A. Practical Tools for Lean Product Development

This workshop presents a set of leading-edge, practical tools for slashing waste and increasing speed and efficiency for any product development process. The practical and proven "lean methods" described in this course enable dramatic reductions in time-to-market while freeing up valuable resources for additional development work. Firms that have embraced these practical, waste-eliminating tools have reported up to 50 percent reduction in launch schedules, dramatic improvements in gross margin, and enhanced customer satisfaction. The material is based on the newly published The Lean Product Development Guidebook, by Ronald Mascitelli, and is presented by the author.

Workshop Objectives:

• Identify non-value-added tasks and wasteful work habits on any development project
• Apply lean methods that provide immediate savings of time and cost
  
• Use a step-by-step method for customer needs and project tasks.
  
• Improve the quality and efficiency of customer / team / management communication
  
• Maximize utilization of scarce human and capital resources.
  
• Support a culture of discipline, value-focus, and intolerance of waste

Facilitator:
Ron Mascitelli, President,Technology Perspectives
Authorof "The Lean Product Development Guidebook:
Everything Your Design Team Needs to Improve Efficiency and Slash Time-to-Market"

B. First Steps with the Toyota Development System: How to Begin Using Toyota's Methods to Eliminate Waste in Your Product Development Teams

All New Product Development teams must improve performance in the current business climate of scarce resources, changing customer preferences and cost constraints. Yet Toyota and a few other companies have the ability to transcend those barriers – consistently delivering better products fast, with fewer resources. This workshop takes the participants through the elements of the Toyota Development System. We will describe the practices that Toyota and other lean companies use in their own product development processes. We will dive into one component that any person can use to become more effective whether or not the rest of the organization is lean: nemawashi or Management by Proposal. Management by Proposal is a tool for decision-making that eliminates the wastes of reinvention, unproductive meetings and revisited decisions.

Workshop Objectives:

• Introduce the Toyota Development System and its fundamental elements, such as set-based concurrent engineering and the role of the chief engineer
  
• Demonstrate tools for using visual models to facilitate knowledgesharing, improve decision-making and eliminate reinvention
  
• Define Management by Proposal, describe the process and provide an opportunity to practice it
  
• Develop a Personal Lean Action Plan to integrate your passion for excellence into your work environment, whether or not your company is ready to actively embrace Lean

Facilitator:
Katherine Radeka, President, Whittier Consulting