2015-2016 Catalog

MTE 244 Lean Manufacturing Practices and Processes

Provides a study of Lean Manufacturing. The students study and develop in the lab the following lean concepts/methods: lean philosophy, fundamental wastes, defining value, five S, value stream identification, process rationalization, continuous process improvement, inventory management optimization model, value stream mapping, creating process flows, cellular manufacturing, pull vs.push systems, just-in-time, kanban systems, standardized work, jidoka, fail-safing, quick change/set-up reduction methods, SCM cycle time reduction, and VRM.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

MTE 110

Notes

See the list of Specialized Manufacturing Technology Courses on the first page of this Course Offerings section.