The following are the services offering of the “Digital Lean Exchange”
Supporting Product Development
- LeanPD Assessment
Gain a clear, objective view of your current Product Development (PD) and R&D practices.
- Assess Lean maturity across your PD/R&D organization
- Identify strengths, gaps, and improvement opportunities
- Provide actionable recommendations for Lean implementation
- Lean Transformation of Your PD / R&D Process
Design and implement a Lean Product Development system tailored to your organization.
- Review your existing PD process and perform a structured gap analysis
- Develop a bespoke Lean PD model aligned with your business strategy
- Define a clear Lean Transformation roadmap
- Support LeanPPD implementation through a pilot project
- Product Development Knowledge Management
Strengthen decision-making by capturing and reusing engineering knowledge.
- Implement Lean Knowledge Lifecycle Concepts (LeanKLC)
- Apply A3 Thinking for structured problem solving
- Use trade-off curves to support better design decisions
- Develop and formalize domain knowledge for reuse
- Value and Waste Analysis in Product Development
Make waste visible and improve development flow.
- Perform Value/Waste analysis of your PD process
- Apply Value Stream Mapping (VSM) to product development activities
- Identify delays, rework, and non-value-adding steps
- Define targeted improvement actions
- Training and Capability Building
Build internal Lean Product Development capability.
- Lean Product & Process Development (LeanPPD)
- Set-Based Concurrent Engineering (SBCE)
- A3 Problem Solving
- Additional Lean and PD-focused training modules
- Product Development Improvement Support
Apply proven engineering methods to improve quality and manufacturability.
- Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Design for Manufacturing (DFM)
- Design for Assembly (DFA)
Digital Transformation & Industry 4.0
We help organizations achieve practical, value-driven digital transformation by translating Industry 4.0 technologies into measurable business results.
- Digital Transformation Strategy & Execution
We turn digital ambition into action—focusing on solutions that deliver real operational and business impact. - Performance Measurement & Use-Case Prioritization
We assess digital transformation performance to identify gaps, opportunities, and high-value use cases where digital technologies deliver the greatest return. - Industry 4.0 Technology Enablement
We support the introduction and implementation of key enabling technologies, including Digital Twins, IoT networks, and AI/ML, to transform products, processes, and manufacturing facilities into smart, connected systems.
Circular Economy & Remanufacturing
Transform your business for sustainability, cost savings, and growth with expert circular economy consulting. We help companies design, implement, and scale remanufacturing and circular initiatives.
- Circular Economy and Remanufacturing Strategy and Roadmap: Evaluate the client’s current product lifecycle, supply chains, and waste streams to identify opportunities for circularity. Define a customised remanufacturing process model and business models (e.g., product-as-a-service)
- Product Design & Remanufacturing Advisory
- Design for Remanufacturing: Guidance on modular, repairable, Remanufacturable and recyclable product design.
- Material Selection & Substitution: Recommend materials that are easier to reuse, refurbish, or recycle.
- Remanufacturing Feasibility: Analyse products suitable for remanufacturing and estimate cost savings, emissions reduction, and market potential.
- Lifecycle Assessment (LCA): Quantify environmental and economic benefits of remanufactured products versus new products.
- Remanufacturing implementation support: Pilot projects to design and oversee small-scale trials for remanufacturing project. Recommend improvements for existing process to support remanufacturing activities to reduce material use and costs.
- Training & Change Management: by providing training workshops to educate staff on circular economy and remanufacturing principles and processes.