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There is no escaping the fact that Lean Manufacturing has been a great success for many companies. Of 300 senior managers in UK manufacturing surveyed in 2007, more than a third had saved more than £500,000 since implementing lean. It doesn’t stop there; Lean Supply Chain and Lean Office are delivering impressive results as companies spread Lean widely across their organisation. One area that sees less attention by companies on a lean journey is new product development (NPD). NPD has unique characteristics that make it difficult to apply the tools and techniques associated with more repeatable functions like manufacturing or order processing. At NPD Express we are at the forefront of the application of Lean Thinking to NPD. We can work with your teams to help them understand how Lean Product Development differs from Lean Manufacturing. We can help them understand the unique forms of waste associated with product development and we can introduce powerful tools to help eliminate that waste. Check out the resources page to find out more about the exciting subject of Lean Product Development. |