While Lean principles have been known and applied in a variety of manufacturing processes, the applications in product development have been slower to come. Several companies have also applied Lean to ...

In a consumer-driven economy, meeting customers' needs and wants has become paramount in generating long-term success and growth. Product development is key to maintaining and acquiring customers and ...

The product and process approaches originally appeared in education as different strategies for approaching writing in the classroom. Since their introduction, business people have retrofitted these ...

In an effort to make your production line more efficient, look at the different ways to lay out the production line or overall manufacturing plant. Two of the most common layouts are the process ...

About a decade ago, I heard Atul Gawande at a global health conference. Dr Gawande, who now directs the bureau of global health at USAID, was a Professor at Harvard Medical School at the time. I was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Forbes Contributor covering the future of entertainment technologies. So what’s behind Gainsight’s meteoric rise? Is it a stellar ...

To some, "new product development" means inventing something new. In reality, though, most new products are modifications of existing products or ideas. Sometimes, adding an element of service onto an ...

Final product inspection results should be included as part of the batch release documentation, says Susan J. Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Nelson Laboratories, LLC. A: This is not a new problem ...

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Over the past few years, the term “digital transformation” has become popular among entrepreneurs and business leaders. As technology advances and culture changes with it, more consumers are demanding ...