The sections below describe the final project deliverable.

• Please select your topic. Find 1-3 journal papers based on your topic and based on your topic selection. Library is a very good source for the topic (Science direct database is good for engineering journals).

• You are expected to explain the basics of the methodology that you selected. You dont need to include and explain every single subtitle in the template.

• You may use any appropriate Lean/ Lean Six Sigma methodologies such as 5S, or JIT process design, U-shape cell design, DMAIC approach or other methodologies.

1. Introduction/Context describe (1-2 pages):
   1. The company and/or department in which your problem happened
   2. The problem directly related to the job functions that you solve by improving the current way things are done

If you chose the DMAIC process, here is the link for DMAIC methodology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMAIC

More methodologies you can utilize: http://asq.org/learn-about-quality/six-sigma/tools.html

2. Brief literature review about the Lena concept based on the selection of the topic (1/2-1 pages)
3. Discussion (1/2-1 pages)
4. Conclusion (1/2-1 pages)
5. References (Show your 1-3 references here, please do not limit yourself finding 1-3 articles, you may include more articles)

Discussion areas for potential topics

Here are the basic discussion topics for your project. You should be able to give explanation about these topics in your project.

a. What is approach/method to lean?

b. Draw a conclusion for bottom line results of lean effort in selected topic

c. Resources required for implementing lean

d. Type of results achieved

e. General observations about lean practice

f. Other topics that seems relevant to lean manufacturing which will be worth to discuss

Present results in a well organized and compelling written document.

Typical Problems and Suggestions

1. Make sure that the articles are related to your topic.
2. Many students will not score well on this project because they did not submit real journal articles. Instead, they will use whatever articles they can find using a Google or Yahoo search. Most articles found this way will not be good enough.
3. Many students lose points because they copied all or a portion of their key points word for word from the article and did not put the key points in their own words. I want students to read the articles, give their own analysis on the important ideas and write this analysis on their own words.
4. Many students lose points for submitting key point analysis that is too brief, so a 2-3 sentence description of a key idea is not sufficient.

I suggest using the on-line databases found on our librarys web site (e.g. science direct database).