# Beyond Lean: Simulation in Practice

- By: Charles R. Standridge
- Publisher: Grand Valley State University
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://eng.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Industrial_and_Systems_Engineering/Beyond_Lean_-_Simulation_in_Practice_(Standridge))
- Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
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Lean thinking, as well as associated processes and tools, have involved into a ubiquitous perspective for improving systems particularly in the manufacturing arena. Discrete event simulation is recognized as one beyond-the-boundaries of lean technique. Thus, the fundamental goal of this text is to show how discrete event simulation can be used in addition to lean thinking to achieve greater benefits in system improvement than with lean alone.