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LEAN INNOVATION Best Practices Discovery Project 2019

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Best Practices Discovery Project 2019

CALL FOR COMPANIES

www.lean-analytics.org/bpdp2019

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LEAN INNOVATION



Participating companies from previous years

The Best Practices Discovery Project is running annually since 2015 under the organization and sponsorship of the Lean Analytics Association (LAA) and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).

THE AIM is to discover, document and share best practices of world’s leading companies from different industrial sectors which have been focusing on the implementation of lean principles in innovation.

A BEST PRACTICE is a solution that has consistently produced positive and sustainable results compared to those achieved by other means.

LEAN INNOVATION is the application of lean thinking principles across the entire value-chain including new product development.

About the Project



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DOCUMENT YOUR LEAN INNOVATION/PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT JOURNEY

• Document your efforts implementing lean thinking for product development.

• Information will be collected through a half-day interview and a Gemba Walk.

MEASURE LEAN MATURITY STATE

• Use the SMART Maturity Assessment tool to identify maturity level of implemented lean thinking practices in product development.

• Benchmark anonymously with other innovative companies.

DIFFUSE

• Contributivetothepublicationofyourcompany’sbestpracticescase that will be available for sale along other industrial cases from the Best Practices Discovery Project. The collection in cases might also lead to publication of a book like it did in 2015: www.lean-analytics.org/leanbook2017

• Becomerecognized among practitioners as a leader in lean innovation.

LEARN AND NETWORK

• Present your lean journey at the Lean Innovation Forum 2019.

• Networkandshare experiences and ideas for future improvements with other practitioners.

Benefits



Project Timeline

THE BEST PRACTICES DISCOVERY PROJECT follows a 6 phase framework described below.

* Data collection interviews will be carried out with lean, innovation and R&D leaders in your company to document the evidence about the challenges, lessons learned and impact that lean thinking has provided to your organization’s innovation.

Noconfidential informationwillberequested,only the experiences that companies are willing to share.

Companies to confirm their participation

Official Project Kick-off (Virtually)

On-site interviews & data collection to document industrial cases *

Deadline for companies to validate their case for final release

Companies present their cases at the Lean Innovation Forum

Trends report about Best Practices

UNTIL 26 APRIL 2019 .

MAY 2019 .

MAY – SEPTEMBER 2019 .

OCTOBER 2019 .

NOVEMBER 2019 .

DECEMBER 2019 .

MAY TO AUGUST Free access to SMART Assessment tool

Some of the On-Site Interviews 2015 - 2018



PARTICIPATION IS FREE FOR COMPANIES that decide to share their lean journey (only travel expenses apply).

Below is the table where you can find the comparison of the VALUE RECEIVED (free of charge) and COMPANY INVESTMENT.

(*) All participating companies will be given one online access to the SMART Maturity Assessment tool that enables a qualitative assessment of the company’s maturity level of the implementation of lean principles in product development.

(**) Travel expenses of two researchers from LAA to your location to conduct the face-to-face interview. The estimated cost is a maximum of €3,000 for EU and €6,000 for overseas companies.

(***) Travel expenses for your team to the Lean Innovation Forum.

PROJECT VALUE FOR PARTICIPANTS

FREE FOR PARTICIPANTS

COMPANY INVESTMENT

DESCRIPTION ESTIMATED VALUE

Case development 13,000 €

SMART Maturity Assessment (*)

8,000 €

Benchmarking report with recommendations

3,000 €

Lean Innovation Forum participation (for one person)

1,000 €

VALUE WORTH

25,000€

DESCRIPTION ESTIMATED INVESTMENT

LAA average travel cost, depending on location of the interview (**)

2,000 - 5,000 €

Companies travel expenses to the Lean Innovation Forum (***)

1,000 €

Internal work load required

2 to 5 days maxin all the project

3,000-6,000€ & 2 - 5 working days

Participation



About Us

The Lean Analytics Association is a spin-off organization of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) providing services and expertise that support organizations throughout their innovation and business transformation journeys. We provide strategic insights and solutions in areas of lean innovation, new product development, (service) design thinking, open innovation, and ecosystem creation. LAA is continually developing and providing specialized trainings on the latest innovation and business trends, helping organizations to stay ahead and enable continuous development of their most valued resources: its people.

