Dedicated Product Teams

It often makes sense to organize into sub-groups that each focus on one specific product line. These sub-groups form what is sometimes called a focused factory.

Everything is rearranged so that Dedicated Product Teams are like "factories within factories".

To the greatest extent possible, (though usually with some exceptions), each Dedicated Product Team has its own:

• Work cells or production lines - ideally containing every piece of equipment needed to manufacture the product
• Support teams - such as design engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality, sales, marketing, etc.

And (if the noise issue can be resolved) the support teams are ideally re-located onto the factory floor - so that everyone can be very near each other to form a very targeted and highly communicative team.

Often, a Concurrent Development Team is a sub-set within a Dedicated Product Team.