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外国，保持美国制造业的就业机会和提高美国制造业的竞争力已经成为美国经济长期可持续繁荣及其技术进步的关键。事实证明，精益制造是提高美国制造业生产率和成本竞争力的有效战略。智力价值通过跨学科合作，犹他州立大学工程学院和商业学院的一群教员正在通过改编和实施肯塔基大学的相关精益制造课程来开发一门新的精益制造课程。该课程为工程和商业专业的学生提供全面的技术技能、专业技能(领导力、沟通、团队合作等)培训。技能和商业知识(成本、利润、市场份额等)。学生还将获得密集的实际操作体验，以增强他们对精益制造原理和应用的理解。包括PC实验室在内的最先进的制造设备被用于支持这门课程。更广泛的影响该项目正在解决制造业工程师协会确定的五个高度优先的能力差距(商业知识/技能、供应链管理、项目管理、沟通技能和团队合作)，这些差距需要在行业的制造业劳动力需求和当前的教育计划之间弥合。为了满足这些需要，正在以CD和网络出版物的形式编写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者提供暑期讲习班。女性和少数族裔学生正在被招募参加这门课程。

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.