Lean-Driven Innovation: Powering Product Development at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. - Couverture souple

Majerus, Norbert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1482259680 ISBN 13 : 9781482259681

Editeur : Productivity Press, 2015

Synopsis

This book describes how the R&D team at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was able to reduce its product development cycle times by 70 percent, improve its on-time delivery performance to close to 100 percent, and improve throughput three-fold by applying lean product development principles. Detailing the steps required to kick off a successful lean initiative, the book shares experiences of this seismic transformation. It explains how lean product development helped Goodyear dramatically improve revenue by having every new product available when the market needed it.

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À propos de l?auteur

Beginning in 2005, Norbert Majerus has implemented a principles-based lean product development process at the three global innovation centers of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, first in Akron, Ohio, and then in Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, and Hanau, Germany. For nearly a decade, he has been Goodyear's lean champion in research and development.

Mr. Majerus, born and raised in Luxembourg, began his career at Goodyear in 1979 with responsibility for materials development, aircraft tires, and competitor benchmarking. In 1983, he moved to Akron to start a "short assignment" in innovative products, which continues to this day. During that time, he was a recipient of discretionary funding for a revolutionary new product and manufacturing process, and he earned more than 60 patents and trade secrets (patentable ideas that the company chose not to patent).

Further assignments in Akron have included innovative processes; new tire development and project manager for North American, Asian, and European OEM customers; corporate benchmarking; design and test standards; activity-based R&D accounting; ISO/QS certification; and more.

Majerus acquired a six sigma master black belt in 2003 and a lean master black belt in 2005. He holds a master's degree in chemistry from the Universitaet des Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, Germany.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Productivity Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1482259680
• ISBN 13: 9781482259681
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 494
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible