Special issue published: "What Makes a Product Development Process Lean?" (includes free Open Access article)

International Journal of Product Development 19(5/6) 2014

• Effects of product platform development: fostering lean product development and production ( Free full-text access)
• Efficient front-loading through knowledge integration
• A case study to evaluate lean product development practices in the global automotive industry
• Mechanisms for communication and knowledge sharing for set-based concurrent engineering
• Teaching set-based concurrent engineering to practitioners through gaming
• Lean engineering performance analysis
• Systematic waste elimination in lean product development using generic activities
• A3 reports for knowledge codification, transfer and creation in research and development organisations