Lean Product Development can significantly improve productivity

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Top performers have five times more productivity ¹

	Do you have an idea-to-launch process in place?
	Would you like to overhaul and streamline your process in order to ..
	.. substantially increase your development productivity?

You can increase productivity in two ways

Use the seven Lean principles to boost productivity²
1)	Customer focus and superior value for the customer
2)	Front-end loaded process
3)	Spiral development
4)	Holistic approach and empowered teams
5)	Focus: effective portfolio management
6)	Ongoing measurement and learning (Kaizen)
7)	NexGen Stage-Gate^®: (a flexible, scalable process)
Focus on productivity, not just speed and low cost!

Implement Lean product development in a three-step process!

1) Analysis Review of current processes	A fact-based description of the workable areas or projects and a plan for the changes and the process along with clear result targets.	Management workshop, value stream analysis, Lean test and cause and effect analysis.

2) Upgrade Process optimisation and test projects.	Upgrade the development process to NexGen^TM Stage-Gate, establish portfolio management, implement best practice tool kits (e.g., score card, metrics, templates for stages and gates etc.)	One or more groups implement the changes, test them in a few projects and document the methods and results.

3) Implementation in the whole company	Implement the changes accross all projects, generate visible results in the planned areas and measure them continually.	caried out by one or more task forces and overlooked by senior management group.

1) See the research results about development productivity in the book "Lean, Rapid and Profitable New Product Development"
2) Learn more about the seven principles at our seminar or from our book.

Lean, Rapid and Profitable Product Development <a href="shared-pages/seminar-lean-product-development-participants.html">Lean Product Development: Previous Participants Competition and the demand for shorter time-to-market keep getting tougher. Lean Product Development is the latest tool.</a> Do you know its potential and pitfalls? If not, you should attend this seminar. The international authority Dr Cooper - and the originator of Stage-Gate® - brings you at the cutting edge with your competitors. Trimming the fat is not enough! Lean has been used in production for years. Now it's product development's turn. Leading companies eliminate waste, reduce bureaucracy and cut development time. Trimming the fat is not enough, however. The best companies focus on profit improvements - on ways to develop impact new products. And most of all, they ensure that the steps to reduce wastage don't end up starving their projects and hurting profits. An integrated toolkit with documented impact The seminar gives you a coherent, integrated toolkit. The impact is proven through the studies of over 400 companies. In addition, Cooper illustrates his points by a wealth of real-life examples. You will be updated on the latest principles, including <ul type="circle"> <li> Toyota's Principles and how to convert and apply them to your own development process.</li> <li> The six most important causes of waste and how to eliminate them.</li> <li> NexGen Stage-Gate®: a new simpler, faster and more flexible process.</li> <li> The seven principles including customer focus, flexible definitions and working in spirals.</li> <li> Resource management and Go/Kill decisions: reduce waiting time by establishing balance between projects and resources. </li> </ul> <a href="lean-probe.html">Test your company compares with the lean product development principles by using the ProBE Innovation Benchmarker by Robert G. Cooper and Jens Henrik Arleth Based on a questionnare survey, you will see your company's standing in terms of Cooper's seven factors proven to drive innovation productivity. The results are presented in a visual, easy-to-read format so it is immediately evident where to focus your efforts.</a> Book Top performers innovate with five times more productivity than average. In their latest book, Dr. Robert G. Cooper and Dr. Scott J. Edgett use their latest research and in-the-field experience to show you how to imitate the companies that win. “Although many companies have introduced new processes, they are still struggling to achieve the financial results they expected,” says Dr. Cooper. “We saw a need to put together the new information and techniques.” © Jens Arleth, 2008