The mastery of innovation : a field guide to lean product development / / Katherine Radeka.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Radeka, Katherine.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xix, 233 p. :; ill., port.

Table of Contents

Foreward to be determined -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Lean product development : the mastery of innovation -- What is the mastery of innovation? -- Value and waste in product development -- The lean product development benchmarking study -- The pioneers of lean product development -- DJO global : the fundamentals of lean product development -- Scania technical centre : a pioneering lean product champion -- Ford Motor Company : how to revitalize an American icon -- Lean product development to make the right products -- Buckeye technologies : lean tools for strategic alignment -- Steelcase : go-and-see new customers to open new markets -- Philips : comprehensive lean scheduling -- Lean product development to make products better, faster, cheaper -- Novo Nordisk : metrics to drive change -- Visteon : knowledge at the engineer's fingertips -- A-Dec : project chiefs to speed decision-making -- Lean product development transformation -- Nielsen Kellerman : just start somewhere -- Vaisala : from pilot projects to global transformation -- Playworld systems : how to cut time to market in half, twice -- The path of innovation mastery -- Innovation mastery : how to begin with lean product development -- Epilogue just start somewhere, just do something -- Appendix 1: The mastery of innovation self-assessment -- Appendix 2: Guide for book study groups -- Appendix 3: List of participating companies -- Appendix 4: Suggested reading list -- Index.