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Toyota's Ten Secrets of
Lean Product Design:
How to Create Value and Eliminate Waste Right at the Start


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Bart Huthwaite Live Audio-Session with
Bart Huthwaite
, Founder, The Institute for Lean Design

Noted expert on product design, lean practices and process improvement and author of "Lean Product Design: A Practical Guide to Moving Your Lean Manufacturing Revolution Upstream and Beating Toyota at is Own Game"


Toyota is widely recognized as a worldwide leader in "lean" product development, yet little is known about the techniques and tools they use. This audio-session will provide insight into 10 specific design practices that enable Toyota to achieve its incredible success rate.

Bart Huthwaite, Sr., a well-known and respected expert in product design for more than 25 years, has studied these methods and translated them into a set of guidelines for other organizations to follow.

By participating in this 90-minute session (60 minute presentation, 30 minutes Q&A), you will learn:

  • Why and how Toyota excels at Lean Product Design
  • How Toyota & other companies develop products 4X faster
  • How to use Toyota’s "Set Based" design to increase innovation, reduce risk
  • How to use "Product Pull" and "Innovation Flow" to stay ahead of the pack
  • How to recognize and attack the Root Cause Drivers of lifecycle waste
  • The Five Laws of Lean Design Toyota does not want you to follow

This session is recommended for anyone involved in product design and development. Since it is an audio-session, your entire cross-functional team may participate together for one low, all-inclusive fee.


About the Session Leader

Known as America’s "Lean Design Coach", Bart Huthwaite, Sr. has coached over 1500 companies in product design practices for over 25 years. He is the founder of the Institute for Lean Design, a leading edge pioneer in the creation of tools, methods and techniques for creating a leaner enterprise. More than 500 companies are now using these tools and techniques worldwide. Bart is the author of numerous books and articles on the process of product design.

Audiosession Info

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DATE:
Not presently scheduled

TIME:
1:00pm - 2:30pm EST

LOCATION:
Your office

FEE:
$245

($195 for transcript only)
Unlimited attendance per phone connection

How To Register:

Online: Online Registration Form
By phone: Call 1-800-338-2223 or 781-891-8080
(9:00am-5:30pm EST)

To Order the Transcript:

By phone: Call 1-800-338-2223 or 781-891-8080
(9:00am-5:30pm EST)

You will receive:

1. ONE FREE COPY of Bart Huthwaite's new hard bound book, Lean Product Design: A Practical Guide to Moving Your Lean Manufacturing Revolution Upstream and Beating Toyota at its Own Game
2. powerpoint_icon.gif (342 bytes)Softcopy of presentation slides emailed  to your office prior to session
3. msword-icon.gif (942 bytes)Complete transcript provided within 14 days after the session
4. Your questions answered by an expert - both during the session (live) and after (by email)

More on Lean:

May 17-20 / Chicago - Conference: Lean By Design: Front End Techniques for Better, Faster, Cheaper Products

July 14-15  / Chicago - Workshop: Achieving Lean Product Development - with Don Reinertsen