We get outstanding results for our clients. We'll do the same for you.
We listen to you, we acknowledge your internal and external challenges, and we work with you to find the best way forward.
Katherine Radeka and her hand-picked, experienced global network of Certified® Consultants take a client-centered approach to improving product development performance.
We will meet you where you are, take time to understand what support will help you the most, and then work to empower your teams to replicate this success.
Impact of Rapid Learning Cycles on Time to Breakeven and Total Revenue, in the Consumer Product Category
Time to Breakeven Prior to RLC adoption vs post rlc adoption
Data for graphs on this page taken from client projects in one consumer category for a set of clients that have achieved full adoption with Rapid Learning Cycles. Pre-RLC Adoption: Average of projects in the five years prior to RLC adoption. Post RLC Adoption: Average of projects delivered using RLC including pilot projects.
What Sets Us Apart?
We deeply understand the challenges of delivering physical products, from idea through conception, system architecture, prototyping, sourcing, production, and post-sales support.
We've never encountered a Product Development Process (PDP) that is too complex to work better with Rapid Learning Cycles underneath it. We understand why PDPs are needed, why they evolve in the way that they do, and how to make them work more effectively without ripping them completely apart. If you don't have a PDP, we can help you design one that works for you. If your process has lost efficiency, we can help you refresh it. If you work in a regulated industry that constrains your PDP, we'll help you use the flexibility you have to deliver outstanding results within the limits.
We know that complex products require good systems engineering discipline, and we've supported multiple clients through the transition to modular platform development to support the rapid development of product families from a common technology core. This is an area where Rapid Learning Cycles works especially well to improve decision-making that impacts multiple products and production systems at the same time.
We ground our work in the timeless principles that lie underneath Agile, Lean, Design for Six Sigma, Digital Transformations, and the newest management fads that get recycled year-after-year. We apply these principles so that they fit your teams, your company, and your industry.
We know that every industry, company and team is unique, and that "best practices" don't apply everywhere in the same way. This is why Rapid Learning Cycles is a framework — not a process, system, or set of practices and tools. It's intended to be tailored to fit you from the beginning.
Results of RLC Adoption in a Consumer Products Company:
In the last three decades, Stage-Gate®, CAD, Design for Six Sigma, product portfolios, and platforms have all revolutionized product development performance.
Now, Rapid Learning Cycles is leading the next revolution to accelerate physical product development.
Let the RLC process get your best ideas to market faster!
The Confidence to Innovate
Trimax Mowers shares how using the Rapid Learning Cycles framework increased their confidence in their innovation programs.
