Lean product development (LPD) is the application of lean principles to product development, aiming to develop new or improved products that are successful in the market. It is a cross-functional activity that seeks to uncover product knowledge hidden within the end-to-end production flow, typically in the hand-over points between functional units. LPD deals with the complete process from gathering and generating ideas, through assessing potential success, to developing concepts, evaluating them to create a best concept, detailing the product, testing/ developing it and handing over to manufacture. LPD is performed against a background of continuously assessing and reducing risk of market failure.
Lean Product Development: A manager’s guide explains what needs to be done in order to successfully complete the complex task of developing products. It describes how you set up and run each project according to its particular needs and covers planning your profitability, cutting out waste, creating a market winner and how to control risk. It also contains some practical tools and techniques that help to cut time and cost.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Wealth Creation in The Economy
Chapter 2 : Your Company’s Fortunes
Chapter 3 : The Product Development Process
Chapter 4 : Organising Your Company to Increase Profit
Chapter 5 : Product Costing and Company Costs
Chapter 6 : Product Strategy
Chapter 7 : Planning Your Product Programme
Chapter 8 : The Seven Key Project Phases
Chapter 9 : Running and Managing The Programme
Chapter 10 : Tools and Techniques
Index
