The Toyota Product Development System

The Toyota Product Development System

The ability to bring new and innovative products to market rapidly is the prime critical competence for any successful consumer-driven company. All industries, especially automotive, are slashing product development lead times in the current hyper-competitive marketplace. This book is the first to thoroughly examine and analyze the truly effective product development methodology that has made Toyota the most forward-thinking company in the automotive industry. In The Toyota Product Development System: Integrating People, Process, and Technology, James Morgan and Jeffrey Liker compare and contrast the world-class product development process of Toyota with that of a U.S. competitor. They use extensive examples from Toyota and the U.S. competitor to demonstrate value stream mapping as an extraordinarily powerful tool for continuous improvement. Through examples and case studies, this book illustrates specific techniques and proven practices for dealing with challenges associated with product development, such as synchronizing multiple disciplines, multiple function workload leveling, compound process variation, effective technology integration, and knowledge management. This valuable book: Highlights the application of value stream mapping methodology to product development. Identifies and defines the categories of waste that are specific to the product development process. Presents countermeasures and proven practices, based on Lean principles, developed for the product development process used at Toyota. Illustrates and clarifies the methodology by presenting actual case examples at Toyota and a U.S. competitor. Readers of this book can focus on optimizing the entire product developmentvalue stream rather than focus on a specific tool or technology for local improvements.

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Dr. Jeffrey K. Liker ist Professor für Ingenieurswissenschaftenan der University of Michigan.Er ist dort Direktor und Mitbegründer des JapanTechnology Management Program. Als Gewinner von vier Shingo Prizes for Excellence schreibt er regelmäßig für den Harvard Business Review und den Sloan Management Review. Dr. Jeffrey K. Liker berät namhafte Firmenwie DaimlerChrysler, Asia Pacific oderdie U.S. Air Force.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
Section One: Introduction
Chapter 1: The New Product Development Revolution
Chapter 2: The Lean Product Development System Model
Section Two: Process Subsystem
Chapter 3: Establish Customer-Defined Value to Separate Value-Added From Waste
Chapter 4: Front-Load the PD Process to Explore Alternatives Thoroughly
Chapter 5: Create a Leveled Product Development Process Flow
Chapter 6: Utilizing Rigorous Standardization to Reduce Variation and Create Flexibility and Predictable Outcomes
Section Three: Subsystem People
Chapter 7: Creating a Chief Engineer System to Lead Development From Start to Finish
Chapter 8: Balancing Functional Expertise and Cross-Functional Integration through Organization
Chapter 9: Develop Towering Technical Competence in All Engineers
Chapter 10: Fully Integrate Suppliers into the Product Development System
Chapter 11: Building in Learning and Continuous Improvement
Chapter 12: Building a Culture to Support Excellence and Relentless Improvement
Section Four: Subsystem Tools and Technology
Chapter 13: Adapt Technology to Fit Your People and Process
Chapter 14: Align Your Organization Through Simple, Visual Communication
Chapter 15: Powerful Tools for Standardization and Organizational Learning
Section Five: Creating a Coherent Lean PD System
Chapter 16: A Coherent System
Chapter 17: Eliminating Waste In The Product Development Value Stream
Chapter 18: Getting to Culture Change:
The Heart of Lean PPD
Appendix
Applying Value Stream Mapping to a Product Development Process: The PeopleFlo Manufacturing Inc. Case by Dr. John Drogosz
Bibliography
Index