Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 2

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlie Hall, University of Kentucky; Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

have been taught regularly since that time.In 2003, under a grant from Ford Motor Company, some of the courses were moved into asummer “boot-camp” format. This allows the students to take two courses simultaneouslyduring a 4 week intensive summer session. Since no other courses are taken during each session,students are available for involvement throughout the day. This allows multiple plant visits,extensive factory simulation exercises, and team projects. Students indicate that the experienceis very intense but worthwhile. Employers indicate a strong demand for the students,appreciating the students’ mixture of theory and application, and the mixture of both technicalknowledge and soft-skills knowledge (organizational theory, leadership, and