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We interviewed many lean product development consultants and she was the best. (4:32)
 
Jacek Dutkiewicz, Product & Market Development Manager
Buckeye Technologies, Memphis, TN

She listened to our needs before making recommendations that were right for us. (3:09)
 
Paul Horne, Senior Vice President of
Product & Market Development
Buckeye Technologies, Memphis, TN

Katherine's work with lean product development helped us weather the 2009 economic crisis. (3:21; 4:28)
 

She helped us "right size" lean product development to meet our mid sized company's needs.

  Brett Barrett, Corporate Vice President &
Director of Product Development & Strategy
Playworld Systems, Lewisburg, PA



She was responsive to my needs as a product developer. (2:57)
 
Eric Tritsch, Concept Development Manager
Playworld Systems, Lewisburg, PA

 

Katherine helps us stay on the cutting edge of lean product development.
(2:42)

 
Rich Gildersleeve, Chief Technology Officer
DJO, San Diego, CA

Katherine encouraged us to adapt lean product development to meet our needs. (1:41; 2:36; 2:54)

 

She helped us identify and execute a pilot project that accelerated our progress.

When she showed up, we weren't sure we wanted her there - we told her that and she took everything we could throw at her.

 
Sarah McCarvill, Engineering Manager
Otto Bock Health Care, Salt Lake City, UT

Katherine helped us develop a solid foundation for lean product development. (3:11; 1:17; 0:48)

 

She helped us develop a Visual Product Portfolio Management system that makes it much easier to see whether or not we have the right mix of products.

It's important to engage with Katherine from the executive level to front line employees to make the most of your work with her.

Rodney Johnson, Knowledge and Business Intelligence Specialist
Access Business Group, Orange County, CA

Katherine worked with us in Singapore to improve our engineering change order process in a "process improvement blitz. (6:00)
 
Cathal Flanagan, Director of Equipment Engineering
Kulicke & Soffa, Fort Washington, PA

 



 

 

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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