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New Savvy Workshop!
The Chief Engineer
The Savvy Consortium engineering managers will present the nine function methodology used in the chief engineer led product development project. The practices used by the chief engineer in organizations like Toyota to get the new product designed, developed and launched will be taught using visual materials. Workshop exercises will prepare the attendees to integrate the practices in their current tasks as product developers.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Cost: $800
How We Got Savvy
Jim Jacobs is the certified new product development and management professional with an in depth knowledge of the Toyota lean product development system.
His overall experience includes: new product management, understanding customer needs for new products, market research and cross functional team proficiency. During his 15 years in product development with several Fortune 500 firms, including The Toro Company, Gould Inc., and General Mills, Jim launched 14 new products; 11 successfully. He managed the product development stages from idea generation to market research to product launch. In these firms, Jim worked with many leading innovators, chief engineers, technology people and entrepreneurs. Jim Jacobs' industry, markets and product experience includes industrial and consumer durables: food processing, automotive aftermarket, electrical products and other product market categories served by direct and two step distribution.
Following 15 years of corporate experience, Jim started up an innovative product development and market research service. He evolved this into an innovation management service, assisting new product developers and managers generate business growth from new products. Jim partnered with former 3M professionals whose knowledge and experience included new product process development, prioritization tools/best practices and cross functional product development teams.
In the late 90s, Jim introduced the Savvy peer group learning service in which PD executives learn and initiate lean Toyota product development. Using elements of the lean Toyota PD system, Jim helps clients establish customer-defined value, initiate set-based design methods, build a knowledge based product engineering organization and integrate learning with continuous improvement.
Jim Jacobs is an organizer of professional new product developers. Jim co founded and held many offices, including President of PDMA/Minnesota Chapter. This chapter ranks among the largest networks of new product developers.
Born in Columbus, Ohio, Jim received the B. S. in Business Administration from the University of Dayton and was awarded the M. B. A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Jim and his wife Barbara live in Minneapolis.