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Amaia Sopelana
Researcher at University of the Basque Country
Publications - 15
Citations - 296
Amaia Sopelana is an academic researcher from University of the Basque Country. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lean project management & Lean manufacturing. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 15 publications receiving 257 citations.
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Towards lean product and process development
Muhammad S. Khan,Ahmed Al-Ashaab,Essam Shehab,Badr Haque,Paul Ewers,Mikel Sorli,Amaia Sopelana +6 more
TL;DR: This article presents the methodology adopted in order to pave the way towards a coherent lean PD model that combines lessons from the Toyota product development system (TPDS) with other best practises and provide a definition for Lean PD.
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The transformation of product development process into lean environment using set-based concurrent engineering: A case study from an aerospace industry:
Ahmed Al-Ashaab,Matic Golob,Usama M. Attia,Muhammad Ali Khan,Jon Parsons,Alberto Andino,Alejandro Perez,Pablo Guzman,Asier Onecha,Sivatharan Kesavamoorthy,Gabriel Martinez,Essam Shehab,Agota Berkes,Badr Haque,Mikel Soril,Amaia Sopelana +15 more
TL;DR: The work presented in this article focused on early stage system level design, and future work will extend the implementation of set-based concurrent engineering to sub-system and component levels.
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Towards a Dynamic Model of Organisational Flexibility
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the interactions and the dynamic adaptation processes applying system dynamics modelling to develop a more robust organisational flexibility theory, and provide dynamic propositions related to several strategies along different enterprise lifecycle stages.
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The Conceptual LeanPPD Model
Ahmed Al-Ashaab,Essam Shehab,Rahman Alam,Amaia Sopelana,Mikel Sorli,Myrna Flores,Marco Taisch,Dragan Stokic,Mike James-Moore +8 more
TL;DR: The paper presents the LeanPPD enablers which represent the building block of the model and believes that significant change in enterprise performance can be achieved through the adoption of lean thinking throughout the product life cycle.
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The Application of an Assessment Tool for Lean Product Development: An exploratory study in Spanish Companies
TL;DR: In this paper, a maturity model and assessment tool called SMART has been developed as part of a Lean Transformation Toolkit (Lean T2) within the LeanPPD project funded by the European Commission (NMP-2008-214090).