by Dantar Oosterwal | Apr 5, 2024 | Lean Product Development
How a multifaceted approach can help the industry improve efficiency and throughput Despite being one of the largest contributors to global R&D spending, the pharma industry experiences some of the worst returns on its expenditures. Long development times,...
by Dantar Oosterwal | Jul 13, 2023 | Lean Product Development
Product development can be a complex and challenging process, with many different methodologies and frameworks used as a guide. Some of the most popular methodologies include Lean Product Development, Agile, Scrum, Systems Thinking, Stage-Gate, and Lean Startup. While...
by Dantar Oosterwal | May 10, 2023 | Lean Product Development
John Dewey, one of the most influential educational philosophers of the 20th century, emphasized the importance of learning through experience and reflection. He believed that learning should not be a one-way transmission of knowledge, but rather a collaborative...
by Dantar Oosterwal | Jul 11, 2019 | Improvement Success
I tell my friends in manufacturing they have it easy. Manufacturing is easy to improve because you can physically see the work. You can follow the flow of material from incoming receiving to shipping. You can watch a part come into a machine or into an assembly...
by Dantar Oosterwal | Jul 8, 2019 | Behaviors
Visual Management is a critical component to Lean Product Development. When I visit organizations I often see teams standing in front of a display board discussing their projects the same way they would in a meeting room. It’s just that they are standing in front of a...
