News - Pawley Lean Institute

The Macomb-OU INCubator is offering a new program this fall for startups and entrepreneurs looking to implement Lean. Startup Lean is designed to help startups base their businesses on Lean principles. This program will teach ways to incorporate Lean practices from the beginning and use these practices as building blocks toward growth.

2nd annual MLC conference in Traverse City
Tuesday, June 26, 2012

The Michigan Lean Consortium continues its commitment to creating a Lean culture in Michigan, with its 2nd annual conference in Traverse City. The conference runs August 8-10, at Northwestern Michigan College.

New Lean course - ISE 581: Lean Principles & Application
Monday, June 18, 2012

Oakland University’s Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) Department, in conjunction with the Pawley Lean Institute, is offering a course on Lean Principles and Application. ISE 581: Lean Principles & Application will be offered this fall for any engineers seeking to broaden their knowledge and skills in Lean concepts and their application. Taught by a Lean expert with years of industrial experience, the course will cover Lean theory, rules and principles, concepts, tools and supporting systems from the perspective of an engineer. No prior knowledge in Lean is required to enroll.

Crittenton partners with OU for Lean senior design projects
Monday, April 09, 2012

Crittenton Hospital Medical Center has partnered with Oakland University for another round of Lean projects. Six of Professor Bob Van Til’s Industrial Systems and Engineering students have worked with Crittenton as part of their senior design projects. For the semester-long project, students worked in the Emergency Department, working to find more efficient ways of operating.

Lean Green Belt program helps business leaders nurture growth
Thursday, April 05, 2012

Business managers can learn to tackle concerns within a company's value stream or operations, apply lean principles in focused areas, and recommend ideas for culture change.

Does everything really matter? Using 5S for guidance
Friday, March 30, 2012

Educators are wired to care about people. In schools caring tends to be embedded in a cultural norm where it is the normal course of business to ‘reach them and teach them.’ On a daily basis, educators are involved in a cycle of making decisions and interacting with people driven by the ethic of caring.

New class HRD 344: Lean Kaizen in Organizations now offered Winter 2013
Monday, March 26, 2012

Oakland University’s School of Education and Human Services is offering a new Lean course in the winter 2013 semester, as part of the Human Resource Development Department. The class, HRD 344: Lean Kaizen in Organizations, was developed by Mark Doman, OU professor in Lean studies and special instructor for HRD, as part of a Pawley Institute Fellowship he received last year.

OU students can now apply for Lean scholarships
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

The Oakland University Pawley Lean Institute is currently offering scholarships at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. These scholarships are open to students with knowledge of Lean principles and practices.

Pawley Institute Fellowships help OU professors further Lean learning
Monday, January 02, 2012

Last winter, the Oakland University Pawley Lean Institute awarded Pawley Institute Fellowships to four OU professors, who have since made great progress with their projects.