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Course 2016-2017 a.y.

30211 - LEAN MANAGEMENT


CLEAM - CLEF - CLEACC - BESS-CLES - WBB - BIEF - BIEM
Department of Management and Technology

Course taught in English


Go to class group/s: 31

CLEAM (6 credits - I sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/10) - CLEF (6 credits - I sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/10) - CLEACC (6 credits - I sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/10) - BESS-CLES (6 credits - I sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/10) - WBB (6 credits - I sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/10) - BIEF (6 credits - I sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/10) - BIEM (6 credits - I sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/10)
Course Director:
ARNALDO CAMUFFO

Classes: 31 (I sem.)
Instructors:
Class 31: ARNALDO CAMUFFO


Course Objectives
This course analyzes advanced management practices in complex business environments and offers a comprehensive introduction to Lean Management, a model derived from the diffusion and development of the principles and tools originally developed at the Toyota Motor Company. The course emphasizes the organizational, managerial and human aspects of Lean Thinking and illustrates its adoption in a variety of industries and business functions.
Students learn:
  • The genealogy and evolution of Lean Thinking and its relationship with organizational theory and other management practices;
  • The principles and tools of lean management and its implementation in different management functions, business environments and industries;
  • How to eliminate waste from organizational processes through lean tools like: workplace organization (5S), standardized work, value stream mapping and improvement, quick changeovers (SMED), auto-nomation (Jidoka), and technology autonomous management (TPM), workload leveling (heijunka), just in time (one-piece-flow, pull, kanban supermarket systems), and problem solving through A3 and PDCA cycles.
  • How to drive organizational performance through continuous improvement initiatives;
  • How to use the above lean tools as learning devices that allow to develop people’s skills and organizational capabilities;
  • The management attitudes and behaviors that constitute servant leadership and support the implementation of lean thinking.

Course Content Summary
  • Origins and evolution of the Lean Movement.
  • Waste (Muda), continuous improvement (Kaizen) and organizational learning.
  • Lean principles and tools.
  • Creating continuous flow (takt, one-piece-flow).
  • The pull system (kanban, Deming principle).
  • Leveling out workloads (Heijunka).
  • Stop to fix problems and quality. Do things right the first time (Jidoka).
  • Standardized work as the foundation of continuous improvement.
  • Using visual management to surface problems.
  • Workplace organization (5S).
  • Value Stream Mapping and improvement.
  • Problem solving through PDCA: A3.
  • Lean culture, people development and leadership.
  • Lean in administration and office.
  • Towards a Lean Society: lean healthcare, education and consumption.
  • Lean and green: sustainable lean.

Detailed Description of Assessment Methods
For Attending students:
Written partial and final exam.

For Non attending students:
Written exam in the scheduled exam sessions.

Textbooks
  • A. CAMUFFO, Lean Transformationsin Small and Medium Enterprises, Productivity Press, New York, USA, 2016.
  • M. ROTHER, J. SHOOK, Learning to see. Value Stream Mapping to Create Value and Eliminate Muda, The Lean Enterprise Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA, 1999.
  • J. SHOOK, Managing to Learn: Using the A3 Management Process to Solve Problems, Gain Agreement, Mentor, and Lead, The Lean Enterprise Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2008.

Prerequisites

Since the course uses a variety of learning methodologies including case studies, in-class exercises, simulations (lean game) and examples from real world lean transformation processes, attendance is recommended.

Last change 13/05/2016 09:05