TRANSFORMATION TO LEAN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT – APPROACHES AT TWO AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIERS
DS 70: Proceedings of DESIGN 2012, the 12th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Year: 2012
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad
Author: Ström, M.; Alemyr, M.; Bükk ,S.; Gustafsson, G.; Johannesson, H.
Section: Design organisation and management
Page(s): 113-122
Abstract
The transformation to a lean product development system was studied at two automotive suppliers. The study covers the transformation approach, the problems along the way, some early results of the transformation and a comparison between the two firms in t
Keywords: lean, product development, automotive, supplier