The Lean 3P Advantage

The Lean 3P Advantage is a book written by Coletta that explains how to use the Lean 3P process to create market-changing products. The book covers the steps of the Lean 3P process, including product planning and evaluation criteria, selection of alternatives, timing considerations, construction of prototypes, and measuring effectiveness. The book is an excellent reference for practitioners interested in using the Lean 3P process to create market-changing products.

How do you take talented engineers and surround them with the elements needed to create brilliant designs that lead to market-changing products? Lean 3P is how. Winner of a 2013 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award ! Written from an operations perspective, The Lean 3P Advantage: A Practitioner's Guide to the Production Preparation Process explains how to build collaborative thinking and innovation into the front end of the design process. Describing how to develop successful new products concurrently with new operations, the book illustrates real-world scenarios with numerous examples and case studies to help newcomers succeed the first time around. For those familiar with 3P, the book supplies the basis to explore Evergreen 3P-a process for applying 3P to small-scale design projects for similar benefits. * Details the 3P Lean Design process, explaining how and why it works so effectively * Includes case studies and examples of real-world applications * Presents time-tested methods based on the combined experience of numerous practicing companies Coverage includes product planning and evaluation criteria, selection of alternatives, timing considerations, construction of prototypes, and measuring effectiveness. This book will help you and your team develop holistic designs that foster innovation and deliver products and production operations that effectively utilize people and exceed the expectations of all stakeholders. Review: Finally, a go-to reference book on the important subject of 3P. Coletta does an outstanding job defining a step-by-step approach that can provide breakthrough results to manufacturing and service organizations alike. -Drew Locher, Managing Director, Change Management Associates This how-to guide is filled with relevant examples that can help you apply the concepts and methodology to any product and process industry to develop higher quality products and processes delivered at lower costs. -Ken Rolfes, KDR Associates, Inc. ... an extremely valuable book for any practitioner interested in capturing the significant benefits of 3P for their firms. The author's sincere desire to share his considerable knowledge with his readers comes through on every page. -Ron Mascitelli, PMP, President, Technology Perspectives