by Norbert Majerus | Sep 15, 2017 | What is Lean Product Development?
In the early parts of this century, Lean, especially lean-sigma came under intense criticism: An article in the Forbes magazine (Norbert Majerus, Lean-Driven Innovation, CRC Press, 2015) documented results, mainly from 3M, which indicated that lean – or at least...
by Suzanne van Egmond | Apr 8, 2016 | Lean Product Development
Innovation is investing in new ideas, and that comes with a risk as new ideas always require knowledge gaps to be filled and it is never certain if this will be successful. Many companies have something like “achieving innovation excellence” in their mission; but what...
by Suzanne van Egmond | Mar 23, 2016 | Lean Product Development, What is Lean Product Development?
Many people indeed use the two terms “lean innovation” and “lean product development” as if they are the same thing. In fact, when you look at how they define the terms, they are the same thing – the use of innovation may be part of the company culture, for example...
