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Our guest is Rachna Shah, Professor of Supply Chain and Operations — Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. She has a PhD in Management Science from the Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, an MBA/MHA Business Administration (Finance) from the same, and a BA in Economics from Delhi University, India. Shah was on the PhD committee of Aravind Chandrasekaran, who was our guest in Episode #25.

Today, host Mark Graban asks Prof. Shah about the following topics and more:

The seminal work on how to measure what Lean is

The state of Lean instruction in academia and research

What are some of the missing pieces, including the role of top management?

Why is it important to teach the more cultural elements of Lean? What are those?

Why did Paul O'Neill make a strong impression on her?