The Lean Design Solution

Companies now know that design is the primary driver of lean sigma success. In fact, more than 80 percent of all cost, quality and speed-to-market is set in motion by decisions that are made in the early design phase. The Lean Design Solution shows you how to create solutions that are "lean six sigma" from day one. It gives you a measurement system to make trade-offs among many solution sets. Bart Huthwaite, author and founder of the Institute for Lean Innovation, presents what he has learned from mentoring thousands of project teams over the past 30 years. Huthwaite reveals the secrets of why some projects fail and why others achieve spectacular success. He shows you how to make design for lean sigma systematic, measurable and repeatable. This book gives you the step-by-step knowledge and detailed road map you need for lean sigma results.

Bart Huthwaite, Sr.is the Founder of the Institute for Lean Innovation and a Lecturer for the University of Michigan College of Engineering. Bart Huthwaite, Sr. is a world renowned expert in innovation leadership. He is the founder of the Institute for Lean Innovation and the thought leader in the emerging business process known as Systematic Corporate Innovation. This is a method for giving managers the knowledge to make corporate innovation understandable, repeatable and very importantly, measurable. The University of Michigan College of Engineering has adopted Huthwaite s work and is now offering courses in it at the U-M Center for Professional Development. Huthwaite has mentored managers and teams in corporate innovation worldwide at more than 1000 companies over the past 30 years. Huthwaite's corporate innovation tools and techniques are now being used to develop products & processes as well as leaner transactional systems. He is also the founder of two companies, the last of which was purchased by Nitto Seiko of Japan. His newest book, "Rules of Corporate Innovation " is scheduled for release in 2007. His latest book, Lean Design Solution: A Practical Guide to Streamlining Product Design and Development, is available on Amazon.com. Huthwaite is also the author of "Engineering Change," a "how to" guide for re-inventing your product development process, "Strategic Design," a step-by-step road map for product teams, and "Lean Innovation User's Guide." Huthwaite is a powerful, creative speaker who champions Innovation Leadership at management meetings worldwide. He is a speaker at major conferences such as the Institute for International Research (IIR) Lean Design & Development Conference, the Product Development & Management Association (PDMA) Front End of Innovation Conference, the WCBF Global Six Sigma Summit, the Marcus Evans Design for Six Sigma Conference, the annual Lean Innovation Leadership Conference, on Mackinac Island, Michigan as well as many other events. Clients include Motorola, Microsoft, Siemens, GE Global Research, ABB, Masco Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Air Products & Research Corporation, DCO Lighting, Textron, Ford Motor, SKF, John Deere, EDS, Caterpillar, Raytheon, Ericsson, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, 3M, Allied Signal, Tinnerman, United Defense, Whirlpool, ITT, Charbroil, US Navy and many more in the healthcare, home products, telecommunications, automotive, aerospace and other fields worldwide