Lean Product Development

Manufacturing companies are in need of a new model that goes beyond lean manufacturing to ensure the transformation of the enterprise into lean environment. This is a response to customers and market demands of value creation, incorporating sustainability and customisation. The significant change in enterprise performance can come from the adoption of lean thinking throughout the entire product life cycle, this is the Lean Product Development (LeanPD).  What is needed is a new paradigm that will take the lean manufacturing and lean thinking concepts from waste elimination into value creation. In order to make a significant change in enterprise performance and saving ultimate system costs, there is a need for the entire enterprise to undergo a lean transformation. 

LeanPD focuses on value creation, provision of knowledge environment, continuous improvement and Set-based concurrent engineering process that encourage innovation. It provides process model and associate tools that consider entire product life cycle.