CMI Defence is a part of the CMI Group (Cockerill Maintenance & Ingénierie) which is an international technology and service provider, specialized in several different industrial sectors including defense. As one of the world’s leading companies, CMI Defence’s mission is to achieve total customer satisfaction by providing solutions of the ultimate standard. It specializes in integration and design of gun and turret systems and provides customized...
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CAREL is one of the world leaders in control solutions for air-conditioning, refrigeration, and heating, as well as systems for humidification and evaporative cooling. Its mission is to bring energy savings and reduce the environmental impact of machinery and systems. In order to increase its competitive advantage, CAREL launched the Lean Product Development initiative in 2009 and has come a long way since. This initiative originated...
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Airbus Defence and Space es una de las tres empresas del grupo airbus. Este caso analiza la gestión de Mejores Prácticas de lean aplicadas al desarrollo de producto en Military Aircraft, una de las cuatro líneas de negocio de Airbus Defence and Space. La empresa comenzó con el despliegue de Lean Management a partir del año 2011 y desde sus inicios contó con el apoyo e...
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Airbus Defence and Space is one of three companies within the Airbus group. This case study aims to analyze the best lean management practices applied to product development within Military aircraft, one of Airbus Defence and Space’s four business lines. [vc_empty_space height="30px"] In 2011, the company began to implement lean Management with the support and involvement of senior management. To date, the company has focused on the...
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Lean Analytics Association (LAA) is a non-profit organization that helps companies to transform by enabling LEAN THINKING in their INNOVATION PROCESSES. This presentation includes LAA's basic information, mission, what we do and an introduction to lean innovation model. [qodef_separator class_name="" type="full-width" position="center" color="#B2DD4C" border_style="solid" width="" thickness="1" top_margin="50" bottom_margin="30"] [qodef_icon icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="fa-cloud-download" size="qodef-icon-huge" custom_size="" type="normal" border_radius="" shape_size="" icon_color="#B2DD4C" border_color="" border_width="" background_color="" hover_icon_color="" hover_border_color="" hover_background_color="" margin="" icon_animation="" icon_animation_delay="" link="" anchor_icon=""...
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Kane Alward is General Manager of Product Development at Fisher & Paykel Appliances; a company that designs, develops and produces premium home appliances for kitchen and laundry. Being responsible for over 350 product development professionals, Kane has years of hands-on experience from product and technology strategy to lean leadership and implementation for a global business with revenue over $1 Billion.
Fisher & Paykel Appliances completely changed from stage-gate to a lean “Learning-First” Product Development philosophy and system in 2006. Since then, the company’s 350 designers, engineers, and scientists have driven significant improvements in Product Development productivity and quality from a lean focus on the knowledge required to deliver value to the customer.
Innovations are like people: they are born, they continuously grow, they saturate, and decline. In the past 15 years, a product’s life cycle has shortened fourfold. At the same time, 6 out of 7 innovation projects never reach the market. This means innovation is more essential than ever, but also remains rather risky. . According to the Accenture study, 70% of CEOs identified innovation as strategic, while...
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Traditionally product development has focused on selecting one concept at the early stage and then further develop it. This perhaps is what might feel more natural: focusing all our efforts in one direction so no time is wasted on resources eliminating many ideas that will never make it to the market anyway. On the other hand, Set-Based Thinking could be considered the opposite approach to this latter traditional way as it...
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How much progress has your company achieved implementing lean thinking in product development? This whitepaper describes the SMART Maturity Assessment tool that enables companies to: Obtain their readiness level for lean product development process Identify the progress achieved after carrying out implementation efforts over a certain period and discover the gaps Use the outcomes to prioritize needs according to the business strategy and develop a...
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Dr Göran Gustafsson`s introduction to the topic of Knowledge Management in Product Development including knowledge gaps and quality, trade-off curves and the exploration of design space. [qodef_separator class_name="" type="full-width" position="center" color="#B2DD4C" border_style="solid" width="" thickness="1" top_margin="50" bottom_margin="30"] [qodef_icon icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="fa-cloud-download" size="qodef-icon-huge" custom_size="" type="normal" border_radius="" shape_size="" icon_color="#B2DD4C" border_color="" border_width="" background_color="" hover_icon_color="" hover_border_color="" hover_background_color="" margin="" icon_animation="" icon_animation_delay="" link="" anchor_icon="" target="_self"] [vc_empty_space height="15px"] [qodef_custom_font content_custom_font="FREE DOWNLOAD FOR MEMBERS" custom_font_tag="h3" font_family="" font_size="" line_height="" font_style="normal"...
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