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Nine Tips to Better Process Development
Achieve exceptional results with your next product launch. Master nine proven techniques for designing successful, waste-free processes.
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Whatever Happened to Quality First: Rethinking Product Development in the Wake of Recalls and Catastrophic Failures
This Design Brief tackles the often-overlooked topic of building quality into new products. Learn how a customer-centric approach in development…
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Quality Leadership at the Forefront of Innovation: A Conversation with Jeri Ford of Lucid Motors
Lucid Motors’ Vice President of Quality, Jeri Ford, shares lessons from the automotive industry on how to build a culture…
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From Concept to Perfection: Toyota’s GD3 Method Sets a New Standard in Product Quality
The innovative GD3 method can help you rethink product development to improve customer satisfaction, boost cost-effectiveness, avoid recalls, and prevent…
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Operations IS Your Customer
Discover how redefining operations as the primary customer of engineering can transform product development, enhance collaboration, and drive unprecedented improvements…
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Developing 35,000 Problem Solvers: OhioHealth’s Journey in Lean Healthcare with Alli Kulp and Emily Swaney
How one large healthcare system is developing problem-solving skills across 35,000 employees through standardized lean processes, daily huddles, and leadership…
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Software’s Quality Leap: Three Lessons from Toyota’s Dantotsu Approach to Reduce Defects at Scale at Theodo
Bridging the gap between manufacturing and software, Theodo cofounder and CTO Fabrice Bernhard, explains the company’s transformative journey of applying…
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Connecting the Classroom to Industry: Experiential Lean Learning with Dennis Wade and Lisa Eshbach
In this episode of the WLEI podcast, we learn how two universities are creating hands-on lean learning experiences for students…
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Extending Lean Thinking Beyond the Factory at MillerKnoll: a Conversation with Jennifer Trask and Brittney Heatherington
In this episode of the WLEI podcast, we learn how MillerKnoll brings lean thinking to its dealer network to drastically…
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Designing Sustainable Value Streams
Download LEI's latest ebook on how Lean Product and Process Development enables organizations to design and deliver innovative, profitable, and…
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Coach’s Corner: How can Lean Product and Process Development enable the creation of environmentally sustainable products?
Following LPPD principles and practices enables teams to consider sustainability when making decisions early in and throughout the design process.
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From Cradle-to-Gate to Cradle-to-Cradle: A Lean Approach to Sustainable Product Design
Lean Product and Process Development (LPPD) plays a pivotal role in contributing to a more sustainable, less resource-intensive society.
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