The field of research and development
Technological advances that affecting consumed and industrial products and services, have shortened product life cycles. Shorter life cycle of product and service mean that companies must continually improve their ability to introduce new and revised products rapidly and successfully in order to continue to grow, be profitable, and even survive.
The R&D department is usually responsible for introducing new products and improving or modifying existing or old products so that the company can successfully implement strategies. R&D department managers and employees perform the following specialized tasks:
The field of research and development
Technological advances that affecting consumed and industrial products and services, have shortened product life cycles. Shorter life cycle of product and service mean that companies must continually improve their ability to introduce new and revised products rapidly and successfully in order to continue to grow, be profitable, and even survive.
The R&D department is usually responsible for introducing new products and improving or modifying existing or old products so that the company can successfully implement strategies. R&D department managers and employees perform the following specialized tasks:
Research and development sequence
In the traditional sequence of R&D steps, there is often a time gap. Also, many refinements are made to turn an invention into a marketable product. Therefore, the economic impact of an invention remains unknown for some time.
Today, a new approach called systems focus integrates the entire R&D process. Instead of a sequential R&D process, systems-focused companies create an integrated team. This team consists of a group or core of managers, scientists, and engineers who want to match the research done in the lab with the capabilities available in manufacturing.
First generation of R&D
The first generation was pursued in the 1950s and 1960s and can be described as putting a few knowledgeable people in a dark room, throwing money at them, and hoping. At this time, R&D was an ivory tower, where decisions were made about unlikely technologies without interaction with the rest of the company. R&D units of this generation were managed in an organizational hierarchy, and their costs were considered overhead costs. There was no clear connection between R&D and business strategy.
Second generation of R&D
In the 1970s, a strategic framework was provided for R&D units at the project level, and business was considered an external customer for R&D performers. In other words, the integration of R&D and business emerged. This view forced companies to place R&D more under the control of business units than under the control of the company. In fact, a strong orientation towards the market took place.
The third generation of R&D
By the late 1980s, R&D leaders sought to be present throughout the organization and to have formal relationships with all units. In this generation, R&D seeks to find ways to meet existing business needs and other company needs while at the same time participating in identifying and exploiting technology opportunities in existing and new businesses.
Third-generation R&D management focused on synergy between businesses and projects, and in a way, considered the entire organization as a single whole. Thus, collaboration between units took a structured form, thereby minimizing risk and allowing the entire organization to share in the benefits of research decisions.
The fourth generation of R&D
In this generation of R&D, the process of learning simultaneously with customers has been introduced. The pace and global scope of change force companies to balance the increased risk of change with the business opportunities. This means experimenting with new ideas in strong alliances with customers. In this process, IT tools may play a key role.
Fifth generation R&D
In this generation, R&D is created as part of a whole innovation system involving competitors, suppliers, customers and distributors, which extends beyond the boundaries of the company. In this generation, knowledge is the only asset that needs to be managed.
Adding up
Given the evolution of research and development, each company should work in this direction in accordance with its capabilities and needs. In general, research and development activities should have a more precise relationship with organizational goals and be more coordinated with them. Research and development units in organizations are actually responsible for the long-term effectiveness of the organization.
During the period of establishing a company, the role of research and development is completely individual, and one or more people start a company with an innovation. In the infancy of the company, the role of research and development is practically overshadowed by the company’s current activities to provide liquidity and becomes somewhat less important, but when the liquidity problem is resolved, in the period of rapid growth, one of the main roles of management is again the role of entrepreneurship or research and development. In the remaining stages of the organization’s growth, the key role of research and development is removed from the individual and becomes apparent in the form of organizational units. In fact, the role of entrepreneurship in these stages of a company’s life is assigned to research and development units.
What should be kept in mind is that research and development activities should not stop at the level of the first and second generations units. For this purpose, it should be considered one of the main decision-making units in organizational decision-making. Otherwise, if it is under the influence of other units, it will not be practically effective.
R&D
Since its establishment and the beginning of its activities, it has always been active in various scientific, research and investigation fields and has provided various services in various fields to the scientific community of the country. Among these measures is the formation of scientific groups in the fields of industrial automation, precision instruments, industrial networks, robotics and mechatronics, new energies, drives and low pressure, which are the basic foundation and pillar of carrying out various activities in various scientific fields. To familiarize yourself with the activities of the practical groups and also to receive the resumes of the groups, please refer to the section below.
R&D
Since its establishment and the beginning of its activities, it has always been active in various scientific, research and investigation fields and has provided various services in various fields to the scientific community of the country. Among these measures is the formation of scientific groups in the fields of industrial automation, precision instruments, industrial networks, robotics and mechatronics, new energies, drives and low pressure, which are the basic foundation and pillar of carrying out various activities in various scientific fields. To familiarize yourself with the activities of the practical groups and also to receive the resumes of the groups, please refer to the section below.
Research and development
The R&D unit of Qeshm Voltage Company has been operating since 2004 and has been successful in obtaining a research and development license from the Ministry of Industries and Mines in 2011. During these years, the R&D unit has carried out the following activities with great effort and perseverance and with the help of experienced consultants:
Research and development
The R&D unit of Qeshm Voltage Company has been operating since 2004 and has been successful in obtaining a research and development license from the Ministry of Industries and Mines in 2011. During these years, the R&D unit has carried out the following activities with great effort and perseverance and with the help of experienced consultants:
- Formulating the company's strategic strategy and annual strategy.
