Course content

The course is obligatory in 3rd semester of the INGLOG study program (Program Course 3).

• Introduction to production and quality assurance - Lean principles and quantitative modeling approaches
• Lean production methods (SMED, material flow analysis, small-lot production, Group Technology, cell manufacturing)
• Equipment maintenance and reliability analysis, statistical models, OEE
• Aggregate production, Master Production Scheduling (MPS)
• Economic lot-sizing (EMQ model), lot-sizing w.r.t. capacity utilization
• Bottleneck management, leveling production, and Mixed Model Production (Heijunka)
• Just-in-Time systems, Kanban, Standardized Work
• Lean quality assurance (Quality at the Source, Mistake-Proofing)
• Six Sigma process improvement and capability analysis

Learning outcome

Knowledge

By the end of the course, students will have specific knowledge about:

• principles of production planning and quality assurance
• methods to obtain a Lean production system
• equipment reliability models and maintenance strategies
• Master production scheduling, lot-sizing, production leveling, and pull production
• Lean approach to quality assurance and Six Sigma quality

Skills

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• apply Lean techniques to achieve enhanced flow;
• analyze equipment reliability, and implement preventive maintenance;
• develop master production schedules (MPS), calculate economical lot-sizes, achieve high capacity utilization, apply production leveling, and mixed model production;
• design and implement Kanban systems, and standard operation procedures;
• employ Lean quality assurance tools; and
• use statistical Six Sigma tools for process capability analysis.

General skills

• Work in teams and collaboration
• Critical thinking and reflection
• Communication
• Continuous Improvement thinking

Learning methods and activities

Teaching methods and activities include a combination of lectures, exercises, as well as workshops with classroom presentations, and a field trip to a production factory.

Compulsory assignments

• Mandatory assignments

Specific conditions

Recommended previous knowledge

1. TLOG1020 Operations Management
2. TLOG2009 Optimization of logistic systems

Course materials

To be specified at the semester start