Teaching Lean Thinking Principles Through Hands-On Simulations

H. McManus, E. Rebentisch, A. Stanke (2007). Teaching Lean Thinking Principles Through Hands-On Simulations. 16.

2007 3rd International CDIO Conference, MIT, USA

The teaching of Lean Enterprise Thinking in the aerospace context requires that students understand a complex subject—aerospace enterprises and their transformation—in a deep and intuitive way. Without this context, the lessons of the LAI Lean Academy Course® will make little sense. A rich simulation of an enterprise with a structure and problems typical of the US aerospace industry is used as a teaching tool. The simulation allows students to understand Lean Thinking at an intuitive level, and practice lean tools in a realistic setting.

The simulation enables a CDIO approach (in this case, Comprehend, Design, Implement and Operate), by having the students take two iterations through a CDIO process to transform the simulated enterprise from an inefficient legacy state to a high performance future state (x3 to x6 production using the same resources). The simulation and its teaching goals are described, with reference to the limited literature on simulations in education. The process used in the simulation is then described in a CDIO context.

Finally, the success of the simulation is evaluated using limited quantitative and more extensive qualitative data. It is found that the simulation is a powerful learning tool and a key component of the LAI Lean Academy.

Authors (New):

Hugh McManus

Eric Rebentisch

Alexis Stanke

Pages:

Affiliations:

Eclipse Aviation Albuquerque, USA

Metis Design Cambridge, USA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Keywords:

Lean education

simulation

LAI Lean Academy

Active learning

Year:

2007

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