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News Release from: American Technical Publishers | Subject: Lean Product Development
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 01 July 2002
How to think 'lean' over product
development
A new workbook applies "lean thinking" and shows companies how to avoid incurring each of the seven wastes associated with lean manufacturing as they apply to product development.
A new workbook, Lean Product Development, applies "lean thinking" to the way that products are developed It is the only manual of its kind that shows companies how to avoid incurring each of the seven wastes associated with lean manufacturing as they apply to product development
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 15 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Lean Product Development is the manager's guide to organising, running, and controlling the complete business process of developing new products or making changes to existing products.
Lean Product Development is based on sound research in the field of product development.
The author, Dr Colin Mynott, spent over 30 years in manufacturing.
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In Lean Product Development, Dr Mynott shows readers how to set up and manage their product development process to develop better products faster, with fewer resources, and to a higher level of quality.
This manual details the necessary steps in the product development process.
It covers the importance of developing new products; how to organise for it; the sequence of events; how to control the process; the necessary tools and techniques; as well as source references.
One key element in Lean Product Development is the seven key project phases.
These include predevelopment, making the business case, concept definition, concept optimisation, launch specification, detailed product and process design, and early production and confirmation trials.
It also contains detailed instructions on running and managing the program.
This consists of controlling programs by staged reviews, managing multiple projects, and evaluating risk.
The manual also features fourteen principles that minimise time and cost in product development.
A special section on risk management offers valuable guidance on how to reduce risk in developing new products by ensuring that companies are developing what customers want.
Lean Product Development is full of case studies of real life companies that have implemented successfully the lean product development process.
Managers and team leaders share their thoughts and experiences first hand throughout the text.
Lean Product Development is relevant to companies of all sizes and sectors because they all experience the same challenges in developing new products.
Lean Product Development is now available through American Technical Publishers (www.ameritech.co.uk/productivity) and sells for GBP 58.00.
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