by Geoff Neiley | Feb 25, 2021 | Knowledge, Lean Product Development
Rowing is a team sport and so is product development. Why is this an important idea? A couple years ago I read the book The Boys In The Boat (Danial James Brown, Penguin Books, 2014) and I learned about the concept of “swing.” Swing is when all eight oarsmen are...
by Durward K. Sobek II | Jan 15, 2021 | Exchange, Improvement Success, Knowledge, Lean Product Development
A Covid-19 vaccine has sped to public distribution in record time, four times faster than the fastest vaccine development to-date. How did it happen? Not without the efforts of thousands of researchers, engineers, technologists, factory workers, delivery drivers, and...
by Sannah Vinding | Dec 27, 2020 | Exchange, Improvement Success, Lean Product Development
I wanted to reach out at this holiday time to say thank you for being a learner and a supporter of the LPPDE community. Looking back at 2020 it was a rough and challenging year for everyone and it’s a year we will never forget – this is the year we faced the...
by Suzanne van Egmond | Nov 3, 2020 | Improvement Success, Lean Product Development
Tips for virtual lean workshops Product development highly depends on people working together. Breaking down silos in development projects is one of the first improvements to do when it’s not working: making sure everyone can see the whole – and how their own bit...
by Peter Palmer & Göran Gufstafsson | Oct 28, 2020 | Exchange, Improvement Success, Knowledge, Lean Product Development
The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge (https://www.worldsolarchallenge.org/) is an Australian race for solar powered vehicles which has been run for over 30 years. From the premiere in 1987, 15 races have been run, the latest in October 2019. The distance is 3000 km,...
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...
