DRM Associates provides training in the best practices of new product development.

BEST  PRACTICES  OF  NEW  PRODUCT  DEVELOPMENT /
INTEGRATED  PRODUCT  DEVELOPMENT  WORKSHOP

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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