Whittier Consulting Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 859
Camas, WA. 98607
206-274-6179

Case Studies

Here are examples of the results that we deliver:

Product Portfolio Rebalancing Yields Growth

A $2 billion company finds growth in a mature market where others believed that growth was impossible.

Misplaced Scientist Finds the Freedom to Innovate

A highly valued technical leader finds the right fit while a company builds the leadership team it needs for success.

German Engineering Company
Finds Yankee Ingenuity Is Key to Success

A North American engineering group learns how to gain the respect of their German colleagues.

Design Blitzes and Rapid Prototyping
Turbo Charge Product Development

A medical products company goes from 3 products per year to 15 by using turbo-charged concept evaluation tools in the early stages of product development.

Fifty Year Old Company Survives Economic Tsunami Through Operational Excellence and Flexibility

A landscaping equipment maker survives the 1998 economic crisis with a combination of waste-free operations and flexible product development.

Knowledge Brief of the Week

Each week, I publish a new Knowledge Brief to the Lean Product Development Resource Center. Here are the next three topics

February 10:
Lean Product Development for Advanced R & D:
Steps Towards the Fully-Realized Lean Product Development Organization

February 17:
Lean Leaders Have Their Own Problems to Solve:
Middle Managers in the Lean Product Development Organization

February 24:
Process Flow Variants:
Value Stream Maps Aren't The Only Game in Town

Ready for More?

Katherine Radeka helps you get your ideas to market faster. When you are ready to get serious about putting lean product development into practice to help you shorten time to market, increase R & D capacity or lower costs, she is ready to help.

She knows how to tailor lean product development to meet the needs of companies ranging from the Fortune 100 to family firms earning $10 - $50 million per year, in a wide variety of industries.

Her clients say that she is tough where it counts, but easy to work with and deeply knowledgeable.

Learn more about how she works at Whittier Consulting Group, Inc.