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Item The conceptual LeanPPD model(Springer-Verlag London Ltd, 2010) Al-Ashaab, Ahmed; Shehab, Essam; Alam, Rahman; Sopelana, Amaia; Sorli, Mikel; Flores, Myrna; Taisch, Marco; Stokic, Dragan; James-Moore, Mike; LABORATORIO DE TRANSFORMACIÓN URBANA; Tecnalia Research & InnovationThis paper is presenting the conceptual Lean Product and Process Development (LeanPPD) model which is a project funded by the EU-PF7. The project is addressing the needs of European manufacturing companies of a new model that goes beyond lean manufacturing, to ensure the transformation of the enterprise into lean environment. This is a respond to the market demand of value creation, incorporating sustainability and customisation as well as ensuring business growth through the development of high quality products in a cost effective manner at the shortest time. The authors believe that significant change in enterprise performance can be achieved through the adoption of lean thinking throughout the product life cycle. The paper presents the LeanPPD enablers which represent the building block of the model.Item Development of KBE system to support LeanPPD application(2012) Sorli, Mikel; Maksimovic, Maksim; Al-Ashaab, Ahmed; Sulowski, Robert; Shehab, Essam; Sopelana, Amaia; Tecnalia Research & Innovation; LABORATORIO DE TRANSFORMACIÓN URBANASome efforts to achieve of a Lean Product development must be addressed formalizing and structuring the knowledge in such a way that any engineering decisions taken are based on proven knowledge and experience. Applying Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE) throughout the design process can significantly enable the designer to focus more on innovations and to shorten the overall design process. To address this challenge, LeanPPD project, funded by the European Commission (NMP-2008-214090) has developed a systematic approach for knowledge acquisition, re-use and creation to enhance value creation based on proven knowledge enabling the application of lean thinking in product design and development. This approach is a novel Lean Knowledge Life Cycle (LeanKLC) methodology. The main objective of this paper is to present a working Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE) system which showcases one possible use in product development of the aforementioned methodology. The content of the knowledge has been captured following the LeanKLC methodology. The KBE system allows design departments to make decisions based on previous projects knowledge and on proven technological domain knowledge. Finally, as this research is strongly industry oriented, this paper summarizes the implementation and testing of KBE system.Item Identifying Lean thinking measurement needs and trends in product development: Evidence from the Life Sciences sector in Switzerland(Springer-Verlag London Ltd, 2010) Flores, Myrna; Klinke, Sergio; Tucci, Christopher; Terzi, Sergio; Al-Ashaab, Ahmed; Sopelana, Amaia; LABORATORIO DE TRANSFORMACIÓN URBANAMeasuring the implementation of Lean principles constitutes a major challenge for many organizations. Several frameworks and tools have been developed and proposed, but no one has shown full success to specifically focus on measuring lean in the product development process. In order to fulfill this opportunity, one of the results of the LeanPPD FP7 project funded by the European Commission, is to develop a self-assessment tool to enable companies to assess their maturity and readiness for Lean implementation and guide them through the implementation process with both qualitative and quantitative measures. In parallel to the tool development, an exploratory research was carried out to understand the current practices and tools firms use to measure their lean implementation and to identify their needs. Therefore, this paper aims to diffuse the findings of how companies are measuring the progress of Lean thinking implementation into their product development. The data was gathered from five highly innovative companies from the Life Sciences sector located in Switzerland.Item Towards lean product and process development(2013-12-01) Khan, Muhammad S.; Al-Ashaab, Ahmed; Shehab, Essam; Haque, Badr; Ewers, Paul; Sorli, Mikel; Sopelana, Amaia; Tecnalia Research & Innovation; LABORATORIO DE TRANSFORMACIÓN URBANASuccesses in lean manufacture have led researchers and practitioners to consider extending lean to different parts of the engineering enterprise, including product and process development (PPD). Lean product development (PD) has been understood to mean lean manufacture applied to PD, while the roots of lean PD - just like lean manufacture - go back to Toyota. This article presents the methodology adopted in order to pave the way towards a coherent lean PD model that combines lessons from the Toyota product development system (TPDS) with other best practises. The article provides a unique review of the lean PD research area, and a reference framework for the enablers that Toyota has employed for lean PD. An investigation of five engineering enterprises undertaken to search for evidence of the implementation of lean PD enablers through observation, document analysis and interviews is also presented. Some enablers have been informally applied, while few have been formally implemented, and no model was found to formally combine lean PD enablers into a coherent whole. This is the first article to critique attempts to describe lean PD and provide a definition for Lean PD.Item The transformation of product development process into lean environment using set-based concurrent engineering: A case study from an aerospace industry(2013-12) Al-Ashaab, Ahmed; Golob, Matic; Attia, Usama M.; Khan, Muhammad; Parsons, Jon; Andino, Alberto; Perez, Alejandro; Guzman, Pablo; Onecha, Asier; Kesavamoorthy, Sivatharan; Martinez, Gabriel; Shehab, Essam; Berkes, Agota; Haque, Badr; Soril, Mikel; Sopelana, Amaia; Tecnalia Research & Innovation; LABORATORIO DE TRANSFORMACIÓN URBANAThis article presents a transformation process towards lean product development in an aerospace industry. This transformation was achieved in two main stages: the first was to integrate the principles of set-based concurrent engineering into an existing product development model of an aerospace company. This stage included defining activities and associated tools. The second stage was to implement the developed model in a research-based industrial case study, a helicopter engine in this case. Three main outcomes were realised from this work. First, it presented an industrial case of lean transformation in product development, where the leanness of an existing model was enhanced by embedding set-based concurrent engineering principles. Second, the developed model was structured into a set of well-defined activities and associated tools that were previously scattered or redundant. Finally, the developed model was trialled in an industrial project of a helicopter engine, tested to evaluate its value in enhancing the innovation level and reducing risk. The work presented in this article focused on early stage system level design, and future work will extend the implementation of set-based concurrent engineering to sub-system and component levels.