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[Current
Projects] [Working
Papers] [Publications]
[Conference
Papers]
Current Projects
"Innovating Health Care Delivery Using Toyota
Production System Principles," a 3-year project funded by the
Innovation and Organizational Change Program of the National Science
Foundation to investigate
whether principles that have proven highly effective in streamlining
manufacturing systems could achieve similar results in a healthcare
environment;
and if so, how. Click here to view an A3
Problem-Solving tutorial developed based in part on the work
from this
grant.
"The Role of Design Representation in the
Synthesis Process," a 5-year grant funded through
the NSF CAREER program. The proposed activity will model
student
design processes in seven disciplines at MSU in order to study how
one's
choice of representation impacts one's ability to solve open-ended
design
problems.
Working Papers
M. Ghosh and D.K. Sobek, "Test of a Boundary
Object for Process Improvement."
M. Ghosh and D.K. Sobek, "Effective
Metaroutines for Organizational Problem Solving."
M. Ghosh and D.K. Sobek, "A
Test of
the
Rules-in-Use in Healthcare," submitted to IIE
Transactions.
S.H. Wilkening and D.K. Sobek,
II, "A
Statistical Analysis of Student Design Projects: Helping Good Design
Processes
Become Better," submitted to Design Studies.
Jain, V.K., and D.K. Sobek, II, "Process
Characteristics that Lead to
Good Design Outcomes in Engineering Capstone Projects", 2003
working paper.
Sobek, II, D.K., "Integrating
Manufacturing Process Design and Product
Design: The Toyota and Chrysler Models," presented at the 1997
Association
of Japanese Business Studies meeting in Washington, D.C. and at the
1997
INFORMS meeting held in Dallas, TX.
Publications
J. A. Ruder and D.K. Sobek, II, "An
Experiment on System-Level Design," to appear in Journal
of
Engineering Design.
Jain, V.K. and D.K. Sobek, II, "Linking
Design Process to Customer Satisfaction Through Virtual Design of
Experiments", Research in Engineering
Design, Vol. 17, No. 2, September 2006, pp. 59-71.
D.K Sobek, II and V.K. Jain, "Process
Factors Affecting Design Quality: A
Virtual Design of Experiments Approach", to appear in in Journal
of Mechanical Design.
Ballé,
Michael, Beauvallet, Godefroy,
Smalley, Art, and Sobek, Durward K., “The Thinking Production
System,” Reflections,
Vol. 7, No. 2, Summer 2006, pp. 1-12
.
D.K. Sobek, II, "System-Level
Design: A Missing Link?", International
Journal of
Engineering Education,
vol. 22, no. 3, 2006, pp. 533-539.
C. Jimmerson, D. Weber, and D.K.
Sobek, "Reducing
Waste and Errors: Piloting
Lean Principles at Intermountain Healthcare," Joint
Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, May 2005,
vol. 31, no. 5,
pp. 249-257.
Ford, D.F., and D.K. Sobek, II, "Adapting Real
Options to New Product Development by Modeling the Second Toyota Paradox,"
IEEE Transactions
on Engineering Management, Vol. 52, No. 2, May 2005; pp.
175-185.
Sobek, II, D. K., Cundy, V. A.,
and Briggeman, V. L., "Assessing
the Given-Find-Solution Method in an Undergraduate Thermodynamics
Course," The International
Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education,
Vol. 32, No. 3, July 2004; pp. 183-196.
Sobek, II, D.K., Ward, A.C., and
Liker, J.K., "Toyota's Principles of
Set-Based
Concurrent Engineering," Sloan Management Review,Vol.
40, No. 2,
Winter, 1999; pp. 67-83.
Sobek, II, D.K., Liker, J.K.,
and Ward, A.C., "Another Look at Toyota's
Integrated Product Development," Harvard Business Review, Vol.
76,
No. 4, July-August, 1998; pp. 36-49.
Sobek, II, D.K., Principles
the Shape Product Development Systems:
A Toyota-Chrysler Comparison, Ph.D. dissertation, The
University of
Michigan, 1997.
Ward, A.C., Liker J.K.,
Cristiano, J.J., and Sobek, II, D.K., "The Second
Toyota Paradox: How Delaying Decisions Can Make Better Cars Faster," Sloan
Management Review, Vol. 36, No. 3, Spring 1995. Received the 1997
Shingo Prize Research Award for excellence in
manufacturing research.
Liker J.K., Sobek, II, D.K.,
Ward, A.C., and Cristiano, J.J., "Involving
Suppliers in Product Development in the US and Japan: Evidence for
Set-Based
Concurrent Engineering," IEEE Transactions in Engineering
Management,
Vol. 43, No. 2, May, 1996.
Ward, A.C., Sobek, II, D.K.,
Cristiano, J.J., and Liker J.K., "Toyota,
Concurrent Engineering, and Set-Based Design," a chapter of Liker, et
al.
(ed.), Engineered in Japan: Japanese Technology Management
Practices,
New York: Oxford Press, 1995 (co-author with A. Ward, J. Cristiano, and
J. Liker).
Sobek, II, D.K., "Toyota's
Product Development Process," a case study
in M. Fleischer and J. Liker Concurrent Engineering
Effectiveness: Concepts
and Methods, Hanson-Gardner Publishers, 1997; pp. 461-480.
Conference Papers and Presentations
D. K. Sobek II and J. A. Ruder,
"Experimental Validation of an Improved Design Method," Proceedings of
the 2006 American Society of
Engineering Education conference, Chicago, IL.
