Accelerated Product Development

by Fiore; Clifford

• ISBN13: 9781563273100
• ISBN10: 1563273101
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-12-08
• Publisher: Productivity Pr

Summary

In Accelerated Product Development: Combining Lean and Six Sigma for Peak Performance,Clifford Fiore provides the blueprint for implementing the key elements for improving the product development process. His innovative and powerful work represents the first book to couple the proven concepts of Lean and Six Sigma with the engineering processes of product development. His results, based on proven strategies and methodologies, enable companies to significantly reduce the time necessary to develop new products, dramatically reduce product cost, and improve product quality.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
Part One: The Product Development Value Proposition	1	(44)
Why Focus on Product Development?	3	(8)
The Relationship of Product Development and Product Cost	5	(1)
The Evolution of Continuous Improvement	6	(2)
Lean and Six Sigma	8	(3)
Lean Fundamentals	11	(18)
The Concept of Flow	11	(7)
Maximizing Customer Value	18	(2)
Eliminating Waste	20	(2)
The 5S Approach for Lean Implementation	22	(1)
Defining Value Streams	23	(3)
Lean Principles	26	(1)
Opportunities for Process Improvement	27	(2)
Applying Lean Principles to Product Development	29	(16)
Waste in the Product Development Process	30	(4)
Typical Problems in Product Development	34	(6)
The Legend of the Golden Project	40	(1)
Guiding Principles for Product Development	41	(4)
Part Two: Launching Lean Product Development	45	(32)
Conducting a Baseline Assessment	47	(20)
Getting Started	48	(2)
Conducting a Baseline Event	50	(9)
Conducting Follow-up Baseline Assessments for Continuous Improvement	59	(8)
A Baseline Assessment Case Study	67	(10)
Company Background	67	(1)
Creating a Platform for Change	68	(1)
Rotorworld's Baseline Assessment	69	(1)
Discovery Team Data	69	(5)
The Discovery Team's Analysis	74	(1)
Building the House of Product Development	75	(2)
Part Three: Stabilizing the Product Development Process	77	(38)
Resource and Workload Management	79	(12)
The Need for Resource and Workload Management	79	(3)
Strategies for Improving Resource and Workload Management	82	(2)
Implementing Resource and Workload Management	84	(7)
Implementing a Reuse Strategy	91	(16)
The Impact of a New Part on the Company	92	(2)
Identifying Preferred Parts	94	(7)
The Product Portfolio	101	(3)
Activity-Based Costing	104	(3)
Building the Infrastructure for Product Development	107	(8)
The Infrastructure for Product Development	108	(2)
Project Management	110	(2)
Design Assurance	112	(3)
Part Four: Streamlining the Product Development Process	115	(40)
Selecting the Appropriate Design Strategy	117	(16)
Three Design Strategies	118	(1)
Option #1: Modular Design	119	(4)
Option #2: Platform Design	123	(6)
Option #3: Custom Design	129	(4)
Software Tools for Product Development	133	(10)
The System Architecture	134	(2)
Database Design	136	(3)
Measuring the Level of Reuse	139	(4)
Integrating the Supply Chain in the Product Development Process	143	(12)
A Strategy for Improving the Supply Chain	144	(3)
Procuring Part Families vs. Individual Parts	147	(3)
Implementing a Value-Engineering Program	150	(5)
Part Five: Quality in the Product Development Process	155	(34)
Instituting a Manufacturing Process Control Program	157	(10)
What is Manufacturing Process Control?	157	(1)
Implementing an MPC Program	158	(6)
The Role of Key Characteristics	164	(3)
Implementing Design for Six Sigma	167	(14)
The Meaning of Sigma	167	(1)
The Importance of Design for Six Sigma	168	(2)
The Elements of Design for Six Sigma	170	(4)
Implementing Design for Six Sigma	174	(2)
Using Process Capability Models	176	(2)
Case Study	178	(3)
Flow and Cell Design for Product Development	181	(8)
Measuring Takt Time	181	(1)
Quantifying Standard Work	182	(2)
Cell Design for Product Development	184	(5)
Conclusion	189	(4)
Glossary	193	(6)
References	199	(2)
Index	201	(9)
About the Author	210