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Design for LeanSigma
Lean Product Development and Launch
Overview
Ideal Attendees
Key Learning
Tools Learned
Agenda
Pricing and Prerequisites
Terms and Conditions
Experience effective approach to new product development, production process design and implementation within a lean framework. Learn how to consistently launch innovative products significantly faster than your competition.
Ideal Attendees
- Design engineers
- Manufacturing engineers
- Product and Marketing managers
- Operations managers
- Quality managers
- Continuous Improvement managers
- Others in the design and production process
Key Learning
- How to be consistently first to market with innovative, high-appeal products
- How to use Voice of Customer (VOC) to understand true customer needs and translate them into critical product requirements
- Maximize quality and production flexibility to easily adapt to variations in customer demand
- Dramatically reduce your development time and costs
- Participate in hands-on simulations and learn how to apply LeanSigma growth tools to streamline the product development and launch process
Tools Learned
- Voice of Customer (VOC) capture
- House of Quality
- Managed Creativity for Concept Development
- Design for Manufacture and Assembly
- Production Preparation Process (Seven Alternatives, Simulation, and “Process-at a-Glance”)
Five-Day Agenda
- Introductions and Expectations
- Lean Sigma transformation
- Design for LeanSigma (DLS) overview
- DLS (Phase-Gate) process and kaizen interventions
Day Two
- Voice Of Customer (customer visit planning and VOC capture process)
- House Of Quality (HOQ) - “Hands-On Learning Activity” - development of HOQ
- Design For Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) - “Hands-On Learning Activity” – part count reduction and design efficiency
Day Three
- Concept Development and Managed Creativity - “Hands-On Learning Activity” – managed creativity for concept development, screening and evaluation to choose the “final concept"
- Design for Six Sigma quality tools
Day Four
- Lean production system
- Production preparation principles - “Jidoka” wideo
- Production Preparation Process - “Hands-On Learning Activity” - use of “Alternatives-at-a Glance” for managed creativity
Day Five
- Production Preparation Process (continued) - “Hands-On Learning Activity” - assembly line development and simulation
- Summary review of the DLS methodology
- “Take it Home!” discussion ~ opportunities/ barriers/ comments
- Closing discussion
- Adjourn workshop
Pricing and Prerequisites
Contact us for more information on pricing. 800.438.5535
There are no prerequisites to attend this class.
Terms and Conditions
You will be invoiced for event fees which are due in full prior to the start of the course week.
Cancellation Policy
Any cancellation must be received in writing. Cancellations received within 15-21 business days of the event will be subject to a 50% cancellation fee. Cancellations received within 0-14 business days of the event will be subject to a 100% cancellation fee.
Unconditional Guarantee
If, for any reason, you are not satisfied with this workshop, we will refund 100% of your fee.
“ The first product we developed with this process was in the market in one-third of our normal time. The design is unlike any other comparable product with benefits our customers really wanted. Our biggest competitor in that market already wants to license it from us.”
