KU Online MFGO 649: Metrics for Lean Production Improvement: Home

• Implementing Continuous Improvement: A Case Study (2h,12m)
• Culture of Kaizen (1h, 34m)
• Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement (57m)

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• Manufacturing Journals
• Production Journals
• Industrial Engineering Journals

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This course is intended to provide the operations professional with an understanding of the data typically available within a manufacturing or service environment, and how to use information derived from such data employing a lean paradigm to improve operations. The course covers basic financial accounting, activity-based metrics, trend analysis, decision-making, and linking operational decisions to strategic considerations.

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• Lean Production - All Results, Books, Articles, Conference Proceedings, Reports
• Lean Production Improvement - All Results, Books, Articles, Conference Proceedings, Reports
• Operations Improvement - All Results, Books, Articles, Conference Proceedings
• Lean Decision-Making - All Results, Books, Articles, Conference Proceedings
• Lean Metrics - All Results, Articles, Conference Proceedings
• Lean Manufacturing - All Results, Books, Articles, Conference Proceedings, Reports
• Manufacturing Accounting - All Results, Books, Articles, Conference Proceedings
• Continuous Improvement in Manufacturing - All Results, Books, Articles, Conference Proceedings, Reports, Dissertations
• Kaizen - All Results, Books, Articles, Conference Proceedings, Dissertations

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