When Australian Rick James, an engineer and Plant Operations Manager for a major American Motor Company located in Dayton, Ohio, decides to take a vacation back in his native Australia, he little realizes just how much his life is about to change. His Uncle Colin is asking for help with a new product discovery he has made that has the potential to revolutionize the automobile industry. Asking him to travel up to a friend's cattle property where he is using a couple of barns as a development center, he initially only needs Rick's help to engineer some modifications to a prototype automobile...

The first edition of The Quantum Leap: Speed to Market, written by John R. Costanza in 1984, played a key role in communicating the manufacturing methods advocated by the use of Demand Flow(r) Technology (DFT). At that time John's documentation of the technology was new and implementation of the discipline produced a series of dramatic success stories as multiple manufacturing companies embraced the emerging business practices guided by Demand Flow(r) Technology. In 2005 The Quantum Leap: Next Generation book was released from Dean Gilliam and Steve Taylor-Jones to update the text and further...

This book provides a story of the development and validation of a new product and its release to market, woven within the story of a family of characters that are involved in the effort. The story follows the organization and effort by the family to retain the product ownership while making a success of the market release of the product and circumnavigate the competition. This is the second book that continues the story of Australian Rick James and his family, and their efforts to successfully bring a radical new product to market. The product is a new fuel source invented by Rick's uncle...