by Geoff Neiley | Oct 27, 2020 | Exchange, Knowledge, Lean Product Development
As engineers, we are trained to solve problems. We are thought to break down problems into smaller parts and seek the root cause of the problem. We are taught a range of analysis skills. Following the scientific method, we begin to postulate solutions and invent...
by Göran Gufstafsson | Jul 29, 2020 | Improvement Success, Knowledge, Lean Product Development
Lean Product Development stresses the importance of exploring the whole solution space, i.e., to become aware of every possible solution to our problem so that we can thoroughly investigate and compare them all. Using creative as well as systematic techniques, we can...
by Peter Palmer | Jun 23, 2020 | Knowledge, Lean Product Development
The Lamda Cycle Allen Ward describes the model in his excellent little book titled The Lean Development Skills Book from 2002. You could say it´s a variant of PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) more suited for Product Development. It is simple and ingenious: Look – Go look at...
by Matt Albin | Apr 16, 2020 | Knowledge
As I sit here during our “stay-at-home order” I find myself reflecting on how companies are responding to the pandemic. Many companies are quickly reworking their supply chains and manufacturing process to support new customer requirements, sometimes completely...
by Matthew Bryan | Dec 29, 2019 | Improvement Success, Knowledge
What I love about the Lean Product and Process Development Exchange is that it is a true exchange and opportunity to work with likeminded people facing similar problems with perhaps a different perspective and definitely different contexts. I really like the wide...
by Suzanne van Egmond | Aug 18, 2019 | Knowledge
At LPPDE Europe 2018 (Paris) I joined the workshop of Penny Cloft and Michael Kennedy. The workshop was on set-based engineering (SBE). If you are like me, then you know that set-based engineering is one of those things any lean product development novice learns it is...