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LEAN Product Development (LPD) new article content ... The LEAN methodology  is a systematic approach to identifying and eliminating  through continuous improvement. The purpose of LEAN is to produce more with fewer resources by eliminating waste. The LEAN methodology is derived from the organization strategy and its goal is to supply value added to the customer.

Applying LEAN principles in new product development Implementing LEAN manufacturing is relatively easy because the product is tangible and the flow is visible. You can detect waste from: over production, inventories of work in process, defects, movement of products and people, and so on. In the development environment, it is similar, but instead of dealing with products and manufacturing flow, we deal with engineering data creation and flow. The problem is that it is difficult to see the data, because it is buried in the documents, computers, but most of it is invisible because it exists inside people minds.