INEPHCO
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
The increase in competition and the motivation to survive has led many organizations to focus their activities on providing basic services and core capabilities, which requires investment in research and creating innovations.
Conducting research in organizations is done with the aim of supporting innovation, and research and development (R&D) activities must create new business opportunities or transform the current business of the organization. Also, the intensification of competition has increased the support of organizations for R&D activities. The complexities of research based on the knowledge of technology and innovation as well as the dynamics of business and market have forced organizations to reconsider the volume, scale, location and orientation of their activities.
Today, expanding services and designing new products is considered as the main and final factor of companies. In today’s business world, which is changing at a dizzying speed, a stoppage will mean the gradual death of a company, and this requirement has arisen due to the continuous changes and development of technology, the existence of competitors, and the prioritization of customer needs. Apart from its specific dependence on technical and scientific development, R&D also has a special economic meaning. Today, in many countries of the world, investment for R&D reflects an organizational movement in the direction of going beyond current profit and efficiency and improving performance and efficiency in the future. In the field of business, research and development means moving towards a bright future and long-term activities in knowledge and technology using scientific research.
The necessity of establishment:
The Research and Development Department of INEPHCO, by expanding the activities of the main business areas of this company in the fields of oil industry, radioactive gas, manufacturers, contractors, mines and steel makers, marine industries, and Shipyards, research institutes and universities, tank builders and pipe builders, engineering and technical professionals and government services have been opened. It emphasizes the importance of the R&D activities in optimizing the performance and improving the services provided in the future projects and the necessity of carrying out and developing these activities.
The mission of this company:
The mission of this company is to create a suitable platform for explaining, planning, coordinating and controlling research activities in order to provide scientific solutions to solve the problems of the group in various fields. This department has been in charge of the guidance and necessary activities for the development and presentation of new methodologies and strengthening the knowledge base at the group level, and it tries to use the experienced staff and the scientific foundations of the research topics of all departments of the company with the approach of knowledge management to Group dynamics help.
Goals of the INEPHCO R&D Department:
A goal means a quality or a desirable point that a person or an organization is trying to achieve. This goal is determined based on understanding the needs, priorities, needs and strategies in the organizational framework. Based on the above definition, the goals of the research and development department of the experts group are:
• Improving the level of knowledge and culture through innovation
• Scientific support of current projects by finding current world-class theories and models
• Finding potential applications for new achievements and knowledge
• Increasing the productivity of human activities
• Increasing self-reliance while facilitating and speeding up work
• Increasing competitiveness
• Providing higher quality services
• Providing new products and services
• Innovation according to the daily needs of customers
The main activities of the R&D department:
• Searching and providing new methodologies regarding current projects, researching a specialized issue regarding current projects and providing new standards and…
• Updating the website (placing selected practical articles and lessons learned, etc. on the website)
• Cooperating with the marketing and sales department in identifying new markets and compiling service descriptions of related products
• Cooperation with the education department through periodic review of educational courses, design of new educational courses, etc.
• Creating a knowledge management system at the group level and upgrading this system
• Designing, establishing and promoting research and development as a value at the group level
• The main activities of other departments in order to achieve the goals of the R&D department:
• Cooperation regarding completion of lessons learned form
• Preparation of practical articles regarding the projects carried out in the department and presenting it to the R&D unit
• Presenting needs and specialized topics regarding projects and training courses to the R&D department
Description of duties of research and development unit:
Preparation of special management reports
Reply to correspondence regarding expert referrals
Preparation and regulation of guidelines by order of the management authority
Developing and implementing strategic and operational plans
Summarizing and using scientific resources to apply the latest scientific methods in the process of affairs
Implementation of functional programs
Preparation of management flowcharts
Checking the issued rules and instructions
Development of administrative transformation plans in process and personnel structures
Create training packages and rule sets
Complete establishment of the customer honoring scheme
Create a notification terminal
Creating and expanding the website of the General Administration in order to create a database and information
Preparation of answers to the letters of supervisory and accounting authorities
Carrying out special foreign exchange affairs
Carrying out specific tasks to improve the process within the financial affairs of the organization
Provision of special functions
Carrying out all personnel evaluation and other personnel matters
Carrying out all matters related to employee training based on the strategic training plan
Doing all the things related to reforming the organizational structure
and doing any specific referral work