Assignments for a Kaizen Blitz on New Product Development Pre-reading Assignments Agenda Recognizing the Need for Lean What is Lean? What is Lean Transformation? What is Value Stream Mapping? Optional Pre-reading Assignments Bashing Best Practices Best Practices Idea to Launch Design for Manufacturing Critical to Quality What is Quality Function Deployment? Post-reading Assignments Tips for Effective Gates After Stage Gate What is Continuous Improvement? Team Effectiveness Assessment Project Closure
