Jahan, M., & Doggett, A. M. (2015, June), A Study on the Students’ Perceptions of the Applicability of Lean Principles at Universities  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23456

\bibitem{asee_peer_23456}
  Jahan, M., \& Doggett, A. M. (2015, June), \emph{A Study on the Students’ Perceptions of the Applicability of Lean Principles at Universities}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.23456

Muhammad Jahan and A. Mark Doggett.  "A Study on the Students’ Perceptions of the Applicability of Lean Principles at Universities".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://strategy.asee.org/23456 Internet.  13 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_23456}
  Muhammad Jahan and A. Mark Doggett.
  "A Study on the Students’ Perceptions of the Applicability of Lean Principles at Universities".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://strategy.asee.org/23456 Internet.  13 May, 2024

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AB  -     A Study on the Students’ Perceptions of the Applicability of Lean                       Principles at UniversitiesLean principles are well-established business management strategies, which are appliedextensively in manufacturing and production industries to continuously improve value byreducing wastes. In recent years, the concept of lean has gone beyond the manufacturingindustries and is being increasingly applied in different sectors, such as financial,healthcare, construction and various government sectors [1-3]. This paper investigatedthe applicability of lean principles at universities using the perceptions of undergraduatestudents at a higher education institution. The perceptions were collected over a period oftwo years as a part of class assignments and discussions for a Lean Manufacturing class.This junior level class was offered equally using face-to-face and online instruction. Theperceptions of the students were analyzed as suggested by the popular “House of LeanModel” [4]. The students’ opinions and comments concerned broad areas of stability,standardization, jidoka, just-in-time, employee involvement and customer focus.The majority of the students focused on the various categories of waste (muda) andunevenness (mura) in a university system. Some of the identified waste involved poorcampus layouts causing excessive transportation or conveyance, uneven scheduling ofclasses causing motion and waiting, poor understanding of curriculum, inadequatecommunication between faculty and students, and improper management of facilitiesresources and inventory. Students perceive themselves as products and industries as thecustomers in the system. The students also focused on the waste associated withinstructional modes at the university system, asserting the need for more on-line andcompetency-based education. The students opined that universities can implement leanprinciples to a certain degree by being customer focused, applying continuousimprovement, reducing muda in mura, continuously involving students, faculty andstaffs, and above all emphasizing a lean culture.References:[1] Fourie, C. J. (2007). Application of Lean Manufacturing Principles to the FinancialServices Sector. Proceedings of The 24th International Manufacturing Conference,Waterford, Ireland, August 2007 (8 pages).[2] Schweikhart, S. A., & Dembe, A.E., (2009). The Applicability of Lean and Six SigmaTechniques to Clinical and Translational Research. Journal of Investigative Medicine,57(7), 748–755.[3] Salem, O., & Zimmer, E. (2005). Application of Lean Manufacturing Principles toConstruction. Lean Construction Journal, 2(2), 51-54[4] Dennis, P. (2002). Lean Production Simplified (2nd ed., pp. 19-20). Productivity Press,New York, ISBN 1-56327-262-8
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