Lean Production edX - online learning platform

Overview

Learn about lean management, a customer-centric methodology that improves processes by eliminating waste and focusing on value-added tasks.

This course will introduce the main tenets of the Toyota Production System, which includes Just-in-Time manufacturing, quality management tools, and the critical concept of Kaizen, the Japanese practice of continuous improvement. You will also learn about key organisation and managerial approaches that are used in Lean.  

You will learn how to analyse process flows in order to establish process capacity and identify the process bottleneck. You will then calculate resource utilisation and cycle time to evaluate the impact of set up times, batching, defects and reworks on key process performance measures, including inventory, flow rate and flow time.

We will also discuss the impact of key concepts of Lean, including Heijunka, Kanban, Jidoka, Andon, Poka Yoke, and 5S, which help achieve increased productivity and quality.

Upon successful completion of this series, learners will earn the Technical University of Munich Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification, confirming mastery of the fundamentals of Lean Six Sigma to a Yellow Belt level, based on the American Society of Quality's Body of Knowledge for the Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt. 

This Lean Production Certificate is part of Six Sigma and Lean - Quantitative Tools for Quality and Productivity Professional Certificate offered by EdX in partnership with Technical University of Munich - TUMx.

What you'll learn

• The history and background of Lean production and the complementing elements of quantity and quality control.

• To measure production performance and how defects and waste degrade performance.

• To understand the importance and role in Lean Production of the customer "Takt."

• To improve process performance through the application of Lean principles, including setup time reduction, batch optimization, and defect elimination.

• To explain the importance of Total Productive Maintenance and the widely-used metric Overall Equipment Effectiveness.

• To understand the difference between push- and pull-systems and how the implementation of pull-systems reduces waste.

• To apply elements of Lean production including Heijunka, Kanban, Jidoka, and Poka Yoke.

• To apply the 5S methodology for establishing and sustaining a productive work environment.