Integrating Lean Manufacturing into Manufacturing Curriculum

工程机械（56）随着越来越多的美国公司将制造业务外包给劳动力市场更便宜的国家，保持美国制造业就业机会和提高美国制造业竞争力的问题对美国经济的长期可持续繁荣及其技术进步至关重要。精益制造已被证明是提高美国制造业生产力和成本竞争力的有效战略。智力优势通过跨学科的合作，一组教师在工程学院和商学院在犹他州州立大学正在开发一个新的精益生产过程中，通过调整和实施相关的精益生产课程从肯塔基州大学。该课程为工程和商业学生提供技术技能，专业（领导力，沟通，团队合作等）的全面培训。技能和商业知识（成本、利润、市场份额等）。学生还提供了密集的现实世界的实践经验，以提高他们对精益生产原则和应用的理解。国家的最先进的制造设备，包括PC实验室被用来支持课程。更广泛的影响该项目正在解决五个高优先级的能力差距（业务知识/技能，供应链管理，项目管理，沟通技能和团队合作），由制造工程师协会确定，需要在行业的制造业劳动力需求和当前的教育计划之间关闭。为了满足这些需要，正在以光盘和网络出版物的形式编制课程讲义和实验室手册。正在为犹他州和周边各州的制造业从业人员提供夏季讲习班。正在招募妇女和少数民族学生参加该课程。

Engineering-Mechanical (56) As an increasing number of U.S. companies are outsourcing manufacturing operations to foreign countries that have cheaper labor markets, the issues of keeping manufacturing jobs in America and increasing the competitiveness of the U.S. manufacturing industry have become critical to the long-term sustainable prosperity of the U.S. economy and its technological progress. Lean manufacturing has proven to be an effective strategy to increase productivity and cost competitiveness in the U.S. manufacturing industry. Intellectual MeritThrough cross-disciplinary collaboration, a group of faculty members in the College of Engineering and the College of Business at Utah State University are developing a new lean manufacturing course by adapting and implementing relevant lean manufacturing courses from the University of Kentucky. The course is providing both engineering and business students a comprehensive training in technical skills, professional (leadership, communication, teamwork, etc.) skills, and business knowledge (cost, profit, market share, etc.). Students are also provided with intensive real-world hands-on experiences to enhance their understanding of lean manufacturing principles and applications. State-of-the-art manufacturing equipment including PC laboratories is employed to support the course. Broader ImpactsThe project is addressing five high priority competency gaps (business knowledge/skills, supply chain management, project management, communication skills, and teamwork) identified by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers that need to be closed between industry's manufacturing workforce needs and current educational programs. In order to meet these needs, course lecture materials and laboratory manuals in the form of CDs and web publications are being developed. Summer workshops are being provided for manufacturing practitioners in Utah and surrounding states. Women and minority students are being recruited to enroll in the course.