Systematic waste elimination in lean product development using generic activities

Guenther Schuh, Kai Korthals, Stefan Rudolf and Stefan Breunig

International Journal of Product Development, 2014, vol. 19, issue 5/6, 388-412

Abstract: In the context of lean product development, the Value Stream Analysis (VSA) has proven to be an effective approach for the elimination of waste in product development processes. While this method focuses on the detection of waste by analysing the dependencies and interaction of activities in the development processes, the execution of the activities themselves is not further examined, although a great potential for the elimination of waste within activities can be identified. This paper introduces a new approach to analyse the execution of product development activities and eliminate waste. Generic activity types within the development processes are derived and their ideal and lean execution is defined. To utilise the generic activities for the optimisation of product development activities, a specific procedure applicable within a VSA is presented.

Keywords: lean product development; VSA; value stream analysis; waste elimination; development activities; generic activities. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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