Enhancing Lean Manufacturing Learning Experience Through Hands-On Simulation

Isam Elbadawi, Douglas L. McWilliams and Edem G. Tetteh
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Isam Elbadawi: Purdue University, USA, badawi5@purdue.edu
Douglas L. McWilliams: Mississippi State University-Meridian, USA, dmcwilliams@meridian.msstate.edu
Edem G. Tetteh: Virginia State University, USA, etetteh@vsu.edu

Simulation & Gaming, 2010, vol. 41, issue 4, 537-552

Abstract: Finding appropriate interactive exercises to increase students’ learning in technical topic courses is always challenging to educators. In this study, several paper plane hands-on simulation exercises were developed, used, and tested in a lean manufacturing course for beginning college students. A pretest and posttest was used to assess the effectiveness of students learning of lean manufacturing concepts by means of participating in the hands-on simulation exercises. Furthermore, the procedures used for an efficient integration of the hands-on simulation exercises into a teaching environment were evaluated. The results showed that students’ knowledge of lean manufacturing concepts increased significantly compared with lecture-based learning only.

Keywords: 5S; effectiveness; hands-on simulation; innovative teaching; integration; Kanban; knowledge; lean manufacturing; production systems; simulation; teaching; teaching environment; total quality management (TQM); total productive maintenance (TPM) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/1046878109334333

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