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Deborah J. Nightingale and George Roth. Shan, Raymond S. (Raymond Shing) Leaders for Manufacturing Program. Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Sloan School of Management 2009-01-30T16:30:47Z 2009-01-30T16:30:47Z 2008 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/44308 272404736 Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-93). When starting the journey to become a Lean company, companies commonly face the problem of understanding how to manage a Lean transformation. Often times, the first step in managing a Lean transformation is to understand the current state of the organization followed by defining the desired future state of the organization. However, in order to assess the current state, an effective measurement method is necessary. With a good measurement method, a company can not only understand the beginning state, but it can also take periodic measurements to check its progress against its transformation plan. In this thesis the effectiveness of Dell Business Assessment is analyzed in comparison to other current assessment methods. The Dell Business Assessment is examined in depth, as the thesis describes the development, piloting and recommendations for Dell's assessment tool. by Raymond S. Shan. S.M. M.B.A. 114 p. eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 Sloan School of Management. Mechanical Engineering. Leaders for Manufacturing Program. The role of assessment in a lean transformation role of lean assessment in a lean transformation Thesis application/pdf false Publication unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="17e198e5-a3eb-41aa-abda-bf809d5bdbb9"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Language>eng</Language> <Title>The role of assessment in a lean transformation</Title> <Subtitle>role of lean assessment in a lean transformation</Subtitle> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2008</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Shan, Raymond S. (Raymond Shing)</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License> <Keyword>Sloan School of Management.</Keyword> <Keyword>Mechanical Engineering.</Keyword> <Keyword>Leaders for Manufacturing Program.</Keyword> <Abstract>When starting the journey to become a Lean company, companies commonly face the problem of understanding how to manage a Lean transformation. Often times, the first step in managing a Lean transformation is to understand the current state of the organization followed by defining the desired future state of the organization. However, in order to assess the current state, an effective measurement method is necessary. With a good measurement method, a company can not only understand the beginning state, but it can also take periodic measurements to check its progress against its transformation plan. In this thesis the effectiveness of Dell Business Assessment is analyzed in comparison to other current assessment methods. The Dell Business Assessment is examined in depth, as the thesis describes the development, piloting and recommendations for Dell&apos;s assessment tool.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>