R&D has the greatest impact on sustainability at the lowest cost
If sustainability requirements are not taken into account until after the concept or design freeze in product development, effort and costs skyrocket: Why R&D is the most cost-effective lever: The key levers for sustainability are set in early development decisions: material selection, system architecture, energy requirements, service life, repairability, modularity, and manufacturing and service concepts. […]
Product development consumes too many resources—and no one knows exactly where they’re going
Does this sound familiar? It’s not complexity that drains resources, but a system that rewards parallel work, rework, and waiting times. A possible approach: 1) Transparency instead of gut feeling We make visible where capacity is actually going: parallel projects, meeting overload, rework, waiting times, unresolved decisions. 2) Limit WIP – increase throughput Start fewer […]