Where lean product development experts and practitioners share their stories
What can the response to the pandemic teach us about developing products faster?
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 different, compared to what they have
Why A3
You have probably heard of the A3 method – the tool made famous by Toyota. We have been using A3s at AS&E for about 5 years now and have built up a fairly extensive library of knowledge using them. Along the way, we have changed our culture to look for and ask for A3’s. But why A3? What is so powerful and helpful and friendly about the A3?
Pearls and Highlights from LPPDE North America 2019, Jekyll Island
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.
Focus culture change to where the actual work is done
In the 2018 Btoes Insights study “the Global state of operational excellence” 53.1% or respondents say that changing the company culture is the most important thing to address. One Of the most critical challenges is to get a leadership understanding and buy-in...
Culture, and why we care
200 million – that is the number of companies in the world. The number of other organizations probably doubles that, and each one of them has its own “Culture”*. Few doubt that culture is a powerful force in organizations, yet organizations with strong cultures have...
How I increased my understanding of Set-Based Engineering through baking cookies
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...