Utveckling av utbildningsmaterial vid implementering av Lean

Sammanfattning: In an ever more competitive environment Sandvik Materials Technology,SMT, runs a large-scale program to improve their processes for product development.The purpose with the program is to increase the company’s profitability by increasingthe number of new products in their product portfolio. The strategies SMT is usingfor reaching their goals are to change the way they work with product development byreducing lead time and learning how to prioritize products with the highestprofitability. In the R & D Department the work of improvement pursue by adaptingLean R & D to their way of working. Lean R & D encourages working withcontinuous improvements and eliminating waste.The main purpose for this Master’s Thesis is to develop didactic support to make iteasier to implement Lean in SMT R & D department. With use of interviews,observations and taking part in education at SMT and at Sandholm Associates has thisMaster’s Thesis resulted in modifying of the internal education material at Sandvik anddevelopment of a concept of Stickers for the computer screen. The main product ofthis Master’s Thesis project is a Lean game adapted for Sandvik SMT R & Ddepartment.This report contains suggestion for Sandvik how to improve the communication ofknowledge between their departments with purpose to reduce external consultationsand to achieve a more pleasant working environment.