Lean


          LEAN SIX SIGMA

LEAN COURSE OUTLINE
Some topics covered in a typical introductory Lean Manufacturing (or Operations) workshop are:


Lean vs. More Traditional Approaches

   Problems in Organizations w/o Lean
   The Hidden Factory 
   War on Waste
   The Changing Marketplace
   Underlying Temes of Just in Time
     (JIT)
   Class Game -- Traditional vs. Lean
     Operations
   The JIT Implementation Roadmap

Elimination of Waste

    7 Deadly Wastes and Their 
      Solutions
    Product Cost Elements
    Process Mapping
    Setup/Changeover Reduction
    Class Project Team Application
      Activities

Push vs. Pull Systems

   MRP and JIT
   Plant Loading
   TAKT Time
   Line Balancing
   Demand Pull Concepts
   Replenishment Signals
   Exercises and Team Applications

Continuous Flow Production

   Focused Factories
   Work Cell Configurations
   Flexible Labor
  Self-Directed Work Teams
   Designing for Automation Issues
   Class Project Team Application
      Activities (Contd.)

Continuous Improvement

   The PASE Continuous Improvement
      Model
   Continuous Process Improvement
     Tools
   Kaizen
   Empowered and Involved People
   Use of Reliable Methods
   Quality at the Source
   The 5 S's
   Visual Workplace
   Poka Yoke
   Exercises and Team Applications

JIT Plant Metrics

   Problems with Traditional Measures
   Alternative Measures for JIT Plants
      and Cells
Implementing Lean Manufacturing

   Where to Start
   Use of Kaizen Events
   Class Project Team Application
      Activities (Continued)



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