R&D complementary activities

A project of R&D should adapt itself to the current market needs as its execution progresses. These modifications, which may include budgetary changes, variations not only in initial activities but in the specific objectives originally set as well, aim to adapt the guidelines established during the formulation of the project to the current market conditions.

Therefore, in all R&D project a technology transfer professional participates in order to provide an objective view of specific technical aspects of the project and to keep focused on the industrial application of every results.

Highly competitive global markets and the fast progress of technology are important determinants that limit opportunities of a technological innovation to very few opportunities in terms of product characteristics and process and right way and time to enter the market, hence, the importance of complementing R&D activities with technology and market vigilance.