New Seminar: Lean, Rapid and Profitable

The Product Development Institute Introduces Lean, Rapid and Profitable New Product Development to Improve Productivity

ANCASTER, ONTARIO, CANADA – April 29, 2005 – The Product Development Institute, today announced its groundbreaking new Conferaction Seminar “Lean, Rapid and Profitable New Product Development: Improving Your Productivity” in North America.

This seminar targets companies that have introduced a new product development process (such as Stage-Gate^®) but are still struggling to achieve the desired financial results. It focuses upon identifying waste, streamlining the product development process, removing bureaucracy, and improving profits. It also reviews the methods and techniques that best practice companies are using to achieve lean new product development.

“Understanding how to integrate lean but profitable techniques and Stage-Gate new product development principles is a very popular topic among innovators today”, says Dr. Edgett. “This seminar provides a clear approach to leveraging both in order to balance the need for speed with profitability”.

For information on this conference and other events, visit http://www.prod-dev.com/conferences.shtml

About Product Development Institute
Product Development Institute (www.prod-dev.com) is dedicated to helping companies improve their approach to new product development and portfolio management. Led by internationally recognized experts in the field of product development, Drs. Robert Cooper and Scott Edgett, PDI provides executives and managers with a wide range of products and services aimed at improving companies' new product success rates. Cooper and Edgett have worked with more than 800 businesses, including most Fortune 500 companies, and have compiled the largest knowledge base on product development best-practices in the world.