# Calendar

LEC # | TOPICS | SUBTOPICS
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Part I: Foundations
1 | Welcome and Overview Lean Thinking | Course Syllabus and Expectations Class Experience with Lean/Six Sigma Historical Perspective on Lean/Six Sigma Lean Thinking Mass and Lean in Historical Context Exercises (Seven Wastes, 5S's, Work Cell Redesign) Value Stream Maps and Knowledge-Driven Continuous Improvement (PDCA) Infrastructure, Stability, Flow and Pull
2 | Six Sigma Principles Systems Change Principles | Six Sigma Principles Variance and Variance Reduction DMIAC Process - y=f(x) Six Sigma Measurement Tools Systems Change Principles Stakeholders and Systems OD Roles Strategy, Structure and Process "Top-Down" and "Bottom-Up" Change Socio-Technical Dynamics
3 | "Pre-Stability" Considerations | "Brownfield"/"Greenfield" Contrast Active and Passive Opposition to Lean/Six Sigma Inadequate or Missing "Social Infrastructure" - Forums, Capabilities, Relationships
Part II: Stability
4 | Team-Based, Knowledge-Driven Work Systems | Team/Work Group Structure and Roles - Socio-Tech vs Lean Teams Front-Line Leadership Capability and Motivation Knowledge-Driven Work
5 | Manufacturing Stakeholder Alignment | Support Function Alignment Supply Chain Alignment Union-Management Partnership
6 | In-Station Process Control and Standardized Work | Standardized Work Statistical Process Control and "Control Points" Andon Response Systems PDCA and Control Point Improvement Processes
7 | Total Productive Maintenance and Standardized Support | 5S's and Waste Walks Preventive Maintenance Principles Lean Machine Tooling Maintenance/Skilled Trades Work Groups
Part III: Flow
8 | Value Streams | Assembly Operations - Takt Time Machining Operations - Cycle Time Continuous Flow Operations Engineering Design Operations Service Operations - Cycle Time Sustainability and Lean/Six Sigma
9 | Material Flow | Kanban/Supply Chain Sequencing Presentation of Parts and Parts Marketplace Hejunka/Product Leveling
10 | Knowledge and Information Flow | Kaizen-Teian Improvement Systems Hoshin Planning/Policy Deployment Enterprise Resource Planning Tools Design for Manufacture Performance Metric Feedback
Part IV: Pull
11 | Customer "Pull" Systems Auto Industry | Forecast "Push," Customer "Pull," and Hybrid Models The Three-Day Car
12 | Aerospace Industry Customer Support Operations | Low Volume and High Complexity in Defense Aerospace Fujitsu "Sense and Respond" Customer Support System
Part V: Enterprise
13 | Transitions from "Pre-Stability" to Stability to Flow to Pull (#13), and Lean Enterprise Alignment Principles (#14) | Within-Function and Cross-Functional Challenges in the Transitions from "Pre-Stability" to Stability to Flow to Pull Lean Enterprise Alignment Enterprise Structure and Alignment Value Identification, Value Proposition and Value Delivery in the Enterprise Context Concluding Course Overview
14 | Ready, Set, Go | LFM Alumni Panel
15 | Lean Simulation | A Simulation Exercise Designed to Illustrate Lean Principles in Manufacturing Operations