Date: Jun 26th, 2012 - Jun 27th, 2012

Event Time: 8:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Event Location: Delaware Technical & Community College (Stanton Campus)

Event Cost: $395.00

Event Description: Course Description –

This workshop allows attendees to learn the powerful techniques of Lean Product Development by directly applying them to a real project from their firm. In this “learn-by-doing” format, small teams will be guided through a series of step-by-step exercises that simulate the implementation of several critical lean methods. By sharing results with other teams and through mentoring by the instructor, many of the issues and obstacles associated with product development improvement can be easily overcome.

In the current economic climate, doing more with less is a mandate for virtually any firm, particularly with respect to new product introductions. Unfortunately, much of the effort expended by product development teams is often unnecessary and potentially wasteful. In many cases, less than half of a team member’s work day is actually spent creating value for their customers, and profits for their companies. Firms that have embraced the practical, waste-eliminating methods of Lean Product Development have reported up to 50 percent reduction in launch schedules, dramatic improvements in gross margin, and enhanced customer satisfaction. This workshop is based on the recently published book Mastering Lean Product Development, by Ronald Mascitelli, and is presented by the author.
Participants will take away a practical plan for executing a real-world development project in less time, with higher margins, and with enhanced quality and customer value. Specific topics include:

• How to energize your current development process through an event-driven, highly collaborative design methodology.
• A powerful new tool for connecting the voice-of-the-customer directly to product requirements.
• Identifying and mitigating risks to cost, schedule, and quality.
• Managing resource capacity in a multi-project environment.
• Lean Scheduling and constraint (bottleneck) management
• The LPD Visual Workflow Management System




Upon completing this course, students should be able to –

1. Dramatically accelerate the development of high-value new products.
2. Reduce product cost through Toyota-based innovation and process preparation techniques.
3. Improve the quality and efficiency of customer / team / management communication.
4. Maximize the productivity of scarce human and capital resources.
5. Develop a culture of discipline, value-focus, and intolerance of waste.


Who Should Attend –

Product-line managers, team leaders, task managers, functional managers, six-sigma blackbelts / green belts, improvement champions, operations and engineering managers, process owners, design engineers, and all others with product development responsibilities.