Understanding the Waste Net: A Method for Waste Elimination Prioritization in Product Development

Marcus V.P. Pessôa; Warren Seering; Eric Rebentisch; Christoph Bauch

doi:10.1007/978-1-84882-762-2_22

Understanding the Waste Net: A Method for Waste Elimination Prioritization in Product Development

Marcus V.P. Pessôa^*, Warren Seering, Eric Rebentisch, Christoph Bauch

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Abstract

This paper describes a method for prioritization of waste reduction efforts during a Product Development System (PDS) improvement project. Waste refers to activities that absorb resources and increase cost without adding value. Although waste identification and elimination along the value chain has proven useful to PDS improvement, previous work focuses on the waste identification, rather than on its prioritization. This work aims to fill this gap by proposing a "waste coupling" based method to define this sequencing. The method uses a waste set composed of 10 waste types specified into 28 subtypes. The approach is illustrated by an example of possible causal dependencies among subtypes in which both direct and indirect (reinforcement) waste relations are included. This paper's main contributions are: (1) defining a PD specific waste set covering all the PDS elements; (2) describing a procedure to calculate the impact of coupling between wastes through indirect relations; and (3) presenting a heuristic to prioritize from highly coupled waste subsets.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Global Perspective for Competitive Enterprise, Economy and Ecology
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 16th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering
Editors	Shuo-Yan Chou, Amy Trappey, Jerzy Pokojski, Shana Smith
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Springer
Pages	233-242
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-84882-762-2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-84882-761-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-762-2_22
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	16th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering, CE 2009 - Taipei, Taiwan Duration: 20 Jul 2009 → 24 Jul 2009 Conference number: 16

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Name	Advanced Concurrent Engineering
Publisher	Springer

Conference

Conference	16th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering, CE 2009
Abbreviated title	CE 2009
Country/Territory	Taiwan
City	Taipei
Period	20/07/09 → 24/07/09

Keywords

Lean product development
Product development process
Product development process improvement
Product development system
Waste reduction

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Pessôa, M. V. P., Seering, W., Rebentisch, E., & Bauch, C. (2009). Understanding the Waste Net: A Method for Waste Elimination Prioritization in Product Development. In S.-Y. Chou, A. Trappey, J. Pokojski, & S. Smith (Eds.), Global Perspective for Competitive Enterprise, Economy and Ecology: Proceedings of the 16th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering (pp. 233-242). (Advanced Concurrent Engineering). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-762-2_22

Pessôa, Marcus V.P. ; Seering, Warren ; Rebentisch, Eric et al. / Understanding the Waste Net : A Method for Waste Elimination Prioritization in Product Development. Global Perspective for Competitive Enterprise, Economy and Ecology: Proceedings of the 16th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering. editor / Shuo-Yan Chou ; Amy Trappey ; Jerzy Pokojski ; Shana Smith. London : Springer, 2009. pp. 233-242 (Advanced Concurrent Engineering).

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Pessôa, MVP, Seering, W, Rebentisch, E & Bauch, C 2009, Understanding the Waste Net: A Method for Waste Elimination Prioritization in Product Development. in S-Y Chou, A Trappey, J Pokojski & S Smith (eds), Global Perspective for Competitive Enterprise, Economy and Ecology: Proceedings of the 16th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering. Advanced Concurrent Engineering, Springer, London, pp. 233-242, 16th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering, CE 2009, Taipei, Taiwan, 20/07/09. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-762-2_22

Understanding the Waste Net: A Method for Waste Elimination Prioritization in Product Development. / Pessôa, Marcus V.P.; Seering, Warren; Rebentisch, Eric et al.
Global Perspective for Competitive Enterprise, Economy and Ecology: Proceedings of the 16th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering. ed. / Shuo-Yan Chou; Amy Trappey; Jerzy Pokojski; Shana Smith. London: Springer, 2009. p. 233-242 (Advanced Concurrent Engineering).

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Pessôa MVP, Seering W, Rebentisch E, Bauch C. Understanding the Waste Net: A Method for Waste Elimination Prioritization in Product Development. In Chou SY, Trappey A, Pokojski J, Smith S, editors, Global Perspective for Competitive Enterprise, Economy and Ecology: Proceedings of the 16th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering. London: Springer. 2009. p. 233-242. (Advanced Concurrent Engineering). doi: 10.1007/978-1-84882-762-2_22

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