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1. BEST PRACTICES OF IPD
- Integrated Product Development - Achievements by Industry
- Applying Best Practices: A Framework of 250
Best Practices for Product Development
2. PRODUCT & TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY
- Integrating Product Planning & Business Strategy
- Technology Management & Deployment
- Impact of Time-to Market & Determining the
Appropriate IPD Emphasis
3. ORGANIZING FOR IPD
- Best Management Practices
- Effectively Empowering Teams
- Re-orienting Performance Appraisals &
Reward Systems
- Establishing Appropriate Policies & Manpower Levels for Early Involvement
- Best Practices for Product Development Teams (PDT's)
- Managing & Supporting Teams
- Integrating Multiple Teams
- Practical Approaches to Collocation
- "Internal" & "External" Factors Affecting Team
Success
- Team Leader Responsibilities
- Effective Team Collaboration and Decision-Making
- Team Development and Training
- Integrating Suppliers/Subcontractors
- Assessing Organizational & Team
Effectiveness
4. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
- Empowered Project Management & Resourcing the Critical Path
- Development Process Integration
- Best Practices for Managing the Development Process
- Establishing a Repeatable (vs. Ad-Hoc) Development Process
- Creating Process Flexibility with a Common
Baseline Process
- Improving the Development Process with Process Re-engineering
- Performance Measurement & Metrics
5. CUSTOMER-FOCUSED DEVELOPMENT
- Understanding the Voice of the Customer - A Starting Point
- Requirements & Specifications Management
- Quality Function Deployment (QFD) - Translating Customer Requirements
into Product & Process Requirements
- QFD Process & Examples
- Effectively Using QFD
- Effective Customer Involvement in Product
Development
6. DESIGN OPTIMIZATION
- A Design for Manufacturability/ Assembly (DFM/A) Framework
- Ten Rules for DFM/A with Examples
- Manufacturing Responsibilities
- Determining Process Capabilities & Developing Guidelines
- DFM/A Analysis Tools
- Robust Design - Design of Experiments (DOE) and Taguchi Quality Engineering
- Addressing Reliability, Maintainability, Testability and Other Factors
- Design to Cost/Target Costing
- Establishing a Development Process Oriented to Managing Costs
- Using Product Cost Models to Guide Development Decisions
- Improved Cost Accounting for Product and
Process Development
7. ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
- Using a Common Digital Product Model
- Product Data Standards (STEP)
- Product Data Management
- Integrated CAD/CAE Tools to Support CE/IPD Objectives
- Solid Modeling, Assembly Modeling & Digital Pre-Assembly
- Analysis-Driven Design
- Top-Down Design
- Rapid Prototyping
- Knowledge Organization & Re-Use
- Embedded Design Rules
- Knowledge-Based Engineering
- Parametrics & Libraries
- Lessons Learned Systems
- Integrating Design and Manufacturing
- Avoiding Technology Pitfalls
8. IMPLEMENTATION - MAKING IT HAPPEN
- Assessing Your Product Development Process Against the Best Practices
- Developing an Overall Improvement Plan
- Creating a IPD Environment
- Overcoming Implementation Pitfalls
- Summary of Participant Issues
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