Lean Strategies for Product Development: Achieving Breakthrough Performance in Bringing Products to Market [Paperback]

Clifford Fiore (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2003

Lean Strategies for Product Development highlights problems that are common to companies in terms of developing products cheaply and efficiently. 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 and dramatically reduce product cost. Companies that have implemented the concepts presented in Lean Strategies for Product Development have achieved dramatic results. In some cases, cycle time reduction by as much as 70% has been achieved. The concepts are presented in the context of a story centered on two key characters – a customer and his supplier. Through the dialog shared between the characters, the concepts are presented and a new business opportunity emerges.

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Amer Society for Quality (July 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873896041
• ISBN-13: 978-0873896047
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,225,796 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Be Lean - Do not waste your money on this title, April 5, 2005

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Josef O. (Cambridge, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lean Strategies for Product Development: Achieving Breakthrough Performance in Bringing Products to Market (Paperback)

This book does not even scratch the surface of Lean, not talking of Lean Product Development. It is a low quality, narrow-scope collection of everyday knowledge. Read any other work on Product Development or Process Optimization to learn more than what is offered here.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother, August 30, 2005

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Stephen B. Offiler (Providence, RI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lean Strategies for Product Development: Achieving Breakthrough Performance in Bringing Products to Market (Paperback)

Don't waste your time or money on this lightweight. I would never have finished it except it's the only thing I brought with me on the plane. It made the Skymall magazine look pretty good! So-called product development "concepts" introduced (modular design, platform design, custom design) are nothing more than common sense and already in practice widely. The book goes on to describe a needlessly complex system of databases with names like "technical requirements flow-down matrix", "product experience domain", and "component design compliance matrix". This isn't Lean at all. This is creation of muda - wasted effort. And the story-telling approach which unfolds as a conversation between two engineers is literally painful to read. It sounds nothing like any natural conversation I've ever heard. It's thin, it's light, it's cheap, and it's worthless. Stay away.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and Compelling: Breaking New Ground with Lean, May 3, 2005

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D. Randall - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lean Strategies for Product Development: Achieving Breakthrough Performance in Bringing Products to Market (Paperback)

What a great read! Fiore's Lean Strategies for Product Development provides excellent insight regarding the application of lean concepts in product development. Recognizing that product knowledge and information is the backbone of the development process, Fiore introduces three design strategies (modular, platform, and custom) that utilize product knowledge and information that will enable company's to reduce product development cycle time and cost. The strategies are supported by different tools that are introduced explained throughout the book.

In addition, the book demonstrates the role that software tools play enabling product development practitioners to efficiently and effectively find product knowledge and information that is need to support the development process. Finally, the book also demonstrates how product knowledge can be leveraged to integrate supply chain activities for selecting suppliers and reducing part procurement cost.

The concepts introduced throughout the book are weaved into a story between a customer and supplier. Not only was this an effective way to introduce the material, but it was also a very enjoyable and easy read. If you liked "The Goal" - you'll like this book. Everyone reading this book will come away with an understanding of how to apply lean in product development!