OPTIMIZATION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY’S STRUCTURAL DIVISIONS USING LEAN PRODUCTION TOOLS

Abstract

The article considers the actual problem of optimizing business processes in educational professional organizations using the concept of lean manufacturing. The authors pay special attention to the elimination of losses in the management processes identified by the process and system analysis of the existing structure of the educational organization. The main tasks are outlined, the solution of which will contribute to the coordination and effective work of the university’s structural divisions. The importance of information and organizational support for the transformation of production processes in individual departments is emphasized. The article substantiates the fundamental role of the heads of structural divisions in the ability to overcome the natural resistance of subordinates to the proposed changes. The article reveals the tools of lean production adapted to the conditions of an educational organization.