D. K. Sobek II and S. F. Freeman,
"Assessment of Hands On Introductions to Industrial Engineering,"
Proceedings of the 2006 American Society of Engineering Education
conference, Chicago, IL.
M. Ghosh and D. K. Sobek II, "A Test of the Design Rules in Health Care," Proceedings of the 2006 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Orlanda, FL. Best Paper Award.
D. K. Sobek II and C. Jimmerson, "A3 Reports: Tool for Organizational Transformation,"
Proceedings of the 2006 Industrial Engineering Research Conference,
Orlanda, FL.
S. F. Freeman and D. K. Sobek II, "IE Hands-On: Introduction to the Field,"
Proceedings of the 2006 Industrial Engineering Research Conference,
Orlanda, FL.
M. Ghosh and D. K. Sobek II, "Practical
Problem-Solving for Health Care: Principles, Tools, and Applications"
presented at the 2006
Annual
Society of Health Systems Conference, San Diego, CA.
J. Ruder and D.K. Sobek II, "Student
System Level Design Activities: An Empirical Pilot Study on Improving
Design
Outcomes," Proceedings of the 2005 ASME
Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Long Beach, CA.
D.K. Sobek II and D. Patel, "Representations
in Circuit Design: A Test of Goel's Theory of Notationality",
Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Education and
Technology, Calgary, Canada.
D.K. Sobek II, "Transitions:
From
Conceptual Ideas to Detail Design", Proceedings of the 2005
American Society
of Engineering Education Conference, Portland, OR.
R. Costa and D.K. Sobek II, "How
Process Affects Performance: An Analysis of Student Design Productivity,"
Proceedings of the 2004 ASME
Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.
S. Wilkening and D.K. Sobek, II,
"Relating
Design Activity to Quality of Outcome: A Regression Analysis of Student
Projects" Proceedings
of the 2004 ASME
Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.
D.K. Sobek II, and J.K. Jain, "The
Engineering Problem-Solving Process: Good for
Students?", Proceedings of the 2004 American
Society
of Engineering Education Conference, Salt Lake City.
D.K. Sobek II and J.K. Jain, "Two
Instruments for Assessing Design Outcomes
of Capstone Projects", Proceedings of the 2004
American Society of Engineering Education Conference, Salt
Lake City.
D.K. Sobek II and C. Jimmerson, "A3
Reports: Tool for Process
Improvement and Organizational Transformation," Proceedings
of the 2004
Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Houston,
TX.
R. Costa and D.K. Sobek II, "Iteration in Engineering Design: Inherent
and Unavoidable or Product of Choices Made?",
Proceedings of the 2003 ASME
Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Chicago, IL.
D.K. Sobek II and C. Jimmerson, "Applying
the Toyota
Production System to a Hospital Pharmacy,"
Proceedings of the 2003
Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Portland,
OR.
D.K. Sobek, II, "Representation
in Design:
Data from Engineering Journals," Proceedings of the 2002
Frontiers in
Education Conference, Boston.
D.K. Sobek, II, "Use
of Journals to
Evaluate Student Design Processes," Proceedings of the 2002
American
Society of Engineering Education Conference, Montreal.
D.K. Sobek, II, "Preliminary
Findings
from Coding Student Design Journals," Proceedings of the 2002
American
Society of Engineering Education Conference, Montreal.
Sobek, II, D.K., "Understanding
the Importance of Intermediate
Representations in Engineering Problem-Solving," Proceedings
of the 2001
American Society of Engineering Education Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
Sobek, II, D.K., "Teaching
Novices how to Program PLC’s,"
Proceedings of the 2001
American Society of Engineering Education Conference.
Sobek, II, D.K., "The Role of
Intermediate Representations in
Engineering
Problem Solving," Proceedings of the 62nd Annual ASEE Pacific Northwest
Section Meeting, April, 2000.
Sobek, II, D.K., "Toyota's New
Conventional Wisdom," 1998 INFORMS meeting
held in Seattle, WA, based on the Harvard Business Review article,
"Another
Look at Toyota's Integrated Product Development." A version
was also
presented at the 1998 Implementation Road Map conference held by D.H.
Brown
and Associates in Dearborn, MI, and at the 1999 United
Technologies Engineering Coordination Activities (UTECA) conference in
Cromwell, CT.
Sobek, II, D.K., "Integrating
Manufacturing Process Design and Product
Design: The Toyota and Chrysler Models," 1997 Association of Japanese
Business
Studies meeting in Washington, D.C. (received Young
Scholars Award),
and the 1997 INFORMS meeting held in Dallas, TX.
Sobek, II, D.K., Ward, A.C.,
"Principles of Set-Based Concurrent Engineering,"
1996 ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Irvine, CA;
received Best
Paper Award.
Sobek, II, D.K., "Set-based
Design and Body Engineering Examples from
Toyota," 1996 International Body Engineering Conference, Detroit, MI;
invited
speaker.
"A Set-Based Model of Design:
The Case of Toyota," 1996 National Design
Engineering Conference, Chicago, IL; invited
speaker. Also
appeared as a feature article in Mechanical Engineering
Magazine,
July 1996.
Ward, A.C., Sobek, II, D.K.,
"Toyota and Set-Based Concurrent Engineering,"
1994 ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference Proceedings,
Minneapolis,
MN; based on "The Second Toyota Paradox" paper.
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