Upcoming Events
Looking to participate with LPPDE at an event? We organize one European in-person conference and one North American in-person conference per year as well as eleven Virtual Summits (4 hours each month). Check out our Sponsorship Packages!
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My Story: Part 1
A story of transitioning from a slow, dilapidated, development environment to a lean innovation engine. I joined the company as a manager in the mechanical engineering department in 2011. We had a waterfall product development system. I recall one project that had...

Revolutionizing R&D in Pharma
How a multifaceted approach can help the industry improve efficiency and throughput

Building Brilliance: Organizational Learning through Set-Based Concurrent Engineering
Creating and applying new knowledge is the crux of innovation. Since knowledge creation and application require a great deal of learning, it’s no surprise that many leaders in innovation aspire to make their companies “learning organizations.”

Where Do Most Visual Management Implementations Stop Today?
For the practitioners of Visual Management (VM), we would like to initiate a dialogue on potential opportunities to what we believe would further VM and reflect with you on the challenges around implementation. This speaks to shifting performance from better program...
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Our mission is to bring the insights on lean process and product development together for you to learn and exchange

What is Lean PD
Lean PD and Lean Thinking is more of a cultural aspect than a set of methods and tools
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It was great to learn so much and connect with so many people in a close & personal environment!
Thanks to you and the rest of the board on delivering a successful event! I attended a couple of great sessions and learned new info to put to use in our product development system.
The LPPDE conference has provided me with fantastic learning and networking opportunities, and has taught time more about LEAN PD than any training I have ever attended. Thank you for this excellent experience!
Excellent event. Very good speakers, time for exchange, and networking is really worthwhile.