Limited number of open projects to shorten NPD schedule effectively

Many companies will open many projects simultaneously due to market trends which results in crowding out effect because of limited resources. R&D engineers become overloaded and scheduling of products develop delay resulting in timing misses and losing lead in the market. The company in this case study (Company A), often opens up many projects simultaneously in order to response market needs quickly. The engineers are overloading and, of course, the schedule delay. In order to identify problems, Company A began using Dr. Goldratt´s Thinking Processes (TP) during new product development (NPD). During the analysis phase, it identifies “the Quantity of Kick-off project” as core conflict in developing procedure. Then, the new rules and procedures are proposed while opening, suspending, stopping, and closing project. Finally, Future Reality Tree ensures that the proposed rules and procedures is an available solution and receives approval for practical running by executives. One year in practical running shows that the Project Completion Rate increased by 22% and index of Project Duration Rate was reduced at least 68%.