TRIZ The theory of Inventif Problem Solving State of the art

In view of the modern society desires and requirements, innovation has actually become a crucial factor for a large sector of industrial companies. Also, competition is no longer only based on the production quality and quantity. For that issue, a significant fragment of research and development studies concentrates on innovation aid tools and methodologies integration amounts the various industry fields. In this context the paper presents a state of the art of the recent research studies exploiting the TRIZ theory, the Russian theory that has been successfully integrated in many fields and industry sectors, also proves its performances resolving innovative problems and improving creativity and ideation spirit in different fields. The presented state of the art is analyzed in terms of the TRIZ exploitation in product design, the field scoring the first level of the TRIZ theory exploitation.