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Special Report on Lean Product Development Practices


Table of Contents:

Preface

Chapter I. Expert Viewpoints

  • The Impact of Lean Thinking: An Interview with Don Reinertsen, Reinertsen and Associates

  • Lean Product Development the Toyota Way:  A Conversation with Michael Kennedy, Targeted Convergence Corporation

  • Bringing the Value of Lean to Product Development, Mark Thut, PRTM

  • Taking a Lean Approach to Product Development Project Management: An Interview with Ronald Mascitelli, PMP, CMC

Chapter II. Company Examples

  • Honeywell Aerospace: Use of Queuing Theory and Batch Size Reduction to Reduce Cycle Time - Jeff H. Coult, Sr. Technical Manager Honeywell Aeropsace

  • Boston Scientific Corporation: Successful Lean Product Development Boosts Efficiency

  • Steelcase: The Learning Cycle – A Journey from Lean Manufacturing to Lean Product Development

  • DICKEY-john: Incorporation of Lean Design into Traditional Product Development Paul Layton, Product Development Manager, DICKEY-john

  • Hi-Stat: "Wizard of WOW" (War on Waste) Conjures Lean Approach

Chapter III. Practitioner Insights

  • Lean Product Development: Practitioner Overview - Anthony Carter, Director, Motorola, Kent Harmon of Targeted Convergence Corporation and Bob Wenning of TBM Consulting

  • Lean Summit Report: Early Successes Encourage Future Applications - Examples of implementations from Hewlett-Packard, Cessna Aircraft, Honeywell Aerospace and Isothermal Systems Research

Chapter IV. Lean and Six Sigma

  • Blending Six-Sigma with Lean Thinking: Lockheed Martin Astronautics Develops Rigorous Training Program for Process Improvement

  • Integrating Design for Lean Six Sigma and High Performance Organizations: Addressing both the Technical and the Human Sides of Improvement, with Tom Devane, author of "Integrating Lean Sigma and High Performance Organizations" (2004)

Chapter V. Conclusions

Appendix: Further Resources for Lean Product Development

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