Topics Discussed

• Lean tools and concepts for improving a process
  • 5S, poka yoke, visual controls
  • Quick changeover (single minute exchange of dies (SMED))
  • Batch vs. single piece flow
  • Cellular design
  • Mistake proofing, Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA)
  • Kaizen
  • Total productive maintenance (TPM)
  • Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
  • Flow and pull
  • Kanbans
  • Inventory
  • Theory of Constraints and Little’s Law

Module 14: Lean Principles and Tools