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

How We Work

How do we achieve dramatic improvements in product development performance? Here is our approach:

Place value - customer value and business value - at the center of the work we do with our clients, and our own consulting process.
Synthesize proven best practices in new product development with the value-centered practices from Lean Product Development and the Toyota Product Development System into a customized strategy for improving organizational performance.
Support the transition with on-going coaching, just-in-time knowledge transfer and guidance for managing organizational change.

The results speak for themselves: Our clients weathered the 2008-2009 financial crisis much better than other companies in their industries. The work that they had done with us delivered lower costs, more flexible operations and rapid product development. They could rapidly turn their ships into the best position to ride out the storm and then sail ahead of their peers.

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.