Whether a group of engineers is developing new cars, software applications, aerospace equipment, kitchen appliances, controls, sensors, or any of hundreds of different items, the process they follow is pretty much the same. Except in one company -- Toyota, perhaps the most innovative and highly resp...

If you're in new product development, or simply work in management and depend on new products for your livelihood, this is definitely the must-read of the decade. You're going to love the increased productivity and the freedom to be creative of this new product development system.

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In 2003 Product Development for the Lean Enterprise by Michael Kennedy was published and promptly turned product development in major corporations on its head. Now, five years later, comes a continuation of that book, including case histories that identify the pitfalls and lessons learned in ...

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People who are aware of and have been paying attention to the many 2012 prophecies, including those contained in the Mayan calendar, the I CHING, the the Web Bot computer program, as well as those of the Hopi Indians, Nostradamus an...

For beginners to advanced artists who have been struggling with color, this remarkable new book explains and illustrates how to understand color theory and master the use of color. Written in cooperation with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Color Wheel Company, Color Is Everything is...

There is nothing like a crisis to get people working together. That is why many leaders have found a downturn to be the ideal time to take business-enhancing actions that may be difficult or unpopular when times are good. Not only can disaster usually be avoided as a result, such actions can cause a...