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

Jacek Dutkiewicz, Product & Market Development Manager
Buckeye Technologies, Memphis, TN


We interviewed many lean product development consultants and she was the best.



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


Katherine helps us stay on the cutting edge of lean 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



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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.

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

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