An integrated systems approach to engineering education throughput improvement using Lean Six Sigma

D.Phil. (Engineering Management) / Process improvement is essential for an organisation to remain competitive in the global market. Regardless of the type of products or service being rendered, such improvement is essential for remaining profitable and staying at the top of one’s industry market. The Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology is a preferred methodology for continuously improving business processes, thereby improving profitability and increasing market share. Higher education institutions are increasingly being placed under pressure to improve throughput and to ensure that that their institutions are sustainable. This focus on higher education inefficiencies has resulted in institutions looking for new ways to improve processes which will lead to increases in throughput. In this study, a LSS framework has been developed and applied for improving engineering education processes...

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:14262
Date07 October 2015
CreatorsKanakana, Grace Mukondeleli
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
RightsUniversity of Johannesburg

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