Inventions, rationalization proposals, utility models are of great importance in the process of improving the technologies used. All of them act as objects of technical creativity. However, the most massive of them are rationalization proposals. In an enterprise striving for the most effective achievement of its goals, they are far from the last significance. Let us further consider this category in more detail. 
Positive points
Thanks to the rationalization proposal, the existing technical solution can be improved, the equipment used can be modernized and adapted to certain production conditions. In addition, with the help of such implementations, it becomes possible to eliminate certain errors of designers or constructors. According to the data provided in specialized publications, rationalization proposals in recent times have provided about 70% of the total savings in the Russian economic system.
Definition
In the previous position, the rationalization proposal was a technical solution that was useful and new to the production, institution or organization to which it was directed. It implied a change in technology, design of products or equipment, the composition of the material. In addition, certain types of solutions that belonged to the category under consideration were also cited.
According to this provision, the rationalization proposal possessed such features as utility, novelty and technical solution. In today's recommendations, the definition is given in a slightly modified form. In particular, a rationalization proposal is a managerial, organizational or technical solution that is recognized as useful and new for this structure. The definition shows that only the first part has changed. Thus, the rationalization proposal has ceased to focus exclusively on the field of technical methods for solving actual practical problems. 
Characteristic
First of all, it should be noted that the proposal, which is being introduced as rationalization, does not just have to pose any problem. Through it, it is necessary to disclose specific ways to solve the problem. A situation should be created in which, thanks to a rationalization proposal, it would be possible to obtain the expected result with maximum efficiency and with the least losses. New solutions will not be recognized as useful and new, just stating any need, limited to indicating the feasibility of holding an event or a positive result that can be achieved during its implementation, and so on.
Rationalization proposals, examples of which will be given below, include a fundamental answer. The solution should be so concise that there is no need to build any guesses or assumptions. The proposal reveals the essence of the author’s idea, and its implementation does not require additional creative modifications. This condition will be considered fulfilled if there is enough information in the solution and materials explaining it for the practical implementation of the plan by means of well-known methods of design (construction).
Execution methods
Providing a solution to the problem can be carried out using managerial, organizational, technical means or their combination. Among the proposals of a technical orientation, those that relate to structural changes in products, production technologies, equipment used, or material composition prevail. Such solutions are focused on improvement and modernization. At the same time, recognition of a project that provides for the introduction of new technology or technology is not excluded. Management and organizational decisions contribute to the achievement of an effective result through appropriate measures or management optimization.
What could be the rationalization proposals?
There are various examples. So, the decision may relate to the arrangement of labor resources, workflow. A rationalization proposal may be made regarding equipment repair, work schedule changes, and so on. The solution may have an organizational and technical focus, combining different elements. So, thanks to the rationalization proposal, it is possible to improve the condition of jobs for workers, optimal equipment placement, efficient separation or combination of production operations, and so on. 
Novelty
This is the second integral sign of a useful solution. The rationalization proposal, in contrast to inventions, is subject to the requirement of local novelty. This means that this attribute must be present within the companies to which the decisions are sent. A proposal will be considered new if it was not known about it to the extent that would be sufficient for its implementation before it was submitted to the enterprise.
Championship
Novelty is determined in accordance with a specific time period. Regarding rationalization proposals, the concept of primacy is used. It is determined by the date of receipt of a correctly executed application for the implementation of the project. Superiority will be recognized by the author who made it the first according to the established procedure. Only information that discloses the essence of a given or identical project that has become known prior to a specified championship date may be opposed to a proposal. 
Information Fund
The rationalization proposal includes:
- The results of design, technological, engineering, research and development, which are carried out by the relevant services of a particular organization in conjunction with similar divisions of other companies.
- Documents received by this company from another in accordance with an agreement signed by them on the implementation of the above activities or on the transfer of achievements and the provision of technical assistance.
- Decisions of production meetings and scientific and technical councils.
Authorship
It must be borne in mind that a useful and new proposal should be the result of the creative activity of the person submitting it. Often in special publications it is proposed to consider this symptom as an independent criterion for the "protection" of the decision. However, according to some experts, this is not particularly necessary due to the fact that all intellectual property, for which copyright is recognized, should be creative.
Thus, it is initially believed that all objects of this kind, among which there is also a rationalization proposal, act as a result of the creative activity of the creators themselves and are not borrowed from open sources. Of course, the latter should be obvious.A refusal to recognize the proposal as rationalizing on the basis of the establishment of borrowing is thus only allowed if this fact is proved or is not disputed directly by the applicant.
