Author: Lean Analytics Association

This presentation from MAHLE summarizes the today`s challenges in the global competition which increases the need for Lean Product Development. Globalization, commercial competition, technology, and human factors are to be addressed in order to stay competitive. Increasing value by carrying out innovative product development is the way to overtake competitors. [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=""...

Visteon Engineering Services has translated the Lean Product and Process Development (LeanPPD) Model into Visteon initiatives and improved its processes applying practical problem solving, Set-Based Concurrent Engineering, technical steering board, visual planning, and the lean assessment tool. These initiatives have helped the company to reduce the number of major design changes, improved its product performance, improved in terms of learning and training, gained more robust...

The presentation describes a case study at Carel and puts emphasis on the importance of compact teams that enable a lean way of working during PD avoiding wastes such as delays, over-processing, waiting, etc. It aims at having small, dedicated, trained teams. One efficient way of improving teamwork is applying the Set-Based Concurrent Engineering Game with benefits of risk mitigation, design improvements, and cost reduction....

This presentation details a case study of using the LeanPPD assessment tool in some Spanish companies from the aerospace, automotive, and home appliances industries. The study revealed that the automotive companies were at a higher lean level of maturity in terms of LeanPD than the other sectors but all the companies have still space for several improvements. The results identified that PD activities are loaded...

Provides insight into the Set-Based Concurrent Engineering application in Rolls-Royce. The current PD system design was enhanced by the activities and tools of the SBCE model. The first application had been done on a helicopter engine case. Some of the benefits of SBCE are that alongside well-proven ideas innovative, more risky ideas can be also taken forward, moreover, it enables an early introduction of technology and...

The tool aims at formally identifying the current PD challenges of a company, therefore, measuring the lean maturity level in PD. It contains five levels of maturity starting from having little awareness of lean thinking until reaching the level of best practice and sharing it. It is a tool which is very easy to understand and use and is free of buzzwords. The tool aims at...