Where lean product development experts and practitioners share their stories
Why attend LPPDE?
This is a good question that we ask ourselves as we look at our busy schedules and deadlines. Can we find the time to squeeze in a few days at a conference when fires continue to rage back in the office? Let’s analyze this using the 5 Whys. Why should you attend...
The value of learning from other companies at LPPDE
I’ve been attending the Lean Product and Process Development Exchange conference for several years now. I attended the first LPPDE in Denver in 2008, and while I haven’t had “perfect attendance,” I’ve made quite a few of the exchanges, in North America and in Europe....
Accelerate Innovation by going slower?
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...
What is lean product and process development exchange
Our website tells us that The Lean Product and Process Development Exchange, Inc. (LPPDE) is a nonprofit organization created to foster opportunities to grow and share the knowledge, expertise and experiences that help organizations use lean product development to...
The two value streams of lean product development
In lean implementation in factories or transactional offices, typically, one value stream is considered: the flow from incoming material to shipped product. Starting from that value stream, the non-value adding steps are eliminated or reduced to create more flow.In...
Lean PD is Making Improvement of Product Performance Really Work
Why leadership and team behaviors are essential to achieve excellence Many organizations seek to improve performance in a sustainable way. R&D departments are no different. Lean offers a holistic approach to improve: holistic, because it does not only contain...