LPPD: Visualize Work for Flow - Tools and Techniques to Apply Visual Management for Better Communication and Product Development Flow
Overview
The objective of this webinar is to inform Product Development practitioners, and their organizational collaborators, about how Visual Management (VM) is a key activity in the enablement of workflow. VM provides an opportunity for thoughtful and effective collaboration across program teams as they execute program meetings at the VM board. The boards can be connected at multiple levels in a program and tie to a leaderboard where leaders have visibility to the work. This enables a natural flow of information up and down from individual contributors through program leaders to leadership and back.
We will discuss the process and cultural benefits of VM in the presentation. This webinar is directed at practitioners in organizations who are pursuing Lean principles in all aspects of Product Development. Lean Product and Process Development (LPPD) is a culmination of best practices applied to the Product Development system originally utilized by Toyota Motor Corporation. Since the primary research by faculty at the University of Michigan in the 1990’s, the method has spread to leading innovators in many industries. The intent is to inform and inspire innovation excellence in organizations pursuing operational excellence.
Host Company
The Lean Product and Process Development Exchange consists of a board made up of 9 volunteers from Northern Europe and the US. Board Members have various backgrounds across multiple industries with extensive experience as practitioners, in academia and as consultants. We are the central hub for a larger community of practice and work with that community to educate, nurture and encourage Lean practices in Product Development, while enabling increased speed to market, increased consumer value and increased business growth. LPPDE runs monthly 3 hour virtual summits, with time for presentations, reflection and discussion. The venue is small but enables rich sharing and insight. Speakers come from many organizations, across multiple industries and backgrounds. We also run annual conferences in Europe and North America and partner with various organizations to promote our mission and provide education. LPPDE events focus on topics which include Lean application in Product Development, it’s interface with other practices, such as Agile, leadership, organizational and cultural development, and optimized connections to manufacturing and the business for optimized performance. www.LPPDE.org
Presenter
Carolyn Carter has served for 7 years on the board of the Lean Product and Process Development Exchange, a nonprofit for educating methods of innovation. She has a tremendous amount of passion around the benefits effective product development as a means to delivery of exceptional manufacturing performance. A mechanical engineer by degree, Carolyn has worked in multiple organizations, including Kimberly-Clark for 25 years where she held many different positions across manufacturing and product development. A key area of experience was enabling the effective commercialization of programs into manufacturing from both the manufacturing and development sides. Before KC, she worked for a small analytical instrumentation company for 10 years in multiple development and engineering roles. She now consults through Carolyn Carter Consulting, and in conjunction with other consultants, and has worked with research teams on implementation of visual management, and more recently has been working with manufacturing teams to improve processes and streamline performance in maintenance, FSQA, operations, and reliability.
Agenda
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
9:55 a.m. Check in
10 a.m. Introduction
10:05 a.m. Presenter presentation
10:50 a.m. Q&A
11 a.m. Webinar concludes
PARTICIPANT BENEFITS
- Visibility to the work and problems in Development is difficult
- Communication and Decision Making require significant amounts of time
- How effective VM methods maximize flow and enable predictable Product Development performance and deliverables to the customer, manufacturing and the business
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Program/Project Management, New Product Development, R&D, and Engineering practitioners, and their organizational collaborators, who seek to apply principles of innovation excellence in organizations practicing operational excellence.
In addition, there may be a curiosity about how perspective on VM from Development could enhance VM effectiveness in other parts of the organization.
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