IE 4530 Lean Manufacturing Systems (3)

Prereq.: IE 2060 and credit or registration in IE 3520 and IE 4362 . 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Principles of Lean Manufacturing Systems; Queuing Theory and Analysis; Measurement and Assessment-Industrial Process Mapping, Workflow Analysis; Improvement Activities-Process and Operational Variability Reduction, Resource Reduction, Work-in-Process Reduction, Waste Reduction, Zero Inventory and Just-in-time Production Systems; Design for Lean Manufacturing; Material and Shop Floor Flow Control; Simulation Modeling and Analysis of Lean Systems.