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May 05, 2024
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IE 4332 - Lean3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
Lean techniques can be used to improve any business process and make companies globally competitive. During this course students will learn to identify what is value-added and what is waste in any business process and to eliminate identified waste. Students will also learn the value of teamwork in a Lean Enterprise and will be introduced to the concepts of 5S, Value Stream Mapping and Kaizen. (prereq: junior standing)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
• explain lean thinking and management methods
• explain the House of Lean
• describe the seven forms of waste in business
• explain the five principles of lean and how to implement them in business
• understand and be able to apply the concept of value add and non-value add activities
• explain and prepare a value stream map
• explain and calculate takt time
• explain the difference between “push” and “pull” and apply tools to accomplish pull
• explain and apply 5S, cellular layouts, and leveling
• explain kaizen
• explain and apply A3
Prerequisites by Topic
• None
Course Topics
• Toyota Philosophy and culture, lean leadership, and lean wastes (1.5 weeks)
• People development and team building (1 week)
• Process stability, flow and value stream mapping (1.5 weeks)
• Standard work (.5 weeks)
• 5S, cellular layouts, and level loading (1 week)
• Total productivity maintenance (.5 weeks)
• Manufacturing cells and setup reduction (1 week)
• Push vs. pull and kanban systems (1 week)
• Kaizen and change management (1 week)
• Toyota problem solving technique (1 week)
Coordinator
Leah Newman
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