by Ron Marsiglio | Aug 6, 2017 | Knowledge, Lean Product Development
There are always nice-to-have features, new technology and breakthrough ideas in new product development. In fact, new products are usually littered with unnecessary and avoidable risk. One high profile example was an all new wide body, mostly carbon fiber, aircraft....
by Suzanne van Egmond | Jul 8, 2017 | Knowledge
When I reflect on the conference theme of LPPDE North America 2017 in San Jose: Accelerating Innovation, an apparently counter intuitive insight comes to my mind. To accelerate innovation you need to slow down. Wow! How can that be done? When I work slower I cannot be...
by Suzanne van Egmond | Apr 5, 2016 | Knowledge, Lean Product Development
Knowledge plays a central role in innovation and product development. Similarly, when implementing lean in product development, one needs to pay significant attention to knowledge. As this requires a radically different way of approaching especially the front end of...
by Suzanne van Egmond | Jan 31, 2016 | Knowledge, Lean Product Development
Lean experts will tell you that, when you want to be lean, it is important to remove waste. Waste is anything the customer is not willing to pay for. For example; when you manufacture paperclips, the value creation is in the cutting, bending, packing of the...