Automotive
Technical Paper

Tenneco's Lean Engineering Journey

2008-01-1129

04/14/2008

Event
SAE World Congress & Exhibition
Authors
Patrick Garcia Tenneco, Germany
Dirk Wiemeler Tenneco, Germany
John Drogosz
Abstract
Content
Lean Engineering began at Tenneco in 2004 [1], [2]. A current status of lean engineering is shown.
This paper focuses on 2 major principles of Lean Product Development:
  • Establish customer defined value to separate value add from waste
  • Front load the product development process to explore alternatives thoroughly.
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Topics
Product development
Lean manufacturing
Affiliated or Co-Author
Tenneco, Germany
Details
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2008-01-1129
Pages
7
Citation
Garcia, P., Wiemeler, D., and Drogosz, J., "Tenneco's Lean Engineering Journey," SAE Technical Paper 2008-01-1129, 2008, https://doi.org/10.4271/2008-01-1129.
Additional Details
Publisher
SAE International
Published
Apr 14, 2008
Product Code
2008-01-1129
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English