LeanPPD

Welcome to the Knowledge Forum of the LeanPPD project! 

 

LeanPPD is a research project funded by European Commission, within the NMP program (NMP-2008- 214090). This site is for internal use of the project consorttium. The official website can be reached at the portal www.leanppd.eu. 

 

The LeanPPD project is addressing the need of European manufacturing companies for a new model that goes beyond lean manufacturing to ensure the transformation of the enterprise into lean environment. This is to respond to  customers and market demands for value creation incorporating sustainability, culture and customisation. A significant change in enterprise performance can come from the adoption of lean thinking throughout the entire product life cycle.

The aim of LeanPPD is to develop a new model based on lean thinking that will consider entire product life cycle, providing a knowledge based environment to support value creation to the customers through innovation and customization, and delivering high quality, more sustainable and affordable products. This is the Lean Product and Process Development (LeanPPD) Model.

 

The LeanPPD Model is composed by a comprehensive set of lean methods, design techniques, and tools that ensure the concurrent consideration and development of lean product design as well as the associated lean manufacturing systems. The LeanPPD Model is under testing within the industrial partner companies. Thanks to this industrial involvement, a road map for the incorporation of the LeanPPD Model will be exploited in the European business arena at the end of the project.