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California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

2013

Lean management

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Time To Graduation Improvement Study - A Lean Flow Chart Approach At California Polytechnic State University, Angel Morales, Quentin Greenlaw Mar 2013

Time To Graduation Improvement Study - A Lean Flow Chart Approach At California Polytechnic State University, Angel Morales, Quentin Greenlaw

Industrial Technology and Packaging

In order for Cal Poly to continue to stand out among other universities, there is a strong need to graduate their students in the typical 4 years. With a falling economy, both the budgets of Cal Poly and the student are decreasing. The longer a student takes in receiving their bachelors, the higher the costs will be in both money and time for the student and the university. Today, the average Cal Poly Industrial Technology student takes 5 years to graduate. That extra year of school will cost the student on average $8,523 in tuition fees on top of costs …