Case Study - Trail King Streamlines Product Development
Client
Trail King Industries Inc. manufactures customized trailers transporting heavy equipment and other oversized items.
Challenge
Augment sales and improve cash flow by eliminating bottlenecks in new product development process, allowing new designs and customized products to reach customers more quickly.
Solution
Design for LeanSigma (DLS) methods introduced early collaborative planning to prevent downstream disruptions in the process and implemented tollgates in the form of management reviews to make course corrections based on changing circumstances.
Results
For one core product, a customized over-the-road open trailer, Trail King reduced the design phase of the customization process by 12 weeks, cut production costs, and increased quality and customization options. Before applying LeanSigma, product development from concept to rollout took 1½ to 2 years; after LeanSigma, the process took 9 months.
Click the image above to download the full Case Study in PDF format.
