There are several definitions for ‘sustainable manufacturing‘, which is often referring to a long-term quality that aims to preserve, keep and maintain environmental resources without compromising future efficiency. It is also li...
Professionals involved in innovation often claim to prefer agile rather than waterfall – which is synonym of bureaucracy and hindrance to creativity. There is a common perception that waterfall is about structure and sequencing logic, wh...
More with Less: Getting More from Existing Operations
2015-09-12Excellence, Operations, Change, Kaizen, LeanThe world of Manufacturing has moved from 1) craft manufacturing, 2) mass production, to 3) modern Manufacturing – which replaced the mass production paradigm with a combination of: Flexible specialization – leveraging open innovation an...
Effective NPD Life-Cycle Process – the DNA of Product Creation
2015-07-16PLM, Lean, NPI, Product DevelopmentIn the Engineering and Manufacturing industry, New Product Development (NPD) typically follows an end-to-end process of bringing new products to market, consolidating and aligning product portfolio with business strategy. All products an...
The concept of “Lean” is not new and has different meanings: “do more with less”, “process optimization”, “resource efficiency”, “productivity improvement”, “increased throughput”, “just in time”, “waste elimination”, “Kanban”, “seiri, s...
Typically, value can be defined as “the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something“. The Institute of Value Management defines value as “the relationship between satisfying needs and expe...