Lean engineering in the design process: An industrial application

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to present a methodology used to streamline the product development process by introducing Lean Engineering concepts. We are interested specifically in routine design which represents in some companies more than 80% of the design activity. A project management model was developed and implemented in a PLM tool. This allows faster initiation of projects in which project planning is automatically performed. Hence, non-added value tasks in project planning were identified and reduced.