Despite an increasing need for speed and efficiency, much of the effort expended by product development teams is often unnecessary and potentially wasteful. In many cases, only one or two hours of a team member's work day is spent directly creating value for their customers.

This interactive workshop presents a set of leading-edge, practical tools for slashing waste and increasing speed and efficiency of your company's product development process. The Lean methods described in this course enable dramatic reductions in time-to-market while freeing up valuable resources for additional project work.

Firms that have embraced these practical, waste-eliminating tools have reported up to fifty-percent reduction in launch schedules, significant improvements in gross margin, and enhanced customer satisfaction.

After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Identify non-value-added tasks and wasteful work habits on any development project.
2. Apply twenty-eight lean techniques that provide immediate savings of time and cost.
3. Use a step-by-step method for prioritizing improvement activities.
4. Improve the quality and efficiency of customer / team / management communication.
5. Maximize the utilization of scarce human and capital resources.
6. Support a culture of discipline, value focus, and intolerance of waste.