The book was born from the many conversations with hundreds of professionals, passionate to know more. To know more about the lean approach. About lean in innovation, product development and R&D. To know what other companies, other industries and other individuals are doing to become better innovators, faster to market, more effective in learning, to optimize and stabilize development processes, to provide more customer value, to reduce waste, to achieve greater sustainability, to understand where the trends are moving, to roadmap where to go next, and to identify the best practices in lean product development.
The book is arranged into two main parts; the theoretical fundamentals (part I) and the practical application (part II). The first part of the book starts with an overview of lean history and guides the reader through the essentials of lean manufacturing, lean product development and lean innovation, and concludes with the overview of the Lean Innovation Model. This model is intended to serve as a guide to develop a comprehensive vision for companies to start or continue their lean product development journey – from strategy to people, and from processes and tools, to knowledge management.
The second part of the book is where our book really differentiates from other books about Lean Thinking, as it is dedicated entirely to the industrial cases of lean product development implementation and application. Each chapter describes the best practices of one company, and you get 10 cases in this book, meaning inside information and knowledge from 10 world-leading companies. It is a real game-changer.