Module Code - Title:
AU4043
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LEAN THINKING / LEAN TOOLS
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
Syllabus:
Introduction to Lean Management, Value Stream Mapping , Cellular Manufacturing, Workplace Standardisation and Standard Work, Pull Systems, SMED and 5S, Kaizen, Lean Supply Chain Visual Management, Overall Equipment Effectiveness and Total Productive Maintenance, Jidoka, Zero Quality Control and Poka Yoke, Customer Value, The Lean Enterprise- Lean Beyond Manufacturing Lean Product Development, Policy Deployment and Lean Culture.
Areas covered include: The history of Lean Management ,Value Stream Mapping, waste elimination, Workplace Organisation & Standard Work techniques , Rapid Improvement Methodologies ,The role of the supply chain in Lean systems, Organisation Planning Approaches, Process techniques to support Lean implementation ,Building quality into the manufacturing process , Bringing the customer into the Lean organisation , The extended Lean enterprise.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On completion of this module students will have
A knowledge of what Lean actually means.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
On completion of this module students will have
Students will understand the contextual perspective of lean management
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
On completion of this module students will have
Students will have a working knowledge of many of the main tools available within the Lean toolbox.
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
James P. Womak and Daniel T. Jones (2003)
Lean Thinking
, Free Press, London and New York
Taiichi Ohno (1988)
Toyota production Systems: Beyond Large Scale Production
, Productivity Press, Portland, Oregon
Mike Rother and John Shook (2003)
Learning to see
, The Lean Enterprise Institute, Brookline, Massachusetts
Other Relevant Texts:
Richard L. MacInnes (2002)
The Lean Enterprise Memory Jogger
, Goal/QPC, Salem, NH, USA
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Module Leader:
Matheus.Santos@ul.ie