The Research Team on Innovative Processes (ERPI) has specialised in the study of organisations, whether in the public sphere (quality management, emergence of “governance”…) or in companies (morphology of networks, cooperative coordination…). ERPI is a University of Lorraine laboratory with the “host team” label (EA n° 3767) awarded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research. ERPI is a member of FR 2863, the Jacques Villermaux Research Federation for Mechanics, Energy, Processes (FR JV), and is attached to the EMPP (Energy, Mechanics, Processes, Products) scientific centre. In addition, this laboratory has a long-standing relationship with ENSGSI (School of Innovation). The ERPI team is dedicated to conducting research in the field of leading and managing innovative processes. ERPI is an industrial engineering laboratory specialising in the study of innovation processes. Its activities involve methods, tools and skills for optimising the management of innovative projects. The ERPI scientific project covers the early stages of the technological innovation process, from when an idea emerges to the phases prior to implementation (digital plans or formulation). ERPI’s approach stands out from the international innovation research landscape by considering the product as an integrated system: the characteristics of the product itself as well as the elements describing the corresponding industrial activity (manufacturing, maintenance, distribution…).