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Lean Product Development

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Members: 6
Latest Activity: Sep. 11, 2008

MRT - Lean PD Resources

This group was created to provide those with vested interest in Lean PD a place to discuss and share ideas, tools and resources around the application of lean principles in product development process work. Below you will find links, articles and discussion threads. Feel free to jump right in and share your opinions.

EVENTS:

1-Day Seminar
Leveraging Lean Product Development:
Streamlining Product Design and Development
for Lower Costs and Higher Profits
June 25, 2009/ Chicago

MRT ARTICLES and PUBLICATIONS:
Additional articles and links may be found in the discussion forum and blog postings seen below.

> Applying Batch Size to Product Development: An Interview with Don Reinertsen
> There is no Fun in the Funnel - a different take on portfolio management with a special commentary by Allen Ward
> Special Report on Lean PD Practices

BLOG POSTS:

> Looking for Lean in All the Wrong Places...
> Witch Hunts for Waste...
> A brief history of MRT's Lean Experience...
> LEI Connection Center now open for business...
> Can you code your way to lean pd?
> Even Gold Standards are getting Tarnished

Discussion Forum

Is there value in value stream mapping? 1 Reply

In the production world, "value" is one of the main tenets of lean philosophy and value stream analysis and mapping (VSA/M) considered a critical first step in beginning a lean manufacturing implem...

Started by Gregg Tong. Last reply by Michael Herskovitz Sep. 11, 2008.

The pros and cons of set-based design

Set based design is often identified as a critical Lean PD process employed by Toyota, so much so that many people have focused on it as a high leverage tool to prioritize. What is set-based desig...

Started by Gregg Tong Jul. 30, 2008.

What's in a name?

Gene Kania of mc2solutions wrote an article in the March 2008 issue of Visions entitled "Can we just stop calling it "Lean" Product Development?". Click here to download a .pdf of the article. So...

Started by Gregg Tong Jul. 9, 2008.