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Tuesday October 5, 2010

Savvy Seminar I: The 21st Century Product Development System: Agile, Flexible, and Waste Free

This half day seminar introduces the essential elements of the 21st Century product development system which product development organizations in the manufacturing sector are adapting. More recently referred to as “agile product development,” some call it flexible product development while a few call it “lean” product development. Fundamentally, this is a system in which skilled, technical knowledge workers generate product designs, develop the designs for timely manufacture and launch to satisfy 21st Century customer demands for high quality/performance.

Deliverables include ten large visuals of the system and its key components. A glossary of terms and a leader’s reference plan are included with instruction how to introduce the system to colleagues.

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MORNING SESSION
TIME: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

COST: $249

Savvy Seminar II: A3 Thinking/Practice Tools
Cost: gratis (underwritten by The Toro Company)

This seminar presents A3 thinking and tools in current use with product design teams . The problem solving A3 , design intent A3, knowledge brief A3 will be presented along with twelve other variants. The use of A3 in a phased and gated process will be highlighted. The impact of A3 thinking/practice on product design, people performance, process improvement and project waste reduction will be included.
Deliverables include A3 formats and samples.

AFTERNOON SESSION
TIME: 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

COST: FREE