I. About the research group
- Group name: Lean management in Vietnamese enterprises/organizations.
- Institution: Faculty of Business Administration
- Leader: Dr. Nguyen Dang Minh (Head of Office of Research and Partnership Development, VNU University of Economics and Business).
- Research Group and consultants:
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No.
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Academic title
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Full name
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Institution
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Position
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1
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PhD
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Nguyen Dang Minh
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Head of Office of Research and Partnership Development, VNU University of Economics and Business
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Group leader
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2
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PhD
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Nguyen Danh Nguyen
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Director, School of Economics and Management - Hanoi University of Science and Technology
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Member
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3
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Assoc.Prof.Dr
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Nguyen Hong Son
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Rector of VNU University of Economics and Business
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Consultant
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4
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Assoc.Prof.Dr
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Hoang Van Hai
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Dean of Faculty of Business Administration. VNU University of Economics and Business
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Consultant
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5
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PhD
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Duong Dinh Giam
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Director, Institute for Industry Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Industry and Trade
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Consultant
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6
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Prof.
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Ivica Veza
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University of Split, Croatia
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Foreign Advisor
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7
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Prof.
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Soemon Takakuwa
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University of Nagoya, Japan
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Foreign Advisor
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II. Main research fields:
Do research theory and practices of application of lean management in order to apply this management philosophy successfully in Vietnamese enterprises.
III. The research activities in the last 05 years
1. List of state level/ ministerial level/ local level and international level projects:
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No
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Project name
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Duration
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1
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Building model of lean management to improve operational efficiency of Vietnamese enterprises
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2013 - 2015
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2
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Current situation of 5S application in Hanoi’s SMEs
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2012 - 2013
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2. Published studies:
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No
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Articles/ monographs
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Name of Journals / Publisher
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Author / co-author
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1
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Manufacturing and Environmental management
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National Politics Publishing House
ISBN 978-604-57-0000-6 (Monographs)
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Prof. Semon Takakuwa, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Hong Son, Dr. Nguyen Dang Minh
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2
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Vietnam Entrepreneurship in the integration period
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VNU Publishing House (ISBN 978-604-62-0643)
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Asso.Prof.Dr. Hoang Van Hai, Dr. Nguyen Dang Minh, Dr. Nham Phong Tuan
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3
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Empirical Manufacturing Line Designs in Japanese Automobile Plants
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International Journal of Simulation Modeling (Vol. 8, Number 2; 2009, June) (http://www.ijsimm.com) (ISI index journal)
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Dr. Nguyen Dang Minh
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4
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Proposing simulation methods in manufacturing line designs in Japanese Automobile Manufacturing Plants
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Proceedings of the 2008 Winter Simulation Conference. (Miami, USA 2008, Dec) Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE, Inc. (2008, Dec). (http://www.wintersim.org/prog08wsc.htm#MA)
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Dr. Nguyen Dang Minh, and Prof. Takakuwa, S.
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5
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Empirical “make or buy” decision making model in Japanese automobile industry
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Proceedings of the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference. (Arizona, USA 2011, Dec) Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE
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Dr. Nguyen Dang Minh
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6
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Roles of total productive maintenance to the environmental conservation
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Journal of Information and Management, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 186-198
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Dr. Nguyen Dang Minh
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7
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Practical application of total productive maintenance in Japanese industrial manufacturing plants
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VNU Journal of Science, Economics and Business 27, Vol. 5E, 2011
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Dr. Nguyen Dang Minh
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8
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5S Application in Vietnamese SMEs: Current situations and recommendations
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VNU Journal of Science, Economics and Business, no 1, 2013
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Dr. Nguyen Dang Minh et al.
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9
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Lean Management: new direction for Vietnamese hospitals
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Proceeds of International Conference “Along with enterprises to overcome challenges and crisis”, Sep 2013
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Dr. Nguyen Danh Nguyen and Msc. Nguyen Dat Minh
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3. Outstanding achievements of research group
- Publish Proceedings of National Conference on Lean management in small and medium-sized enterprises (ISBN: 978-604-939-807-0).
IV. The main research orientation in the next 5 years
- Systematize fundamental tools to apply in initially implementing the lean management in Vietnam;
- Evaluate current situation of enterprises/organizations to identify wastes (intangible and tangible) and find out unreasonable stages in the system.
- Propose methods and models to apply lean management effectively on Vietnamese enterprises especially SMEs;
- Provide detailed instructions to apply each tool of lean management in practice in terms of implementation procedure, organizational structure, assessment criteria;
- Establish the theoretical foundations to transfer the knowledge of lean management implementation in the manufacturing sector to other service sectors such as health-care, telecommunication, financial service, education and public administration…
- Study some modern techniques such as simulation in assessment of performance effectiveness of lean management;
- Carry out multi-sector research such as research on the relationship of lean management with green supply chains, social responsibility and energy saving…
V. Expected scientific products for the next 5 years
- Publish annual research papers of the research group on “Annual report on Lean management in Vietnamese Enterprises/Organizations”
- Organize annual conferences with the themes related to the application of lean management in Vietnamese organizations which aim at introducing research results of the research group as well as creating Forum for domestic and international scholars.
- Develop handbooks of Lean management (systems of 5S application procedures, Kaizen, Mieruka, criteria for valuing the application effectiveness of lean management) to guide enterprises/organizations to actively implementing lean management.
- Publish research outcomes/results on domestic and international Journals.