To support organizations on their lean journeys, we have developed the Lean Transformation Model, which relies on over 5-years of research and close collaboration with industry. One of the aims of the Lean Innovation Model is to provide a framework to help practitioners discover various lean innovation practices, approaches and tools. Another is to use it to analyze organization’s leanness.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTAND CHANGE

EFFICIENT PROCESS AND KNOWLEDGE BASED ENVIRONMENT

SKILLED PEOPLEAND COLLABORATION

STRATEGYAND PERFORMANCE

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LEANTRANSFORMATION

MODEL

12. Communicate, manageand reward change 1. Customer value

2. Strategy and leadershipcommitment

11. Internal and externalpartnerships

10. Continuousimprovement

system3. Track performance

9. Co-create, share & reuse knowledge 4. Human skills

8. Lean thinking toolsand methods 5. Lean organization

6. Cross-functionalcollaboration

7. Optimized and sustainable processes



PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESSList of identified key opportunity areas and gaps

2,43*

METHODS AND TOOLSList of identified key opportunity areas and gaps

3,43*

KNOWLEDGEList of identified key opportunity areas and gaps

2,93*

PEOPLE AND SKILLSList of identified key opportunity areas and gaps

3,29*

Average assessment resultsMATURITY LEVEL 3 - APPLY

3.02 *

SMART Maturity Assessment

All participating companies will receive free access to the SMART Maturity Assessment Tool. The tool enables a qualitative assessment of the companies’ maturity level of the implementation of lean principles in product development.

The assessment outcome includes:

SMART Maturity Assessment Results

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RADAR GRAPHS showing the gaps per perspective, where the AS-IS and TO-BE levels for each of the 56 practices are readily identifiable.

The average quantified maturity level per perspective and the overall maturity level of the organization showing areas of opportunity.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS *

TOOLS AND METHODS * KNOWLEDGE *

PEOPLE AND SKILLS *

AS-IS AS-IS AS-IS AS-ISTO-BE TO-BE TO-BE TO-BE

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1.81.7

1.61.10

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1.4

1.3

1.21.14

1.13

1.12

1.11

1.9

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1.81.7

1.61.10

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1.3

1.21.14

1.13

1.12

1.11

1.9

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1.81.7

1.61.10

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1.21.14

1.13

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1.9

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1.81.7

1.61.10

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1.21.14

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SMARTMaturityAssessmentBenefits

• Increase LEAN AWARENESS in your organization.

• Obtain your current READINESS LEVEL implementing lean practices.

• Identify the most relevant company-specific PRACTICES.

• Understand IMPROVEMENT GAPS.

• Develop a ROADMAP based on discovered opportunity areas.

• Be able to identify the progress of your LEAN JOURNEY.

A Benchmarking report is delivered to companies that complete the SMART Maturity Assessment to understand their maturity level, gaps and key opportunity areas, comparing themselves with other companies.

All information and the name of each company is kept confidential.

SMARTAssessmentPerspectives

PerspectivePRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

Perspective PEOPLE & SKILLS

Perspective TOOLS &

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Perspective KNOWLEDGE

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SUMMARY OF AVERAGE RESULTSper company across all 4 perspectives

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TO FIND OUT MORE about this project, our methodology, experience, and products/services, please use one of the options below:

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LEAN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT BEST PRACTICES: 10 industrial success stories

Successful cases included from 2015

The Lean Analytics Association is a non-profit spin-off organization that connects innovation challenges to lean solutions through a network of international experts.We focus on creating a community of innovation practitioners, facilitating the exchange of lessons learned via networking engaging events. The goal is to inspire the application of lean thinking tools and methods in the innovation process.

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