Model Development for Downstream of Industrial Engineering Product Design Research: From Product Research Oriented to Product Market Oriented

Abstract

Most of the research results of students and lecturers in the Industrial Engineering Department Stikubank University end up in thesis reports or even better are scientific articles stored in a library and the highest level is published in accredited scientific journal. These has happened in real terms and has been proven with 63 appropriate technology-based products resulting from the results of their research for the 2008-2023 period, 95.2% were not utilized by the wider community and were even downstreamed as research results that were commercialized. This means that the products produced by these activities mostly end up in the Valley of Death. Weak downstreaming of research results and their utilization is due to the fact that the products produced prototype have Technology Readiness Level (TRL) level 3 up to 4, the weak role of the business incubator as a University Technology Transfer agent and limited funding in product development making it only research-oriented, not yet market-oriented. This study aims to generate a research downstream model of Industrial Engineering product design research using the literature review method to develop a theoretical framework model by analyzing the potential and resources currently owned, and compiling a gap analysis by comparing it with the ideal conditions that must be possessed by higher education institutions. The result of this research is the formulation of a Quadruple-Cycle Helix-based product design research downstream model, namely: Academia, Industry, Government and Community that are integrated in a sustainable cycle. The findings of this study are expected to have implications for the ongoing downstream research of higher education by changing the concept of a research-based product oriented  into a sustainable market-based product oriented.