The course aims to familiarize the Chemical Engineer with the background knowledge and methodology for answering the key questions: ""what product should be manufactured"" and ""how will it be manufactured"", in order to present the best economic and technical characteristics and meet the current environmental requirements and specifications. The course content provides information and knowledge on:

• Needs: Identifying consumer or customer needs and converting them into measurable product features with relevant specifications.
• Ideas: Gathering ideas that may be able to deliver the desired result to meet the needs of the consumer or customer. Evaluate concentrated ideas and select a small number of the best ones.
• Option: Detailed calculations for the best ideas (calculations refer to technical and financial figures). Choice of the idea to be realized.
• Production: Designing the industrial production of the new product (mainly processes).