Teaching plan‐do‐study‐act (PDSA) in a supply chain context: A paper football in‐class activity

RI Brau, JW Gardner, GS Webb… - … Sciences Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We develop a single‐class period learning game for the Plan‐Do‐Study‐Act (PDSA)
improvement cycle. The experiential activity walks teams through the PDSA problem‐solving …

An active learning exercise for teaching process strategy alignment and process improvement

H Liu, AW Mackelprang - Transportation journal, 2023 - scholarlypublishingcollective.org
This hands-on active learning exercise uses an origami activity to teach students how to (1)
achieve competitive priorities through process design and (2) monitor and evaluate process …

Designing interactive, gamified learning environments: a methodological approach with a case study on statistical quality control

MJ Gisbert, A Sújar, G Nicolas-Barreales… - Multimedia Tools and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Statistical Quality Control is a subject present in many engineering degrees.
Literature identifies shortcomings in the application of Statistical Quality Control in industry …

A learning curve‐based assembly game

TR Robbins - Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This article describes a game used in an MBA‐level operations management course to help
students understand the concept of the learning curve. Student teams participate in an …

An active learning exercise for product design from an operations perspective

S Hill, E Baker - Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Product design is a topic that is regularly covered in introductory operations management
courses. However, a pedagogical challenge exists related to the presentation of introductory …

An experimental evaluation of a teaching approach for statistical process control in computer courses

J Furtado, SRB Oliveira, RO Chaves… - International Journal of …, 2021 - igi-global.com
In organizations that are seeking a high degree of maturity, it is necessary to achieve a
statistical control of software processes and to know their behavior and operational …

Manufacturing squares: An integrative statistical process control exercise

SP Coy - Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In the exercise, students in a junior‐level operations management class are asked to
manufacture a simple product. Given product specifications, they must design a production …

[DOC][DOC] The impact of experiential learning on teaching quality control concepts

S Mitchell, S Avery, E Prater… - Operations Management …, 2013 - researchgate.net
Undergraduate students often have difficulty understanding quantitative quality
management tools such as, statistical quality control (SQC). This article describes the results …

Process variability and capability in candy production and packaging

RS Lembke - Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this short, in‐class activity, students use fun size packages of M&Ms to study process
variability, including a real‐world application of Cpk. How process variability and legal …

M&M's®, Sampling, and X-Bar/R Control Charts: A Demonstration and Validation

M Castel - Business Education Innovation Journal, 2023 - scholarworks.boisestate.edu
Relaying statistical concepts to students is difficult without" real-world" examples and
corresponding data. However, it is difficult to obtain data for student usage, let alone have …