QUERY The Death of System Dynamics?
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:24 pm
Posted by Ralf Lippold <ralf_lippold@web.de>
> From: Bill Parr <w.parr@att.net>
> ""Lean Learning: A Survey of Industry Lean Needs."" The full report is
> now available at:
> http://www.sba.oakland.edu/workingpaper ... 2007-3.pdf
> Bill Parr (posting for Gene Fliedner)
The result of a survey undertaken by LEAN (LeanEducationAcadamicsNetwork;
http://www.teachinglean.org) mentioned in this e-mail of Bill Parr focuses indirectly on System Thinking, even though Lean Thinking hasn't been much connected to System Thinking/System Dynamics yet in public discussion.
The point is that System Thinking is necessary to understand the complex system that a company represents. Lean Thinking and using lean methods (such as Kaizen, 5S, SMED, Flow, Pull, Value Stream Mapping, etc.) are a way to improve the system quality and outcome requires System System due to ST.
Lean Thinkinig and System Thinking are -from my point of view from a practioneers background- strongly connected and well to be used in combination to improve business processes.
>Posted by ""Parish, Doug"" <Doug.Parish@valero.com> ...... Teaching
>these skills as early as possible in the public schools would have, I
>believe, a profound impact on problem solving skills throughout
>society. While my
As Doug has already mentioned in an earlier posting the teaching of ST and SD at school and universities is essential to understand our complex world (and companies are an immanent part where we live and work quite a while of our active life).
So long
Ralf
Posted by Ralf Lippold <ralf_lippold@web.de> posting date Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:49:41 +0200 _______________________________________________
> From: Bill Parr <w.parr@att.net>
> ""Lean Learning: A Survey of Industry Lean Needs."" The full report is
> now available at:
> http://www.sba.oakland.edu/workingpaper ... 2007-3.pdf
> Bill Parr (posting for Gene Fliedner)
The result of a survey undertaken by LEAN (LeanEducationAcadamicsNetwork;
http://www.teachinglean.org) mentioned in this e-mail of Bill Parr focuses indirectly on System Thinking, even though Lean Thinking hasn't been much connected to System Thinking/System Dynamics yet in public discussion.
The point is that System Thinking is necessary to understand the complex system that a company represents. Lean Thinking and using lean methods (such as Kaizen, 5S, SMED, Flow, Pull, Value Stream Mapping, etc.) are a way to improve the system quality and outcome requires System System due to ST.
Lean Thinkinig and System Thinking are -from my point of view from a practioneers background- strongly connected and well to be used in combination to improve business processes.
>Posted by ""Parish, Doug"" <Doug.Parish@valero.com> ...... Teaching
>these skills as early as possible in the public schools would have, I
>believe, a profound impact on problem solving skills throughout
>society. While my
As Doug has already mentioned in an earlier posting the teaching of ST and SD at school and universities is essential to understand our complex world (and companies are an immanent part where we live and work quite a while of our active life).
So long
Ralf
Posted by Ralf Lippold <ralf_lippold@web.de> posting date Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:49:41 +0200 _______________________________________________