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Why Companies expect the results Lean Product Development delivers but are unwilling to do the work?

great blog post by Dantar Oosterwal reflecting on Dr. Allen Ward - Why do organizations expect the results Lean Product Development delivers but are unwilling to do the work?

Do not try to bring lean manufacturing upstream to product development!


Allen: “I’m tired of wasting my time on companies that want improvement but won’t do the hard work to get the results.”

Dantar: ‘I can assure you that we are serious about making improvement.’

Allen: “I’ve heard that before. Call me when you know what you are asking and commit to doing the work.”

result: 4-fold improvement in product development


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Documented examples of Lean Product and Process Development

Documented examples of Lean Product & Process Development can be found for:

IT industry

- Intel

(who has run internal Lean development conferences annually for at least 7 years)

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Software

Sports

- Ping Golf

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Motor industry:

- Harley Davidson

(when facing bankruptcy adopted Lean Product & Process development turned around company)

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- Toyota

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- Honda

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- Ford

(turned around company so no bail out taken)

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- Goodyear

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Suppliers:

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o   Delphi Automotive Systems Rochester Technical Center

o   Denso

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o   Donnelly Corporation (now Magna Donnelly)

o   Kongsberg Automotive

o   Magna

Heavy Industry

- Vermeer

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- Scania R&D Operations

(a comparable modular version)

- Atlas Copco

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Other Highly Suspect

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- Danaher

(any of their 400+ acquisitions since lean is their growth model)

- HON/HNI

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- Ariens Company

- Yanmar Diesel

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- Deere & Co. (John Deere)

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- Nissan

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- Watlow Electric

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- Lockheed Skunk Works

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- Saab Electronic Defense Systems

- Yamaha Motorcycles

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