Caracal solves business problems in new product development
Although a sharp focus, it brings huge challenge and variety. We work with the whole process from end to end. This means tackling any or all of:
- Innovation in new product creation
- Project management and execution (single project)
- Managing the product pipeline (multi-project)
- Product design and development
- Managing technology development
- Introduction of stable production processes
- Implementing lean supply chains
And all this requires a framework:
- Excellently applied new product process
- Leadership of the product development system
- Helping to build innovative and disciplined (both) organisational culture
Furthermore, people are at the centre of all of Caracal's interactions:
- Influencing skills for project leaders
- Building real cross-functional project teams
- Coaching and leading product development from the top
- Leading change - and all it entails
If you are looking for training, here are some of the standard programme which we provide:
- Mastering new product development - 2 days
- Skills for Voice of the Customer - 2 days
- People deliver projects, plans don’t – people skills for project leaders - 2 days
- Managing the fuzzy front end - 1 day
- Becoming ambidextrous - innovation and discipline in new product development – 2 days
- Stage gate processes for new product development - making them work in practice – 1 day
- People deliver projects, plans don’t – people skills for project leaders - 2 days
- Building real project teams – 1 or 2 days
- People improve processes - facilitation skills for change leaders – 2 days
- Becoming an effective trainer – 1 day
And our training simulation games
- The NPI game - for learning end-to-end product development - 1 day
- The tea factory - for learning how to introduce repeatable manufacturing processes - 1 day
- The meganobe game - for learning how to introduce lean supply chains - 1 day