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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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LOGM 201 - Logistics Quality & Lean Management
PROGRAM: Supply Chain Management/Logistics
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2018
Introduces the philosophical background, historical development, fundamental concepts, operating fundamentals, and the organizational rationale for the implementation of lean and quality disciplines in logistics. The course also applies to the application of lean and quality disciplines and concepts to supply chain industries. The use and implementation of lean and quality disciplines has generally resulted in the ability of an enterprise to develop a work environment that promotes continuous improvement, implements standard operating procedures, eliminates waste, reduces operating cost, improves quality, and achieves measurable improvement in customer satisfaction.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the philosophical and historical development of quality and lean concepts.
- Make comparisons of conventional operating concepts and philosophies in logistics and supply chain industries to lean.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the basic terms, disciplines, and concepts of quality and lean.
- Demonstrate the ability to define, develop, and illustrate the disciplines of value stream mapping.
- Identify the sources and types of waste-streams in a supply chain.
- Define and identify the differences between value-added and non-value activities.
- Identify and explain the major advantages of quality and lean over conventional operating methods.
- Explain the principles of pull systems.
- Define methodologies required to achieve continuous improvement.
- Define the importance and need for making a commitment to achieve the implementation of quality and lean disciplines.
- Develop concepts and processes that allow supply chains the ability to remain competitive in global markets.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Standard Operating Procedures
- 5S (Sort, Set-to-Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain)
- Just- in-Time, Kanban, Pull Systems (Internal & External)
- Value-added, Non-Value added activities
- Kaizen activities (Continuous Improvement)
- Andon Boards (Visual Controls) Elimination of Muda (Waste)
- Value Stream Mapping (Current and Future State)
- Heijunka (Level-loading of demand)
- Cycle times, Takt Time (available production time/rate of customer demand),
- Process Flow, Work Cell Design, Facility Layout
- Poka-Yoke (Mistake Proofing)
- TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)
- Six Sigma (Concept Introduction)
- Employee Training / Communication
- Critical thinking / problem solving / decision-making skill development and exercises
- Teamwork and team building skills
- Quality control methodologies (TQM)
- Team Project
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Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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