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Evaluation And Implementation Of Lean Engineering Principles For Improving A University Rocket Team, Alan Garcia
Evaluation And Implementation Of Lean Engineering Principles For Improving A University Rocket Team, Alan Garcia
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In the present day, lean is a tool applied to manufacturing industries trying to reduce wasteand non-value-added work to every process during the supply chain. While implementing lean thinking in the industry has been highly effective, it is less common for academic purposes. However, it can also improve performance if the concept is correctly applied. The purpose of this thesis is to show and analyze the application of Lean Engineering thinking and its six principles to the Sun City Summit Rocket Team from the University of Texas at El Paso which competed in the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) Spaceport …