Unit Code: PMM431

Unit Name: Lean Engineering Techniques

Description: The purpose of this unit is to enable the development of the elementary knowledge and skills required for industrial and small businesses to reduce waste, time and cost to improve quality for the sake of the customer. This Unit offers intellectual knowledge to participants to Understand the reasons for implementing lean, learn the terms, tools, and techniques used in lean, Identify the types of waste that can be eliminated with lean, Describe the components and elements of a lean effort, Explain value stream mapping, techniques for analyzing the current state map and for envisioning the future state of the workflow, Describe why and how lean can apply to finance, maintenance and sales.

Learning Target Outcomes: On successful completion of this course, you should be able to: 1. Apply knowledge to improve quality. 2. Use a wide range of skills to eliminate waste. 3. Apply Knowledge in reducing the time it takes to finish an activity from start to finish is one of the most. Effective ways to eliminate waste and lower costs. 4. Demonstrate the four strategic elements of lean can be quite complex, and comprise multiple elements. Which are ; being lean becoming lean, doing lean and lean thinking.

Prerequisite: MEA305

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 5

Offered In: Quarter 3