The objective of the article is to establish the significance of a simulation laboratory especially simulation exercises for continuing education students in lean manufacturing course. Subsequently, identify the influence and analysis of these simulation exercises in exploring, understanding and implementing lean strategies in various contexts. The research is carried out through the following steps: enhancing the course handout and course outcomes, identifying the various lean concepts and proposing relevant exercises, mapping the course outcomes with the proposed exercises, identifying the appropriate simulation tool and developing the proposed exercises, deciding the mode of simulation laboratory offering, offering the selected critical exercises in simulation laboratory, conducting a critical review of simulation exercises with a team of experts and performing a comparative study on the student performance. The study has identified that there was a significant improvement in the performance of the students after participating in the simulation laboratory, especially in achieving the course outcomes. This was established by the analysis of the various examination scores, feedback on simulation exercises and instructors. This attempt is the first of its kind to analyse the student performance after incorporating simulation laboratory in a lean manufacturing course. The focus is on evaluating student performance based on the scores in the examinations. A population of 488 students enrolled in a masters’ degree programme is considered in the analysis 234 (without simulation lab) and 254 (with simulation lab).

本文的目的是确定模拟实验室的重要性，尤其是对于精益制造课程中的继续教育学生的模拟练习。随后，确定这些模拟练习在各种情况下探索，理解和实施精益策略的影响和分析。该研究通过以下步骤进行：增强课程讲义和课程结果，确定各种精益概念并提出相关练习，将课程结果与拟议的练习进行映射，确定合适的模拟工具并制定拟议的练习，确定模拟实验室提供的模式，提供模拟实验室中选定的关键练习，与专家团队一起对模拟练习进行严格的审查，并对学生的表现进行比较研究。研究表明，参加模拟实验室后，学生的成绩有了显着提高，尤其是在实现课程成果方面。这是通过对各种考试成绩的分析，对模拟练习和讲师的反馈来建立的。在将模拟实验室纳入精益制造课程后，这种尝试是首次分析学生表现的尝试。重点是根据考试成绩评估学生的表现。分析234（没有模拟实验室）和254（有模拟实验室）考虑了488个就读硕士学位课程的学生。