Methodologies

The operators may move fast on the production line, make straightforward repetitive tasks and put their best effort into it ... this is by far not the fastest production technics. And a camera or a supervisor shouting on his...

A brief review of the 6 Jugaad principles, together with our own additions, views sometimes different, and examples and links to detailed posts on Lean product design and methodologies.Note that this is not the Jugaad Innovation book review, which...

Do not close any Design Phase without this. This extensive design review checklist is to be used at the end of the design phase of any product, to avoid potentially basic or stupid mistakes that may later be very...

For product design engineers. The 40 TRIZ Principles are the solutions to solve the "TRIZ contradictions" in product design problem-solving or to highlight other approaches during your product design brainstorming sessions. kick ass challengesThis article focuses on the 40...

For Manufacturing: the Japanese Lean terms are must-know vocabulary in manufacturing or quality as these have no direct equivalent and are used as-is in an industrial context.There are a variety of Japanese manufacturing lean terms, but we list here...

To resume many of the lean principles of a company or attitude, one book is key. From the must-read book The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer (Dr Jeffrey Liker), Wikipedia, and other sources, with...

 a simple review of Bla Bla Car motos, all visualWe very rarely show or disclose brands as advertising is not the purpose and added value for the community should not be the brand itself.Giving credit & recognition as a big thank...

"7 Habits of Highly Effective People" made famous by Stephen R. Covey is powerfully summarized in seven(!) minutes, with original talk & images examples. An opportunity to come back on Covey's top-selling book and concepts behind ... and see...

Obviously marketing topic, but reviewed here from a product design perspective and long-term brand building. We acknowledge that some will be attracted by these short-term technics rather than looking at how to avoid these and create value in their...

We all came along once in a while with a nice & technical PowerPoint to read, where damn, there were 2 to 3 acronyms per sentence. Although each of them would be understandable separately, the slides were just ridiculous,...

or design project management in a nutshell in organized or regulated industriesBased on the Product Development process, usually call the "phase process", "gate model" or "phase-gate model", is a practical implementation of the V model.Usually, driven by the Project Manager,...

Among other sentences, this one became Product Introduction history, with even some parodies, but there is much more than this communication technic here. The tools and the coherence between product in-house brainstormings, and later market arguments are our topic...