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LEAN-581 May 2016: Lean Management Report a Broken Link

Through the assigned readings, students will discover the core concepts and principles of Lean management, along with its roots, methods, and tools, implementation and application, and recent developments in the field.

Required Readings

Lesson 1

Reading 1: Godsell, J. (2009). Embracing the five lean principles. Management Services, 53(3), 36-38.

Lesson 2

Reading 2: Manos, T. (2006). Value stream mapping - An introduction. Quality Progress, 39(6), 64-69.

Lesson 3

Reading 3: Scherrer-Rathje, M., Boyle, T. A., & Deflorin, P. (2009). Lean, take two! Reflections from the second attempt at lean implementation. Business Horizons, 52(1), 79-88. doi:10.1016/j.bushor.2008.08.004.

Lesson 4

Reading 4: Nepal, B. P., Yadav, O. P., & Solanki, R. (2011). Improving the NPD process by applying Lean principles: A case study. Engineering Management Journal, 23(3), 65-81.

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Reading 5: Blank, S. (2013). Why the Lean start-up changes everything. Harvard Business Review, 91(5), 63-72.

Supplementary Readings (SR)

Lesson 2 SR

Lasa, I. S., Laburu, C. O., & de Castro Vila, R. (2008). An evaluation of the value stream mapping tool. Business Process Management Journal, 14(1), pp. 39–52.

Howell, V. (2012). Total productive maintenance: A strategy for your Lean journey. Ceramic Industry, 162(10), 18-23.

Charles, V., Puthraya, N. R., & Kavitha, S. I. (2007). Simple kanban technique for better inventory management. ICFAI Journal of Operations Management, 6(4), 60-74.

Singh, J., & Singh, H. (2009). Kaizen philosophy: A review of literature. ICFAI Journal of Operations Management, 8(2), 51-72.

Lesson 4 SR

León, H. C. M., & Farris, J. A. (2011). Lean product development research: Current state and future directions. Engineering Management Journal, 23(1), 29-51.

Scrum (software development). (n.d.). Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_%28software_development%29
Ries, E. (n.d.). Startup lessons learned. [Blog]. Retrieved from http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/

Lean Startup Co. (n.d.). [Webcasts]. Retrieved from http://leanstartup.co/webcasts/

Maurya, A. (n.d.). LEANBlogs. [Blog]. Retrieved from https://leanstack.com/blog/