- Presenting Persian and English articles domestically and internationally
- Developing manufactured products based on customer needs and technology
- Authoring books in the fields of industrial automation, precision instrumentation, robotics, mechatronics, artificial intelligence, solar energy
- Carrying out research projects in the fields of industrial automation, precision instrumentation, robotics, mechatronics, artificial intelligence, and solar energy.
- Holding seminars and workshops nationwide
- Holding scientific competitions at the national level
- Supporting research ideas and projects towards commercialization
- Transfer and localization of technologies appropriate to the company's field of work
- Providing services to universities and research centers in the form of industrial laboratories and prototyping workshops and accepting trainees
Educational software and teaching aids
The Scientific Committee of Qeshm Voltage Company, with the aim of providing electronic education, has provided step-by-step educational software on CD, which are mentioned below (some of these software are fully interactive and are being produced and presented for the first time in Iran).
- Drive Training CD approved by the Educational Research and Planning Organization
- Industrial Electricity Training CD approved by the Educational Research and Planning Organization
- PLC S7 200 Training CD approved by the Educational Research and Planning Organization
- PCS7 Step-by-Step Training CD approved by the Educational Research and Planning Organization
- Mini PLC Logo Training CD approved by the Educational Research and Planning Organization
- Intermediate PLC Step-by-Step Training CD approved by the Educational Research and Planning Organization
- Introductory PLC Step-by-Step Training CD approved by the Educational Research and Planning Organization
- Simatic Presentation Training CD
- Step-by-step BMS Training CD in Action
- Simatic Process Diagnostic Training CD
- Step-by-step Robotics Training CD in Action
- Simatic Step by Step Training CD in Action
- Step-by-step Precision Instrumentation Training CD in Action
- Wincc Flexible Training CD approved by the Educational Research and Planning Organization
Books and pamphlets
The Scientific Committee of Qeshm Voltage Company, consider all the needs and shortcomings in the automation industry and in order to collect scientific and practical materials in this industry and present these materials in the form of pamphlets, scientific, educational and practical books, has cooperated with expert professors and ultimately presented books in various scientific fields. You can see the list of the aforementioned books and pamphlets below.
- S5 booklet
- LOGO booklet
- LOGO booklet
- WINCC I booklet
- PLC S7 200 booklet
- PLC S7 300 I booklet
- PLC S7 300 II booklet
- PCS 7 booklet
- DRIVE booklet
- EPLAN booklet
- WINCC II booklet
- PROTOOL booklet
- Industrial Networks Brochure
- WINCC Flexible booklet
- LOGO! booklet
- CNC 810,840D booklet
- Advanced Industrial Monitoring Book with PRO-FACE
- CNC 802C/D/S booklet
- AS-Interface Industrial Network Book
- Advanced Industrial Automation Fundamentals Book with PLC S7 200
Scientific seminars and conferences
The Scientific Committee of Qeshm Voltage Company has organized educational workshops, presented scientific articles and subjects at conferences and scientific seminars across the country, with the aim of connecting with scientific centers and also improving the scientific and educational level.
Research services
The Scientific Committee of Qeshm Voltage Company has provided various research services in scientific fields in order to promote the relationship between industry and university and support and grow new knowledge and technologies in Iran, which the list of it, is briefly listed below:
- Cooperation with the General Technical and Vocational Directorate of Semnan Province to develop a robotics standard.
- Obtaining second place in the top ideas in the 8th National Festival of Inventions and Innovations of Yazd Science and Technology Park, March 2010.
- Cooperating with the planning office and compiling technical and vocational training to develop standards for solar water heater installers and repairers.
- Selected as a research and development unit for 2010 at the National Industry and Mining Day Conference held on July 11, 2011.
- Cooperating with the planning office and compiling technical and professional training to develop a standard for setting up a refrigeration system with Mini PLC Logo.
- Cooperating with the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Planning and Compilation Office of the National Education Organization to develop a mechatronics standard.
- Attending the second National Science to Action, Technology and Commercialization Festival and Exhibition from September 14 to 17, 2011 and receiving a certificate of appreciation for presenting 2 innovative products in the field of robotics and mechatronics.
- Formation of the Iranian Robotics Association.
- Dispatching an expert to develop specialized educational and technical standards.
- Donation of an educational industrial robot to Shahrood University of Technology.
- Donation of an educational industrial robot to Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University
- Cooperation with the Iranian Institute of Standards and Industrial Research to compilation standards.
- Donation of an educational robot set to the General Directorate of Technical and Vocational Education of Tehran Province (Moshirieh Center).
- Donation of an educational mechatronics set to the General Directorate of Technical and Vocational Education of Tehran Province (Moshirieh Center).
- Sponsor of the 17th Iranian Electrical Engineering Conference, held at Iran University of Science and Technology from May 12 to 14.
- Obtaining the title of "Top Research and Development Unit" in the country at the first international Iranian Research and Development Awards Festival in the Research and Development Units section on October 1, 2011.