Speed 
Growth Freedom
We empower product developers to get their ideas to market faster.
We do that by shortening time-to-market, increasing R & D capacity, lowering costs throughout the product lifecycle and getting all of the stakeholders in product development to work more effectively together.
We help you maximize value and eliminate waste in your product development process to get your ideas to market faster, and we help you untangle the organizational knots that get in the way.
We use lean product development principles and practices to do that - recognizing that your company is not Toyota. We adapt lean thinking to meet your specific challenges and to maximize value for your particular product development programs.
Our clients say that we are:
- Personable and easy to work with, yet tough where it counts. We listen first and then make recommendations and give guidance with directness, sensitivity and respect.
- Pull-based vs. push-based. We don't impose a model upon you - we help you learn what lean product development means for you so that you can solve your most pressing problems to gain efficiency and effectiveness in product development.
- Simply the best. Our clients have considered - even interviewed - every other major lean product development consultant in the field, worldwide, before they decide to commit to us. They expect a lot from us, and we deliver.
Lean product development helped Playworld Systems of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania cut time to market in half - twice - in two years.
Read the August 2011 article from Target Magazine:
You can also listen to Brett Barrick, Director of Product Development describe how Playworld achieved these results.
What Is Lean about Product Development?
This article, first published in PDMA's Visions Magazine in 2007, provides a good overview of lean product development: what it is, where it came from, and how to use it effectively.
What Is Lean About Product Development?
You can also visit the Lean Product Development Resource Center to see more than 150 articles, examples, templates, and other resources about lean product development.
