TY - GEN
T1 - Identifying Lean thinking measurement needs and trends in product development
T2 - 17th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering, CE 2010
AU - Flores, Myrna
AU - Klinke, Sergio
AU - Tucci, Christopher
AU - Terzi, Sergio
AU - Al-Ashaab, Ahmed
AU - Sopelana, Amaia
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Measuring the implementation of Lean principles constitutes a major challenge for many organizations. Several frameworks and tools have been developed and proposed, but no one has shown full success to specifically focus on measuring lean in the product development process. In order to fulfill this opportunity, one of the results of the LeanPPD FP7 project funded by the European Commission, is to develop a self-assessment tool to enable companies to assess their maturity and readiness for Lean implementation and guide them through the implementation process with both qualitative and quantitative measures. In parallel to the tool development, an exploratory research was carried out to understand the current practices and tools firms use to measure their lean implementation and to identify their needs. Therefore, this paper aims to diffuse the findings of how companies are measuring the progress of Lean thinking implementation into their product development. The data was gathered from five highly innovative companies from the Life Sciences sector located in Switzerland.
AB - Measuring the implementation of Lean principles constitutes a major challenge for many organizations. Several frameworks and tools have been developed and proposed, but no one has shown full success to specifically focus on measuring lean in the product development process. In order to fulfill this opportunity, one of the results of the LeanPPD FP7 project funded by the European Commission, is to develop a self-assessment tool to enable companies to assess their maturity and readiness for Lean implementation and guide them through the implementation process with both qualitative and quantitative measures. In parallel to the tool development, an exploratory research was carried out to understand the current practices and tools firms use to measure their lean implementation and to identify their needs. Therefore, this paper aims to diffuse the findings of how companies are measuring the progress of Lean thinking implementation into their product development. The data was gathered from five highly innovative companies from the Life Sciences sector located in Switzerland.
KW - Balanced scorecard
KW - Lean implementation measurement
KW - Lean principles
KW - Life Sciences industry
KW - Product development process
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84870229230&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-0-85729-024-3_35
DO - 10.1007/978-0-85729-024-3_35
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84870229230
SN - 9780857290236
T3 - Advanced Concurrent Engineering
SP - 319
EP - 327
BT - New World Situation
PB - Springer-Verlag London Ltd
Y2 - 6 September 2010 through 10 September 2010
ER -