Lean Laboratory—Designing an Application of Lean for Teaching and Research Laboratories

Although Lean Thinking (LT) is becoming popular in service organizations, few studies have applied tools to the education sector. Furthermore, although inventories are one of main wastes this sector, date, no study has presented a decision support system (DSS), based on LT, for stock management academic institutions. This aims design an application LT teaching and research laboratories provide improvements workplace organization, setup times, management. were implemented case study, e-Kanban DSS was designed determine when what quantity order should be placed, considering factors such as forecasting demand, demand level (high or low), component deterioration. For testing DSS, simulation carried out using example set articles that integrate protocol laboratory activity. The implementation improved organization workplace, which contributed reduction unnecessary movements time practical activities. Additionally, demonstrated developed calculates quantities ordered according selected mathematical formulas generates appropriate visual alerts, depending need place order.