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This webinar is directed at practitioners in organizations that are pursuing operational excellence. Lean Product and Process Development (LPPD) is the New Product Development system originally utilized by Toyota Motor Corporation. Since the primary research by faculty at the University of Michigan in the 1990’s, the method has spread to leading innovators in many industries.
Product development is a strange business process, and LPPD is an unusual approach that emphasizes learning – learning first, to design better products faster. One unusual characteristic of LPPD is the “second P” which emphasizes simultaneous development of the process to deliver the product or service. This is where operations practitioners are engaged in the development process.Gone are the days of “throw it over the wall” to the manufacturing guys. Instead, the primary goal of LPPD is to operationalize a high quality product/service design, and the process to deliver it.
The objective of this webinar is to inform operations practitioners, and their development colleagues, of the primary principles and benefits of LPPD. Several countermeasures to the challenges of the development discipline will be introduced that are enabled by the LPPD approach. The intent is to inform and inspire innovation excellence in organizations pursuing operational excellence.
Kettering University is a private university in Flint, Michigan. It offers Bachelor of Science and Master’s degrees in STEM and management. Kettering University undergraduate students must complete at least five co-op terms to graduate. Students work for one quarter with their co-op employer, then in the next quarter complete the same courseload of classes of a typical semester university, rotating this pattern for four-and-a-half years. Kettering University is named after inventor and former head of research for General Motors, Charles F. Kettering. He was a distinguished inventor, researcher, and proponent of cooperative education. Established in 1919, Kettering was formerly known as the General Motors Institute (GMI), and a subsidiary of GM until becoming an independent nonprofit university in 1982. The cooperative education model, pioneered over 100 years ago, results in strong student outcomes. Kettering students have over two years of work experience in their discipline before they finish their degree. Graduates enjoy the highest ROI on their education of all institutions in Michigan, and rank in the top 100 of thousands of institutions in the United States. www.kettering.edu
Larry Navarre is a full-time Lecturer at Kettering University teaching courses in innovation development, supply chain management, project management, and business analytics since 2008. Larry has earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) and a Master of Science in Management degree from Purdue University's Krannert Graduate School of Management (West Lafayette, Indiana). Larry has 20 years of management experience in the steel, machinery, and plastics industries. His management responsibilities have spanned from Production Supervisor to Director of Global Product Management and Asian Operations. He has worked internationally with customers, suppliers, and colleagues in 20 countries. Larry is also a managing owner of a family-owned small business managing commercial real estate for over 20 years.
Monday, March 24, 2025
12:55 p.m. Check in
1 p.m. Introduction
1:05 p.m. Presentation
1:50 p.m. Q&A
2 p.m. Webinar concludes
- Why development is so difficult to do well, and with high reliability
- LPPD is quite different than typical NPD with its emphasis on learning first, followed by design
- LPPD applies lean principles in a toolset that is different from Lean Manufacturing
- An introduction to several of the First Principles of LPPD
Operations practitioners, and their development colleagues, in organizations that seek to apply principles of innovation excellence in organizations practicing operational excellence.
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