Product

Product is the element that needs to be processed (manufactured, moved, changed, improved, protected from a harmful influence, revealed, measured etc.) according to the problem conditions.

Overview

The term of product is characteristic for ARIZ – together with the tool, it forms what is known as a conflicting pair, which is identified in Step 1.2 of the algorithm.

The product can be directly compared to the target component, which is the object of the main function of the system in function analysis. Such an analogy significantly facilitates it’s quick identification.

The difference in terminology between ARIZ and function analysis stems from the fact that, in 1985 – when the final version of ARIZ was developed – function analysis had not yet been officially introduced into the TRIZ toolkit. Even after it became a standard TRIZ tool, Altshuller’s original terminology was preserved in ARIZ to maintain consistency with the original structure.

To identify the product move on to the main function of the system.