Lean Product and Process Development

Allen Ward

ISBN 10: 1934109436 / ISBN 13: 9781934109434

Published by Lean Enterprise Academy Ltd 2014-03-01, 2014

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Title: Lean Product and Process Development

Publisher: Lean Enterprise Academy Ltd 2014-03-01

Publication Date: 2014

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Edition: 2nd Edition

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Synopsis:

Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award recipient, 2008 Despite attempts to interpret and apply lean product development techniques, companies still struggle with design quality problems, long lead times, and high development costs. To be successful, lean product development must go beyond techniques, technologies, conventional concurrent engineering methods, standardized engineering work, and heavyweight project managers. Allen Ward showed the way. In a truly groundbreaking first edition of Lean Product and Process Development, Ward delivered -- with passion and penetrating insights that cannot be found elsewhere -- a comprehensive view of lean principles for developing and sustaining product and process development. In the second edition, Durward Sobek, professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Montana State University-and one of Ward's premier students-edits and reorganizes the original text to make it more accessible and actionable. This new edition builds on the first one by: Adding five in-depth and inspiring case studies. Including insightful new examples and illustrations. Updating concepts and tools based on recent developments in product development. Expanding the discussion around the critical concept of set-based concurrent engineering. Adding a more detailed table of contents and an index to make the book more accessible and user-friendly.