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1730 Einar Jorgensen

Title: Globalising System Engineering and Lean Principles

1620_Håkan Gustavsson_Lean_or_common_sense_KSEE_2011

Title: Is it Lean or just common sense?

Abstract: The concept of Lean derives from the production methods developed by Toyota in the 1950s. I recently had the opportunity to visit various companies in Japan in order to better understand there way of working. In this talk I will present my observations. The Scania way of working has been heavily inspired by Toyota through a long cooperation. Scania has applied its own dialect of Lean to production for 20 years, and for more than 10 years in research and development. In this presentation I will present my view of the main differences to our way of working compared to traditional research and development practice.

background:

Håkan Gustavsson is an industrial researcher at Scania CV AB in Södertälje, Sweden. Håkan has been working with vehicle electronic systems integration and architecture since 2002. He is currently employed as an Industrial Ph.D. student within the electrical systems predevelopment section at Scania. He received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering at the Royal Institute of Technology 2002 after completing his studies with a final year at Fachhochschule Zentral Schweiz. His research area is systems engineering of vehicle electronics. His licentiatie thesis was accepted in 2008, where a method was presented on how to improve the decisions made during the early phases of E/E-system development. His current research focus on how Lean principles can improve the development process of software-intensive system. His PhD thesis investigates how Lean thinking can be applied to system architecting and will be defended in march 2011.

Email: hakan.gustavsson@scania.com

Title: Less Heavy Systems Engineering, How Much is Appropriate?

Abstract:

Many companies are aware of opportunities to improve systems development,
system integration and complex project execution. Conventional Systems
from the military and aerospace domain, although perceived as useful, also tends
to be seen as “heavy” in terms of process and artifacts. In this paper we explore
alternative Systems Engineering approaches that are perceived as lighter. We
also explore how much Systems Engineering is appropriate.

Background:

Gerrit Muller, originally from the Netherlands, received his Master’s degree in physics from the University of Amsterdam in 1979. He worked from 1980 until 1997 at Philips Medical Systems as a system architect, followed by two years at ASML as a manager of systems engineering, returning to Philips (Research) in 1999. Since 2003 he has worked as a senior research fellow at the Embedded Systems Institute in Eindhoven, focusing on developing system architecture methods and the education of new system architects, receiving his doctorate in 2004. In January 2008 he became a full professor of systems engineering at Buskerud University College in Kongsberg, Norway.
All information (System Architecture articles, course material, curriculum vitae) can be found at: Gaudí systems architecting

Thursday, 9 June, 2011

15:00 Reception desks opens
16:00 Opening
16:05 Gerrit Muller, PhD, HiBu, Setting the stage
16:20 Håkan Gustavsson, Scania, Is it Lean or just common sense?
17:00 Break
17:30 Einar Jørgensen, FMC, Globalizing System Engineering & Lean Principles
18:00 Odd Guldsten, Dresser Rand, Complex power systems for offshore oil &gas topside installation
18:30 Break
19:00 John Bjarne Bye, KDA, Lean Transformation
19:30 BBQ and Networking

Friday, 10 June, 2011

9:00 Opening
9:05 Jon Wade, Stevens Institute of Technology, Keynote Speach
9:45 Andreas Thorvaldsen, Volvo Aero, Manufacturing Systems Modeling
10:15 Break
10:45 Student Presentation 2011, Kristian Frøvold, Kongsberg Maritime
11:15 Gerrit Muller, HiBu, Less Heavy Systems Engineering, How Much is Appropiate?
11:50 Closing
12:00 Program End

Last day for sign up is Tuesday 7 June 12.00.