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From 7-7-08 Herald CCSU is emerging leader on lean-management scene
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
5:50 PM
Scene@CCSU
By Julie Feeney and Sarah Orzech
Lean Enterprise Institute's founder and chairman, Dr. James P. Womack, may have
made the idea of "lean management" a national phenomenon, but Central
Connecticut State University is putting theory into practice.
With nationally recognized author Robert Emiliani, associate professor of
manufacturing and construction management, and other experts on staff, lean
training courses offered by CCSU's Institute of Technology and Business, and the
success of our alumni and clients in implementing lean practices, CCSU is
emerging as one of the leading resources in the state for teaching, research and
application in lean management. Running a lean business means identifying
and eliminating waste from a business process. There are five basic principles:
- Specify value from the standpoint of the end customer by product family.
- Identify all the steps in the value stream for each product family,
eliminating every step and every action and every practice that does not create
value.
- Make the remaining value-creating steps occur in a tight and integrated
sequence so the product will flow smoothly toward the customer.
- As flow is introduced, let customers pull value from the next upstream
activity.
- As these steps lead to greater transparency, enabling managers and teams to
eliminate further waste, pursue perfection through continuous improvement. (From
Lean Thinking, James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones (1996))
Whether these principles are taught in the context of business or manufacturing,
former students are using their education to improve their companies and keep
Connecticut's economy strong. Alums such as Brian Montanari, currently
working as the chief operating officer for Habco in Glastonbury, are using their
Central education to reshape their companies. Montanari is using lean practices
to put the right systems in place to help Habco grow exponentially and reach its
full potential. His past implementations have won State Shingo Prizes, an honor
that was established in 1988 to promote awareness of lean manufacturing concepts
and recognize companies that achieve world-class manufacturing status. Montanari
is also the founder of Lean Depot LLC, which offers companies a diverse
portfolio of lean solutions to better their business.
Mark DeLuzio, Class of 1980 and president and CEO of Lean Horizons Consulting,
is taking a more global approach to lean. Mentored by some of the best
strategists in the industry, DeLuzio found success by applying the processes and
knowledge transfer that originated with the Toyota production system. He was
also instrumental in developing the first zero-defect manufacturing process for
Toyota's Hino Motors. DeLuzio is also one of the first to implement the
lean accounting process in the United States and received the Shingo Prize for
excellence for his dedication to the pursuit of lean practices.
As CCSU's Schools of Engineering & Technology and of Business and the ITBD
continue to produce lean leaders, and as alumni continue to share their
successes with students and faculty, the university will continue as a leader in
this field.
To learn more about how ITBD can help your business grow by building
relationships and participating in networking opportunities, please call: (860)
832-0700
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