MFG 505 - Lean Manufacturing

CAREER AND TECHNICAL CREDIT TYPE
1 credit(s)

Designed to teach the participants the principles of Lean Manufacturing through a live simulation of “Buzz Electronics”. Lean principles concentrate on eliminating waste within the organization by eliminating non-value adding activities such as overproduction, excess inventory, material movement, motion, waiting, processing, and correction. Additionally this course will provide the participant the ability to read and create Operational Instruction Sheets (OIS) which are designed to provide work instructions and content as well as safety, quality and process information. Operational Instruction Sheets are placed strategically throughout the work environment to enhance production and eliminate errors and defects. Also this course is designed to teach the participants the concepts and techniques of 5S and Visual Controls (lines, signs and labels). Participants will learn the 5S’s, sort, set in order, shine, standardize and sustain. Finally this course will provide the participant the ability to create a Value Stream Map. Participants will begin the process by creating a current state map of “Buzz Electronics” that shows all of the current manufacturing steps to create the product. Then they will plan a future state map showing where they what to go with the processes to stream line the value stream and eliminate non-value added activities, which will reduce lead times and reduce operating costs. Students will learn through lecture presentation and factory simulations.