Dan McDonnell discussed on how to use Lean 3P within the organization not only for Lean Product Development but also for any type of change program. He co-authored the book, Unleashing the Power of 3P: The Key to Breakthrough Improvement: Download PDF Transcript of Podcast Related Podcast: Use the Lean 3P Process to drive Effective Read More …
Allan R Coletta is a chemical engineer with an extensive background in manufacturing operations, supply chain and engineering, gained while working in the chemical process and healthcare diagnostics industries. He authored the book “The Lean 3P Advantage.” (CRC Press, 2012) Download PDF Transcript of Podcast Related Podcast: Lean 3P is PDCA on Steroids Note: This Read More …
Tim Schipper and Mark Swets are the co-authors of Innovative Lean Development: How to Create, Implement and Maintain a Learning Culture Using Fast Learning Cycles. In this book, they share those examples while providing a road map that all companies can follow to reach a Lean development culture. Related Information: Single Point Lesson Download PDF Read More …
In a past podcast with Ron Mascitelli, president of Technology Perspectives, we discussed exchanging the use of stage gates in design to what Ron and I both like to call Knowledge gates. I asked Ron, Do these happen at phase gates or control points of the process? Ron: Actually, in my perfect vision of the Read More …
Ron Mascitelli is president of Technology Perspectives and author of five books, with his most-recent publication, Mastering Lean Product Development: A Practical, Event-Driven Process for Maximizing Speed, Profits, and Quality. One of Ron’s earlier books, The Lean Design Guidebook: Everything Your Product Development Team Needs to Slash Manufacturing Cost (The Lean Guidebook Series) was my Read More …
I fail to see the argument against standard work. This argument even for startups to not develop standard work practices is baffling to me. Now, the first thing I must do is create my box for standard work: My thoughts about Standard Work: Standard Work should only encompass part of your time. Every person wants Read More …