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COBEM 2017
24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
The lean product development: an application to refrigeration industry
Submission Author:
Mayara Silvestre de Oliveira , SC
Co-Authors:
Mayara Silvestre de Oliveira, Jaime Lozano, Jader Riso Barbosa Jr., Fernando Forcellini
Presenter: Mayara Silvestre de Oliveira
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2017.COB17-1902
Abstract
Lean in a product development environment enhances integration among developers as it reduces development risks and promotes innovation and knowledge management. However, its application in research environments dedicated to the development of innovative products, where integration is a crucial factor and the development risks are high, has not been reported in the literature. Models and frameworks for lean product development (LPD) available in the literature provide the basic elements and steps necessary for its implementation, but a guide on how to put it into practice in a research and innovative environment is still missing. Therefore, this paper intends to fulfill this gap by proposing an LPD model for an innovative product in a research environment. The proposed model is based on the Toyota Kata approach to promote integration between the developers and create an innovation environment. The model was implemented in an action research project to develop a compact magnetic refrigerator. As a result, intensive integration was promoted between the subsystems have risen substantially since the model was implemented into the research environment and the development team has improved its alignment and focus on the product value already after the first phase of the implementation. In addition, the rework has decreased and an improvement in the knowledge management was verified. The implemented model has resulted in an improvement of the deliverables quality and the risks associated with the development of the innovative products have decreased.
Keywords
lean product development, Toyota Kata, innovative products development, magnetic refrigeration, quality function deployment
