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The MMM Program is a dual-degree program at [[Northwestern University]] between the [[McCormick School of Engineering]] and the [[Kellogg School of Management]]. The program began in the 1980s under the leadership of [[DonaldDon Jacobs]] who was dean of the Kellogg School of Management at the time. The manufacturing industry in the United States was under intense competition during this time principally due to Japan's use of [[kanban]] and [[JIT]] principles. Dean Jacobs founded the Masters of Management and Manufacturing (i.e. MMM) Program with the intent to equip business leaders with operation and manufacturing management skills relevant in the ultra-competitive era of the 1980s.

During the 2000s the MMM Program pivoted from its focus solely on operations to include curriculum around [[design thinking]]. This was done partly because operations had become a part of the core curriculum at the Kellogg School but also because of the prominent rise of design thinking within the business world. [[Don Norman]] served as director of the MMM Program during this time and oversaw the change from a program focused solely on operations to one more inclusive of design thinking and [[user-centered design]].