Case Study: Yazaki unifies 30,000 employees on one innovation platform with Crowdworx

How Yazaki Unified 30,000+ Employees Under One Innovation Platform

Yazaki, a global automotive infrastructure supplier, needed a better way to manage innovation across 30+ EMEA countries. Its shops and engineering teams were using disconnected tools like Excel, email, and SharePoint to track Kaizen suggestions and improvement ideas, which created silos, poor visibility, and lost opportunities for follow-through. Yazaki turned to Crowdworx for a flexible innovation management platform that could support both shop-floor suggestions and more complex engineering workflows.

Crowdworx implemented “IdeaHub,” a unified innovation platform with customized workflows, multilingual support, and transparent tracking for idea submission, review, and implementation. The rollout phased from template setup and historical data migration to pilot testing and regional deployment, helping Yazaki break down silos, speed decision-making, and increase employee engagement. The result was real-time visibility across the region, easier cross-border collaboration, reduced administrative work, and measurable innovation impact through faster adoption of successful ideas and clearer insight into cost savings and efficiency gains.

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