Lean manufacturing improves efficiency and increases profit because, at its core, the lean philosophy is about minimizing waste while maximizing customer value.
Coming from a wide range of educational and career backgrounds, KUO faculty are united in the effort to link transformative experiential education to rigorous academic standards with real-world applications for learning that lasts a lifetime.
Lean is a methodical and systematic approach originating in the Japanese manufacturing industry as a result of the research of Edwards Deming to minimize waste within a manufacturing system without sacrificing productivity.
As Kettering University Online’s (KUO) Program Development Manager and Senior Instructional Designer, I have the pleasure of working with our contributing faculty members, many of whom are subject matter experts for the courses they teach.
Kettering University Online conducted an interview with Kettering MBA graduate, Randeep Singh Hora. Randeep completed his MBA online in 2019 and works as an IT Strategic Sourcing Lead.
Engineers create products, processes, and systems that make the world a better place. However, it also takes business expertise to get these inventions into the right markets, as well as sustain their success.