Jan Koch has been working as a research assistant in the Innovation Management Department at the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering WZL at RWTH Aachen University since 2015. Since 2019, Mr. Koch is leading the Data Intelligence Management group in this department.

In numerous research and consulting projects, Mr. Koch deals with questions of increasing effectiveness and efficiency in product development as well as complexity management. In particular, the use of existing data for the optimization of R&D processes and for the expansion of the range of products & services are current activities.

The R&D Intelligence Center is your partner for the successful application of data in the context of R&D. In collaboration with manufacturing companies, we make structured and unstructured data accessible in order to increase innovation productivity. This includes a data-supported derivation of insights about the market, the customers and the production to derive requirements for future products as well as the facilitation of targeted development processes. The relevant data will be extracted from the market, development and production cycles. The R&D Intelligence Center organizes knowledge exchange between experts and will allow your company to take the next step in close collaboration with partners from academia and industry with the aim of - fostering a customer-centered product development and - forcing an acceleration of the product development process. In addition to an inclusion in the RWTH Aachen Campus ecosystem, the service offering facilitates collaborations in consortial and bilateral projects. Within our community you can participate in workshops, audits, working groups and congresses as well. Join us today and become part of the R&D Intelligence Center community!