| To be sustainable and more competitive, organizations need to focus on reducing cost and decreasing time to market in the product development process. Lean product development (LPD) is noted as a suitable solution to current product development issues to reduce cost and product development time to be more competitive. The main objectives of LPD are to minimize waste, improve quality, and reduce product life cycle and cost in the product development process. In this quantitative nonexperimental study, computer-aided engineering (CAE), computer-aided design (CAD) software, information technology (IT), and supplier involvement in product development cycle time in LPD were the predictor variables and cycle time (waste) was the outcome variable. The sample of this proposed study was 61 product design engineers working in design and manufacturing companies in the United States. Data were collected through an online survey on SurveyMonkey(TM). SPSS (version 20) statistical software was used to analyze normality and statistical significance of the variables. |
