Lean thinking has been applied with the purpose of improving product development (PD) performances by eliminating non-value adding activities (wastes) and creating flow. However, companies are struggling to realize Lean PD in practice and leverage on its principles to improve performances. The paper aims to introduce a model called compact teams (CTs). It is deduced from a real case company that has obtained significant improvements in implementing it. The case is an Italian company named Carel Industries (www.carel.com), which designs and produces products in Heating, Ventilation, Air-conditioner and Refrigeration (HVAC/R) markets. Brief literature reviews are made on the lean principles and wastes in PD. Moreover, the paper presents the performance benefits of the model that are obtained in the case company.

Compact Teams: a Model to Achieve Lean in Product Development

KERGA, ENDRIS TEMAM;TERZI, SERGIO
2013-01-01

Abstract

Lean thinking has been applied with the purpose of improving product development (PD) performances by eliminating non-value adding activities (wastes) and creating flow. However, companies are struggling to realize Lean PD in practice and leverage on its principles to improve performances. The paper aims to introduce a model called compact teams (CTs). It is deduced from a real case company that has obtained significant improvements in implementing it. The case is an Italian company named Carel Industries (www.carel.com), which designs and produces products in Heating, Ventilation, Air-conditioner and Refrigeration (HVAC/R) markets. Brief literature reviews are made on the lean principles and wastes in PD. Moreover, the paper presents the performance benefits of the model that are obtained in the case company.
2013
2013 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation, ICE 2013 and IEEE International Technology Management Conference, ITMC 2013
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