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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TIME: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
COST: $249
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
The SavvyTM Consortium Seminar
Elements of TPDDS are explained in a highly visual, easy to grasp half day seminar format as follows:
Seminar Presenters This seminar was designed and presented by product development managers with early adopter experiences initiating the Toyota Product Design and Development System.
Merle Meyer, P.E., Vice President, New Product Development, Rapid Refill, Inc.
Gene Kania, Savvy Consortium – Chicago and former engineering manager at Bell Labs.
Jim Jacobs, the Savvy Consortium – Minneapolis. Formerly product development manager (responsibilities similar to Toyota’s chief engineer role) who helped launch 14 new product platforms for six manufacturing firms serving a variety of industries. Jim initiated the Savvy Consortium -"serving the early adopters of Toyota's Product Innovation Design and Development System."
These seminar presenters are dynamic product development leaders who studied, interpreted and initiated elements of TPDDS in their Product Development organizations. They draw on their deep experience as product development managers. The content is based on the experiences of Savvy Consortium members. Content also references the books of Smith, Sobek , Kennedy and the late Dr. Allen Ward, The insight of Professors Satoshi Hino and the detailed observations of James Morgan and Jeffrey Liker are also noted.
Deliverables: workbook of presentation materials and visuals. A3 templates and samples.
Seminar Dates:
March 17, 2009 Chicago, IL
May 6 , 2009 Minneapolis, MN
Cost: $375 (includes book “Management Challenges of the21st Century by Peter F. Drucker)
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Introduction to Toyota’s Product Innovation, Design & Development System
From a small auto manufacturer in the 1940s, Toyota' product development engineers have grown their firm to the global leader position in the auto industry and #1 in USA market share. They accomplished this by building a basic, agile, "lean" product innovation, design and development system (TPIDDS).Elements of TPDDS are explained in a highly visual, easy to grasp half day seminar format as follows:
- The Toyota's Product Design and Development System: four pillars, thirteen principles.
- Toyota's product development project leader: the chief engineer.
- Set based design thinking and practices and the design convergent method.
- Trade off curves: engineering knowledge and language.
- Toyota's expert product development engineering "knowledge workforce"
- Responsibility based product development project that uses visual tools and Obeya space resources.
- A3 report documentation and rigor.
Seminar Presenters This seminar was designed and presented by product development managers with early adopter experiences initiating the Toyota Product Design and Development System.
Merle Meyer, P.E., Vice President, New Product Development, Rapid Refill, Inc.
Gene Kania, Savvy Consortium – Chicago and former engineering manager at Bell Labs.
Jim Jacobs, the Savvy Consortium – Minneapolis. Formerly product development manager (responsibilities similar to Toyota’s chief engineer role) who helped launch 14 new product platforms for six manufacturing firms serving a variety of industries. Jim initiated the Savvy Consortium -"serving the early adopters of Toyota's Product Innovation Design and Development System."
These seminar presenters are dynamic product development leaders who studied, interpreted and initiated elements of TPDDS in their Product Development organizations. They draw on their deep experience as product development managers. The content is based on the experiences of Savvy Consortium members. Content also references the books of Smith, Sobek , Kennedy and the late Dr. Allen Ward, The insight of Professors Satoshi Hino and the detailed observations of James Morgan and Jeffrey Liker are also noted.
Deliverables: workbook of presentation materials and visuals. A3 templates and samples.
Seminar Dates:
March 17, 2009 Chicago, IL
May 6 , 2009 Minneapolis, MN
Cost: $375 (includes book “Management Challenges of the21st Century by Peter F. Drucker)
Click here to register.