Lean Development and Innovation: Hitting the Market with the Right Products at the Right Time

ISBN-13: 9781138481817 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 336 str.

Luciano Attolico

Opis

This book provides a comprehensive framework that supports, step-by-step, the successful application of Lean principles in the innovation and development areas of the company.

Spis treści

Foreword by Jeffrey Liker. Preface. Chapter 1: Lean Product-Process Innovation and Long-term Thinking. Chapter 2: Processes: The Way we Work to Add Value. Chapter 3: People: The Engine for Creativity at the Heart of Long-term success. Chapter 4: Tools for a lean and innovative company. Chapter 5: Companies That Have Successfully Streamlined and Innovated their Product Development. Appendix: Modularity -- The Way to Reduce the Total Product Costs While Drastically Increasing the Industrial Flexibility. Glossary.

O autorze

From 2003 through 2007, Luciano Attolico was the Advanced Technology & Production Development Manager at SIEMENS Automotive, focussingon high-tech innovative products and processes. He oversaw the development of new production technologies, new product industrialization, and the management of entire production departments. In 2008, he choseto pursue a career dedicated exclusively to counseling, research and training, and foundedLenovys (www.lenovys.com), a Lean Management company, known for creating Lean Lifestyle® and Impact Innovation methodologies. Lenovys is one of the few companies in Europethat improves business performance by jointly developing both technical and social excellence.Lenovys has helped a variety of companiesquickly achieve tangible benefits both in terms of business growth and transformed culture. These comapines include:Continental, Daniel, Laika, Johnson Electric, Telecom Italy, Honda, Lamborghini, Sacmi, Husqvarna, Tetra Pak, Roche, Ethos, DeWalt, Heineken, Mahle, Natuzzi, Lavazza, Frigoglass, Bormioli, Lucart, Flexform, Probios, Fire, Sutter, Campari, Orogel, and Gewiss. In 2017, Lenovys has been included by the Financial Times in the special ranking "FT 1000,"which encompasses the 1000 independent European companies with the highest rate of innovation and organic growth .