Mastering Lean Product Development

 November 8 & 9, 2010 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

 – Cost *$300 – Christiana Hilton, Newark, DE

*The cost of this $800 workshop has been subsidized by the U.S. Department of Commerce to encourage participation by American Manufacturers

The all-new Mastering Lean Product Development Workshop provides a step-by-step methodology for integrating the powerful waste-eliminating tools of lean product development into any product development process. In the current economic climate, doing more with less is a mandate for virtually any firm, particularly with respect to new product introductions. Unfortunately, much of the effort expended by product development teams is often unnecessary and potentially wasteful. In many cases, less than half of a team member’s work day is actually spent creating value for their customers, and profits for their companies. Firms that have embraced the practical, waste-eliminating methods of Lean Product Development have reported up to 50 percent reduction in launch schedules, dramatic improvements in gross margin, and enhanced customer satisfaction. This workshop is based on the recently published The Lean Product Development Guidebook, by Ronald Mascitelli, and is presented by the author. Participants will take away a practical plan for executing a real-world development project in less time, with higher margins, and with enhanced quality and customer value. Specific topics include:

• How to energize your current development process through an event-driven, highly collaborative design methodology.
• A powerful new tool for connecting the voice-of-the-customer directly to product requirements.
• Identifying and mitigating risks to cost, schedule, and quality.
• Managing a lean design team in a multi-project environment. ? Lean Scheduling and constraint (bottleneck) management
• The LPD Visual Workflow Management System
• Cost reduction through Quick-Look Value Engineering and Lean 3P methods.
• Enhancing productivity through Time-Slicing and Visual Communication.

Upon completing this course, students should be able to –

• Dramatically accelerate the development of high-value new products. 
• Reduce product cost through Toyota-based innovation and process preparation techniques.
• Improve the quality and efficiency of customer / team / management communication.
• Maximize the productivity of scarce human and capital resources.
• Develop a culture of discipline, value-focus, and intolerance of waste.

*10% discount for three or more attending from the same company

Who Should Attend – Product-line managers, team leaders, task managers, functional managers, six-sigma blackbelts / green belts, improvement champions, operations and engineering managers, process owners, design engineers, and all others with product development responsibilities.