MTE 244: Lean Manufacturing Practices/Processes
Provides a study of the Toyota Production System (TPS), also known as Lean Manufacturing, Just-in- Time (JIT), Demand Flow, or Build-to-Order. The course covers the build-to-forecast batch-process method and compares it with TPS. The students study and develop in the lab the following TPS concepts/methods: customer expectations, seven fundamental wastes, plan-do-check-act cycle, kanban system and kanban types, material flow, group technology, manufacturing cells, point-of-use storage and support, and setup/changeover time reduction. This course also covers application of the following problem solving tools: flowchart, cause-and-effect diagram, check sheet, pareto chart, root cause analysis, statistical process control. Students investigate the basics of high-mix, low-volume manufacturing.
- Date:
- 2017
- Primary Material Type:
- Hybrid/Blended Course
- Institution:
- Community College of Denver
- Project Name:
- CHAMP-Colorado Helps Advanced Manufacturing Programs
- Funding Source:
- TAACCCT Round 3
- Subjects:
- Lean Manufacturing, MTE 244, CCD, CCCS, Community College of Denver, CHAMP, Manufacturing Processes, Kaizen
Industry / Occupation
- Industry Partner:
- CHAMP Advisory industry members reviewed course competencies and curriculum
- Industry Sector:
- Manufacturing -- Miscellaneous Manufacturing (339)
- Occupation:
- Management Occupations -- Industrial Production Managers (11-3051)
Education / Instructional Information
- Instructional Program:
- Technology Education/Industrial Arts (21)
- Credential Type:
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- Certificate
- Credential
- Stacked/Latticed Credential Model
- Associate Degree
- Educational Level of Materials:
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- 2nd Year Community College or equivalent
- Time Required:
- 15 weeks
- Language:
- English
- Interactivity Type:
- Mix of Active and Presentation.
- Quality of Subject Matter was assured by:
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- Consultations during development of instructional materials
- Participation as an ongoing member of team developing the instructional materials
- Quality of Online/Hybrid Course Design assured by:
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- Expertise of Project's Instructional Designers
- Course Note:
- Manufacturing
Accessibility
- Accessibility Features:
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- Text Adjust - Compatible
- Reading Layout - Reflow the Text
- Structural Markup - Navigation Text
- Structural Markup - Lists
- Table Markup
- Hyperlinks Rendered As Active
- Non-Decorative Images Have Alt Text
- Decorative Images Marked With Null Alt Text
- Non Flickering Content
Copyright / Licensing