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Restructuring the R&D Product Development Process
KUKA AG, Augsburg
The PROTEMA team was on hand to help KUKA AG, a leading supplier of robotics as well as plant and systems engineering, with the restructuring of its R&D product development process.
Tasks and objectives
The purpose of the project was to restructure the R&D product development process. This called for the existing process to be adapted in order to secure future growth and to make sure that high-quality products could be developed rapidly and in line with market conditions. The project took into account the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) while guaranteeing product sustainability and providing professional customer service once the product has been launched. A high-level process plan was drawn up within 15 months, taking the SAFe into account. The associated process elements were devised in the course of interactive workshops and approved by the CTO (Chief Technology Officer). Employee training courses and briefings designed to build on this accompanied the roll-out of the new process to other relevant areas of the company.
Processes and solutions
Inspecting the existing product development and product creation process
Identifying potential improvements
Drawing up a high-level process plan, taking the SAFe into account
Devising process elements in interactive workshops
Documenting the processes in KUKA's BPM tool
Submitting the process for approval by the CTO
Creating and holding employee training courses and briefings
Rolling out the new process in other relevant areas of the company
Results and benefits
- Documentation of processes in the KUKA BPM tool
- Release of the process by the CTO
- Creation and implementation of employee training courses and employee coaching
- Rolling out the new process into other, relevant business areas
Customer
KUKA AG, based in Augsburg, Germany, is one of the world's leading suppliers of intelligent automation solutions. The internationally active technology company with the business units KUKA Robots, KUKA Systems and Kuka Industries as well as Swisslog offers the entire range of services from a single source: from the component - the robot - through the cell to the fully automated system. Industry 4.0 focuses on the intelligent, digital factory and flexible manufacturing concepts.
Dr. Peter Killisperger, Head of R&D, Cluster Process & Infrastructure, commented:
The PROTEMA team employed outstanding workshop management to enable the project to devise a new development process based on the Scaled Agile Framework to get off the ground quickly. To achieve the goal of a standardized process landscape, they put their prowess in communication to good use and managed all the relevant interfaces and stakeholders. The content produced with the appropriate employees at various levels of responsibility was documented professionally. I am very impressed with the results of the project.
KUKA and PROTEMA have been partners since 2014, and our shared ambition has been to attain KUKA's strategic objectives successfully, sustainably and efficiently. A relationship of unwavering mutual trust established itself between us over the course of numerous projects. With the help of the PROTEMA team's expertise, KUKA intends to set up strategic business process management in many areas of the company worldwide. The effective collaboration with our colleagues at KUKA means that there is a constant two-way flow of knowledge and ensures that we will achieve our goals together with agility and an eye to the future.
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