Developing Case Studies in Collaboration with Industry to Teach Lean Thinking and the Lean Manufacturing Paradigm

工程-其他(59)这个项目正在解决将精益制造和精益概念纳入本科工业工程课程的问题。绩效指标与工业界合作，正在开发六(6)个案例研究，这些案例来自于精益制造应用的真实案例。研究的主题领域包括价值流图、工作场所组织、流程优化、设置减少/最小化、通过看板实施拉动式生产，以及在多个产品系统中实现生产平滑。利用基于角色扮演的发现学习形式，案例研究允许学生成为模拟真实世界环境的顾问或客户。PI和学生与行业合作伙伴合作收集、分析和记录数据并开发案例研究。在课堂环境中，2-4名学生组成的小组在课堂讨论之前花两周时间准备一份书面案例报告。对于课堂讨论，PI模仿商务会议的形式，学生是顾问和客户。学生们就案例的内容、准备和交付提供反馈。这些案例还被分发给一些同行机构，通过在现有的本科生班级中使用进行评估。通过评估学生的工作和态度调查，也在进行进一步的评估。最后，这些案例将提交给信息案例竞赛进行评估和传播。

Engineering - Other (59)This project is addressing the inclusion of lean manufacturing and lean concepts into the undergraduate industrial engineering curriculum. The PIs, in collaboration with industry, are developing six (6) case studies drawn from real life examples of lean manufacturing applications. The topical areas of the study include value stream mapping, workplace organization, process flow enhancement, setup reduction/minimization, implementation of pull production through Kanban, and production smoothing in multiple product systems. Utilizing a role-playing discovery-based learning format, the case studies are allowing the students to be consultants or customers simulating the real world environment.The PIs and students are collaborating with industrial partners to collect, analyze, and document data and develop the case study. Within the classroom setting, teams of 2-4 students are spending two weeks preparing a written case report prior to in class discussion. For the in class discussion, the PIs are emulating a business meeting format, where the students are the consultants and customers. Students are providing feedback on case content, preparation and delivery. The cases are also being distributed to a number of peer institutions for evaluation through utilization in existing undergraduate classes. Further evaluation is also being done through assessing student work and attitude surveys. Finally the cases are being submitted to the INFORMS case competition for both evaluation and dissemination.