IET 0380 - Principles of Lean

Fall 3 Credit Hours
This course provides an overview of lean tools and techniques. Topics such as 5S, Total Productive Maintenance, Just in Time, Kanban, Heijunka, Setup Reduction, Value Stream Mapping and Jidoka are covered. Students will have opportunities to apply some of the concepts such as 5S or Kaizen as project work to aspects of their work or life in general. Prerequisites: Junior standing.