COURSE CALENDAR QPLS3x
This course's lectures release from February 01 - March 08, 2018 (6 weeks)
and the course ends on April 19, 2018
Deadline for Verified Certificate: March 12, 2018
GRADED ASSIGNMENTS DUE DATES
The homework sets are due at 23:30 UTC (*check your time zone by clicking on the link!)
01 March 2018 (Homework Session 1)
08 March 2018 (Homework Session 2)
15 March 2018 (Homework Session 3)
22 March 2018 (Homework Session 4)
29 March 2018 (Homework Session 5)
05 April 2018 (Homework Session 6)
COURSE SYLLABUS AND RELEASE DATES:
Session 0: Course Welcome - February 01, 2018
0-1 Welcome & Greetings from Munich
0-2 Course Structure
0-3 HELLO! Getting to Know Each Other - Discussion Board Post!
Session 1: Introduction / Identification of Waste - February 01, 2018
1-1 LECTURE: Process Product Matrix
1-2 LECTURE: History of Lean Manufacturing: Toyota Production System
1-3 LECTURE: Productivity and Waste (7 Wastes)
1-4 GUEST LECTURE: 3 M's Mura, Muri, Muda (Jonathan Woolfrey, Center for Autonomous Systems, University of Technology, Sydney)
1-5 EXAMPLE: 7 Wastes in the Morning
1-6 PRACTICE: 7 Wastes
1 HOMEWORK: due March 1, 2018 23:30 UTC *Please check your time zone!
Session 2: Understanding Flow: Capacity Analysis - February 08, 2018
2-1 LECTURE: Process Flow Diagram
2-2 LECTURE: Capacity Analysis - Finding the Bottleneck
2-3 EXAMPLE: Capacity Analysis - Finding the Bottleneck
2-4: PRACTICE: Capacity Analysis and Utilization
2-5: LECTURE: Little's Law
2-6: LECTURE: Introducing Variability
2-7: LECTURE: Takt Time and Demand Management
2-8 PRACTICE: Little's Law, Variability, Takt Time, Demand Management
2 HOMEWORK: due March 8, 2018 23:30 UTC *Please check your time zone!
Session 3: Continuous Flow: Setup Time Reduction - February 15, 2018
3-1 LECTURE: Flow Interruptions: Setup Times
3-2 LECTURE: Flow Rate vs. Inventory
3-3 LECTURE: Reducing Setup Times
3-4 GUEST LECTURE: Total Productive Maintenance (Zubair Anwar, ASQ)
3-5 LECTURE: Overall Equipment Effectiveness
3-5-1 GUEST LECTURE: Overall Equipment Effectiveness - Industry Example (Zubair Anwar, ASQ)
3-6 PRACTICE: Capacity Calculations with Setups and Batches
3 HOMEWORK: due March 15, 2018 23:30 UTC *Please check your time zone!
Session 4: Improving Flow: Workplace Organization and Visualization- February 22, 2018
4-1 LECTURE: Workplace Visualization
4-2 CASE STUDY: Workplace Visualization in Sunglasses Production
4-3 GUEST LECTURE: 5S Introduction (Jeanie Lee, 3M)
4-4 GUEST LECTURE: 5S Sort (Jeanie Lee, 3M)
4-4 GUEST LECTURE: 5S Set In Order (Jeanie Lee, 3M)
4-5 GUEST LECTURE: 5S Shine (Jeanie Lee, 3M)
4-6 GUEST LECTURE: 5S Standardize (Jeanie Lee, 3M)
4-7 GUEST LECTURE: 5S Sustain (Jeanie Lee, 3M)
4-8 GUEST LECTURE: 5S Examples (Jeanie Lee, 3M)
4-9 GUEST LECTURE: 5S Summary (Jeanie Lee, 3M)
4-10 CASE STUDY: 5S at Maya's Desk
4-11 PRACTICE: Workplace Visualization and 5S
4 HOMEWORK: due March 22, 2018 23:30 UTC *Please check your time zone!
Session 5: Maintaining Flow: Establishing Pull Systems - Scheduling- March 01, 2017
5-1 LECTURE: Just-In-Time and the Push/Pull Concept
5-2 LECTURE: Scheduling: Pull Systems
5-3 LECTURE: Mixed-Model Production - Heijunka
5-4 LECTURE: Realizing Pull Scheduling - Kanban
5-5 CASE STUDY: Kanban Implementation in
SMEs: Case Study Imvelo
5-6 PRACTICE: Workplace Visualization and 5S
5 HOMEWORK: due March 29, 2018 23:30 UTC *Please check your time zone!
Session 6: Quality and Continuous Improvement - March 08, 2018
6-1 LECTURE: Preventing Defects
6-2 LECTURE: Quality and Flow
6-3 6-3 GUEST LECTURE: Continuous Improvement - The Toyota Way / 14 Principles of Lean (Jon Woolfrey, Center for Autonomous Systems, University of Technology, Sydney)
6-4 GUEST LECTURE: Kaizen Blitz (Zubair Anwar, ASQ)
6-5 GUEST LECTURE: Poka Yoke (Jonathan Woolfrey, Center for Autonomous Systems, University of Technology, Sydney)
6-6 LECTURE: Lean and Six-Sigma - Partners for Quality and Productivity: Roots and Development (Dr. Reiner Hutwelker, Master Black Belt)
6-7 LECTURE: Lean and Six-Sigma - Partners for Quality and Productivity: Comparison (Dr. Reiner Hutwelker, Master Black Belt)
6-8 PRACTICE: Quality and Flow, Continuous Improvement, Kaizen Blitz, Poka Yoke, Six Sigma and Lean
6-9 Course Close
6 HOMEWORK: due April 05, 2018 23:30 UTC *Please check your time zone!