add smart personalized functionalities to
consumer products, such as a facial hair style app, an air
purification app, and a coee experience app.
Philips Research
Philips Research is the main partner of Philips’
operating businesses for technology-enabled
innovation. It creates new technologies and the related
intellectual property (IP), which enables Philips to grow
in businesses and markets. Together with the
businesses and the markets, Philips Research co-
creates innovations to strengthen the core businesses
as well as to open up new opportunities in adjacent
business areas. Research’s innovation pipeline is
aligned with our vision and strategy and inspired by
unmet customer needs as well as major societal
challenges.
In 2013, Philips Research created the world’s most
energy-efficient warm-white LED lamp. The new TLED
prototype, designed to replace fluorescent tube
lighting, delivers 200 lumens per watt of high-quality
light, halving energy use compared to current LED
lamps.
In the area of Healthcare, Philips Research co-created
innovative imaging solutions with improved ultrasound,
MRI and X-ray results. In the case of X-ray, the Philips
AlluraClarity system provides industry-leading visibility
for live image guidance at low X-ray dose levels.
The new EPIQ premium ultrasound platform received
outstanding feedback from key opinion leaders about
the exceptional image quality delivered by multiline
beam forming (nSight Imaging) and Anatomical
Intelligence.
Philips Innovation Services
Philips Innovation Services oers a range of advanced
innovation services, expertise and high-tech facilities
across the entire innovation activity chain. Services
extend from concept creation, product development,
prototyping and small series production,
industrialization, quality and reliability, to sustainability
and industrial consulting. Innovation Services’ skills are
leveraged by the Philips businesses and Philips Group
Innovation across all regions, on a wide range of
innovation projects.
Examples of recent innovations supported by
Innovation Services include the Hue personal wireless
lighting, intelligent catheters such as the EchoNavigator
live image-guidance tool, OLED lighting, Green
Hospital energy-saving services for medical
institutions, and the Smart Air Purifier.
Innovation Services also supports Philips’ drive to
deliver innovations that are locally relevant. This year
the organization opened a new Service Center at the
Philips innovation site in Shanghai. Staed by experts in
electronics design, electromagnetic compatibility,
reliability and mechatronics, the Service Center
provides locally relevant services meeting Philips’
innovation needs in China.