Lean principle application in an automotive product development process with special emphasis on peer reviews
Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2009.
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| author | Boren, Michael S. (Michael Stuart) |
| author2 | Sebastian Fixson and Eric Rebentisch. |
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| description | Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2009. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/497872022-01-28T19:13:39Z Lean principle application in an automotive product development process with special emphasis on peer reviews Lean principle application in the General Motor's product development process with special emphasis on peer reviews Boren, Michael S. (Michael Stuart) Sebastian Fixson and Eric Rebentisch. Leaders for Manufacturing Program. Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division Sloan School of Management Sloan School of Management. Engineering Systems Division. Leaders for Manufacturing Program. Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 94). Global Automotive, a large US based, global manufacturer of automobiles, has made significant gains in manufacturing competitiveness, in part through application of a lean manufacturing approach to high volume assembly. A similar approach applied to product development can result in significant improvements in product design throughput, speed, cost, design quality, and innovation. With major product programs taking in excess of 36 months and a billion dollars to complete, the potential impact of process improvements is substantial. This thesis examines elements of Global Automotive Product Development Process. Some general guiding principles for Lean product development are also reviewed from the existing literature. Special attention is given to metrics for measuring product development performance at Global Automotive. The thesis focuses on the role of peer reviews in the development process. The analysis is performed using a work order data set for two automotive development programs. Score cards from Peer Review and a survey of the component engineering community are also used to assess the effectiveness and current state of the peer review process. The study found evidence that high scores on peer reviews do not guarantee that late changes will occur, if anything component groups with average lower scoring peer reviews generated led to consistent levels of late stage changes. The objective of peer reviews should clearly be to find as many problems as possible and participants should be encouraged to delivery "low scoring" reviews. Keywords: Product Development, Lean, Peer Reviews, Design Defects. by Michael Boren. S.M. M.B.A. 2009-11-06T16:35:18Z 2009-11-06T16:35:18Z 2009 2009 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49787 457224491 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 136 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Sloan School of Management. Engineering Systems Division. Leaders for Manufacturing Program. Boren, Michael S. (Michael Stuart) Lean principle application in an automotive product development process with special emphasis on peer reviews |
| title | Lean principle application in an automotive product development process with special emphasis on peer reviews |
| title_full | Lean principle application in an automotive product development process with special emphasis on peer reviews |
| title_fullStr | Lean principle application in an automotive product development process with special emphasis on peer reviews |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lean principle application in an automotive product development process with special emphasis on peer reviews |
| title_short | Lean principle application in an automotive product development process with special emphasis on peer reviews |
| title_sort | lean principle application in an automotive product development process with special emphasis on peer reviews |
| topic | Sloan School of Management. Engineering Systems Division. Leaders for Manufacturing Program. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49787 |
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