Accelerated Product Development: OverviewAcross industry, the application of Lean and Six Sigma concepts in the area of product development is virtually an untapped opportunity. Although literature is available that address the topics of Six Sigma, Lean Sigma, Design for Six Sigma, and even Lean in product development, there is essentially no literature available that demonstrates the power of combining Lean and Six Sigma for improving product development - until now.Accelerated Product Development represents one of the first books in industry to couple the proven concepts of Lean and Six Sigma with engineering processes dealing with product development. The result is a book, based on proven strategies and methodologies, that will enable a company to significantly reduce the time necessary to develop new products, dramatically reduce product cost, and improve product quality. Accelerated Product Development provides a blueprint for success and outlines the key elements for improving product development through Lean and Six Sigma methodologies. This material, presented in a logical sequence representing a roadmap for product development implementation, is based on proven results that will maximize the benefits for your company. This hands-on book is filled with diagrams and real-life case study examples to enable the reader to easily grasp the concepts that are presented. Company vice-presidents, general managers, engineering leaders, and supply chain managers will benefit from this book by using it to shape a new product development vision and supply chain strategy for their company. Practitioners will benefit by understanding the key elements and gain insight into the step-by-step methodology by which real and lasting improvement can be made in their product development process.
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"The search is over! Cliff Fiore's Accelerated Product Development strategy represents a breakthrough application of the Lean Six Sigma tools to a most difficult and elusive problem. By characterizing and eliminating the forms of waste and variation in the current product development process, Cliff has simply and elegantly provided a roadmap to rapidly create cost effective, high quality, manufacturable products that maximize value to the customer while leveraging the capabilities of the supply chain. This book is required reading for eveyone involved in the product development process."
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