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Nielsen-Kellerman: Just
Start Somewhere
Nielsen-Kellerman Company is very small. Its entire engineering sta
consists of three people, led by their Engineering Manager, Michael
Naughton. When I met Michael at the 2009 Lean Product & Process
Development Exchange (LPPDE), he was new to Lean inking. His com-
pany had just embarked on its Lean journey, and Michael didn’t know
what that would mean for him and his team. I had the privilege of watch-
ing Michael and his team over the next three years as they sought to incor-
porate Lean Product Development ideas into their work in a way that was
appropriate for them.
Nielsen ...