Since the generalized adoption of Lean management and 6 sigma methods, production performance is now relatively uniform within the same sector, the challenge has now shifted to accelerating product development.
Lean engineering enhances agility. By optimizing development timelines and costs, it becomes possible to respond more quickly to market demands.
Our approach is grounded in expertise across 4 fundamentals areas:
Methodologies
1. Product Policy: For greater consistency between marketing policy and development strategy.
Tools: decoupling innovation and product launches, resource flexibility.
2. Development methods:
Tools: OBS/WBS, Set Based Engineering, Simulation, Standardization of low-level tasks.
Control
3. Steering: To manage the inevitable hazards as effectively as possible.
Tools: Catch Ball; Stage Gates, Nemawashi, Obeyas, resource loads.
4. Kaizen: For continuous improvement.
Tools: A3/Visual management, PDVSM, 7 mudas, Hansai.