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Information in Lean Product Development: Assessment of Value and Waste

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The value stream in product development (PD) is information flow. Therefore, the value of information needs to be increased, while waste of information needs to be eliminated in lean product development (LPD). Although the concepts value and waste in PD have both been the object of research activities, the dependency between them has been only addressed by a few authors. Therefore, this paper aims to examine the understanding of value and waste of information and their dependency in industrial practice. A web-based survey has been conducted in industry, which resulted in insight in industrial practice regarding definitions of value and waste, approaches to manage and assess value and waste, as well as companies’ reasons for and challenges in the implementation of LPD. Finally, the need for further research from an industrial perspective was revealed.

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  1. Institute of Product Development, Technische Universität München, Boltzmannstrasse 15, 85748, Garching, Germany

    Katharina G. M. Kirner & Udo Lindemann

  2. The University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, UK

    Ghadir I. Siyam, David C. Wynn & P. John Clarkson

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  1. Katharina G. M. Kirner
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Correspondence to Katharina G. M. Kirner .

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  1. , Centre for Product Design and Manufactur, Indian Institute of Science, Gulmohar Marg, Bangalore, 560012, Karnataka, India

    Amaresh Chakrabarti

  2. , Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Sardar Patel Road, Chennai, 600036, Tamil Nadu, India

    Raghu V. Prakash

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Kirner, K.G.M., Siyam, G.I., Lindemann, U., Wynn, D.C., John Clarkson, P. (2013). Information in Lean Product Development: Assessment of Value and Waste. In: Chakrabarti, A., Prakash, R. (eds) ICoRD'13. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1050-4_64

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