Design for LeanSigma

Experience this groundbreaking approach to new product development, production process planning and implementation – and consistently launch new products three to four times faster than your competition.

This one-week (M-F) hands-on workshop at the TBM LeanSigma Institute, Durham, NC, combines instruction and simulation to teach the basics of rapid, team-based product and process design within a Lean framework – generating results that are a quantum leap from traditional or concurrent engineering approaches.

“This is the future of new product development and production process planning.”
Cris Schaefer,
Kaizen Promotion Office Manager,
Hubbell Wiring Systems

Key Learning

• Unique Lean approach to new product and production process planning and implementation
• Defining customer needs and translating them into critical product requirements
• Designing for Lean production
• Reducing a design’s piece parts
• Minimizing waste in the production process
• Maximizing quality and production flexibility to easily adapt to variations in customer demand

Who Should Attend

Product development teams, including Design Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers and other participants in new product design and production process

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“Through Design for LeanSigma, we’ve reduced the time from inception to going to market by 50 percent. By reducing the time this much we gain the revenue more quickly and free up resources in marketing and engineering to double the amount of products we’ve been able to introduce. We’re getting it right the first time and meeting customer expectations better.”
Paul Adelberg,
Vice President of Lean Technology,
Hayward Pool Products

Your Instructor

Prior to joining TBM Consulting Group in 1995, Bob Wenning built over 25 years of experience as an operations and manufacturing manager.

Bob specializes in new product development and launch and has been instrumental in developing our popular Design for LeanSigma® courses. He is sought after as a teacher and leader of Product Development, business process improvement and production preparation, as well as shop floor Kaizen work.

Bob was manufacturing manager for Dupont Company’s Instrument Products Division and prior to joining TBM was operations manager for Abbott Laboratories’ Transfusion Diagnostics. This division, where Bob was responsible for new product development and launch, provided screening tests to detect the HIV and Hepatitis viruses in blood products used in transfusions.

Bob has a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University and has advised many companies in a variety of industries, some of which are Allied Signal, Maytag, Hubbell, Vermeer and First Data Corporation.

Robert Wenning
TBM Senior Management Consultant