Purpose Lean thinking has revolutionised the approach to manufacturing and there are indications that it can do the same for New Product Introduction [NPI] processes. This paper explores the question “Is the application of Lean principles to NPI sufficient for best/good practice and has this been proven by the work of the UK Lean Aerospace Initiative [UK LAI]?” Focussing on the eight years of r...

In a manufacturing perspective, a successful product introduction requires attention for the product quality, the introduction process, manufacturing scale and ICT support for manufacturing processes. The patterns that have been found in the product lifecycle provide information on what product introduction scenarios need to be supported. If these scenarios are considered upfront, they can aid ...

The aim is to explore challenges related to the integration between product development and production in product introduction and, given these challenges, to analyse the learning potential of boundary crossing in the context of product introduction. The paper draws on evidence from a Swedish manufacturing company. The theoretical framework is based on a boundary-crossing perspective, which in ...