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Our Clients Say. . .

"Katherine Radeka helped us greatly with planning and executing the transformation of our product development system by taking a holistic approact to improving the effectiveness of the PD process as a company-wide activity rather than just focusing on one functional department.

"She led us through the reflection of the current state and facilitated the identification of key areas for improvement, the front end process being essential to ensure the right selection of PD projects for chartering and execution.

"Katherine also assisted us successfully in selecting and customizing basic lean tools to match our specific needs in the implementation of the company lean product & process development system."

Paul Horne, Senior Vice President of Product & Market Development

Jacek Dutkiewicz, Product & Market Development Manager

Buckeye Technologies
Memphis, Tennessee, USA

"Katherine's experience as a product development manager, insightful teacher and LPD expert is unique and rare in the Western hemisphere."


Jorge Wong, Vice President of Operational Excellence, MedTech Group
West Haven, Connecticut, USA


"The Lean Product Development Basics course came at the right time with the right content for us.

"We wanted to improve our R & D operations and this course brought us the clarity to move from theory into concrete implementation.

"The course is very rich in content, and although we were able to implement several parts already, we will continue to use the knowledge for a long time."

Jorrit De Groot, Lean Product Development Champion
Vaisala
Vantaa, Finland

“I want to take this opportunity to thank Katherine for her leadership . . .I implemented each of the recommendations as she suggested and today, I see a very effective and productive team as a result."

Greg Hopton, President, AVL North America
Detroit, Michigan, USA

"Katherine has helped us develop key examples of lean success which demonstrate our commitment and has supported us to the point where we are able to sustain the momentum ourselves going forward."

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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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



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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.

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