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The Lean Post / Articles / EP. 6 Fighting Poverty with Lean Product/Process Development at MIT D-Lab

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EP. 6 Fighting Poverty with Lean Product/Process Development at MIT D-Lab

By Lean Enterprise Institute

April 23, 2018

D-Lab at MIT is using LPPD thinking to help solve problems in the developing world, and are truly making the world a better place for all those involved.Today Kendra Leith, Associate Director for Research, at D-Lab joined LEI’s Communication’s director to share more about how D-Lab works and some of the great projects they are working on.To learn more about D-Lab at MIT and the great projects they are working on visit d-lab.mit.edu.To hear from Kendra Leith in person join us this June 19-20 at the Designing the Future Summit in Traverse City, Michigan. There you’ll not only hear Kendra but you’ll also hear from the chief engineers of the 2015 Ford Mustang, 2019 Toyota Avalon, as well as how lean product and process development applies Software development, energy creation, healthcare and more.To learn more about this event go to lean.org/designfuture2018

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