TY - GEN
T1 - The impact of lean design practices on an organization's radical innovation capability
T2 - 2012 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology - Technology Management for Emerging Technologies, PICMET'12
AU - Chen, Hongyi
AU - Taylor, Ryan D.
PY - 2012/11/1
Y1 - 2012/11/1
N2 - Since lean management concepts focus on low risk, short-term gradual improvement of existing processes and products with an emphasis on eliminating any and all wastes in the system, applying lean to an organization often implies difficulties in promoting innovations that involve high risks and dramatic changes. In this article, we investigate the impact of lean design practices on an organization's radical innovation capability through a survey study. Results suggest that the stressed importance of standardization in lean design has a negative effect on an organization's radical innovation capability. A negative correlation between the emphasis of design being compatible with existing manufacturing process and the organization's radical innovation capability is also suggested. Part integration, on the other hand, positively contributes to an organization's radical innovation capability.
AB - Since lean management concepts focus on low risk, short-term gradual improvement of existing processes and products with an emphasis on eliminating any and all wastes in the system, applying lean to an organization often implies difficulties in promoting innovations that involve high risks and dramatic changes. In this article, we investigate the impact of lean design practices on an organization's radical innovation capability through a survey study. Results suggest that the stressed importance of standardization in lean design has a negative effect on an organization's radical innovation capability. A negative correlation between the emphasis of design being compatible with existing manufacturing process and the organization's radical innovation capability is also suggested. Part integration, on the other hand, positively contributes to an organization's radical innovation capability.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84867939666
SN - 1890843261
SN - 9781890843267
T3 - 2012 Proceedings of Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology: Technology Management for Emerging Technologies, PICMET'12
SP - 1917
EP - 1925
BT - 2012 Proceedings of Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology
Y2 - 29 July 2012 through 2 August 2012
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