Whittier Consulting Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 859
Camas, WA. 98607
206-274-6179

Design Blitzes and Rapid Prototyping
Turbo Charges Product Development

Situation:

A medical devices company found that product development took too long, and that they got customer feedback too late in the process. As a result, they were only capable of delivering three products per year in a market that needed many more new products.

Actions:

They began conducting Design Blitzes - focused design events with cross-functional teams to develop and evaluate multiple solutions to a technical or customer challenge within just a few days. They supplemented this with strategic use of Rapid Prototyping equipment to build their internal capacity to conduct experiments and evaluate concepts.

Results:

After two years, the company could deliver as many as 15 new products per year, and they have begun to use this capacity to leverage their technology into new markets.

Ready for More?

Katherine Radeka helps you get your ideas to market faster. When you are ready to get serious about putting lean product development into practice to help you shorten time to market, increase R & D capacity or lower costs, she is ready to help.

She knows how to tailor lean product development to meet the needs of companies ranging from the Fortune 100 to family firms earning $10 - $50 million per year, in a wide variety of industries.

Her clients say that she is tough where it counts, but easy to work with and deeply knowledgeable.

Learn more about how she works at Whittier Consulting Group, Inc.

Knowledge Brief of the Week

Join us each Friday for a complimentary discussion on a fascinating aspect of lean product development.

Next session:

August 27, 2010 - 8 am PDT / 11 am EDT
Four Box Problem Solving: A Jump Start into a Rapid Learning Cycle

Web Classes

These interactive classes provide opportunities to learn more about lean product development from the comfort of your own office.

Dial in live, watch the video or listen to the mp3 recording afterwards.

Fundamentals of Lean Product Development:
Eliminate Late Design Changes
First Class: Friday, September 17
How to Maximize Flow in Knowledge Creation Value Streams
First Class: Thursday, September 16
How to Build Support for Lean Product Development
First Class: Friday, November 12

Design Blitzes and Rapid Prototyping Turbo Charges Product Development