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In this book, consultants Sekine and Arai point out the difficulties of transforming designers from isolated, multi-project employees to team-based production-style workers. They then show how the latest production improvement tools such as U-cell design, one-piece flow, and waste elimination methods will bring out the maximum productivity from designers.
Managers of design departments face many obstacles when trying to make changes within their department. How do you identify waste in the design process? How can bottlenecks be eliminated? How can repetition be reduced to an absolute minimum? When should a designer work from start to finish on one project and when should you employ parallel design -- where the elements of a project are broken up and designed by many designers? This book offers you hands-on training for dramatically increasing the productivity of your design department. Filled with exercises, charts, Q&A, and a case study showing a company cutting its design and development time in half, it provides you the opportunity to examine how actual changes were achieved. This is not a theoretical discussion, but offers you the information, data, and tools you need to immediately start implementing improvement.
Synopsis
Managers of design departments face numerous obstacles and questions when trying to make internal changes, including ? Identifying waste in the design process Eliminating bottlenecks Reducing repetition to an absolute minimum Knowing when to employ parallel design instead of letting a designer work on a project from start to finish
In this text, consultants Sekine and Arai first identify the difficulties of transforming designers from isolated, multi-project employees to team-based, production-style workers. They then explain how the latest production improvement tools such as U-cell design, one-piece flow, and waste elimination methods elicit maximum productivity from designers. A hands-on training for dramatically increasing the output of design departments, this comprehensive guide is filled with exercises, charts, Q&A, and a successful real world case study. Reaching far beyond theoretical discussion, it offers all of the information, data, and tools needed to immediately implement improvement.