Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Methods
by Earll Murman, Annalisa Weigel, Al Haggerty, Hugh McManus
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Description
This course introduces the fundamental Lean Six Sigma principles that underlay modern continuous improvement approaches for industry, government and other organizations. Lean emerged from the Japanese automotive industry, particularly Toyota, and is focused on the creation of value through the relentless elimination of waste. Six Sigma is a quality system developed at Motorola which focuses on elimination of variation from all processes. The basic principles have been applied to a wide range of organizations and sectors to improve quality, productivity, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, time-to-market and financial performance.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoSession 1-2: The start of your Lean journey | -- | 7/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoSession 1-3: Dick Lewis guest lecture | -- | 7/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoSession 1-4: Lean thinking | -- | 7/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoSession 1-6: Value stream mapping fundamentals | -- | 7/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoSession 1-7: New Balance(R) plant tour | -- | 7/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoSession 2-1: Lego(R) simulation (covers 2-1, 2-3, and 2-5) | -- | 7/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoSession 2-2: Lean supply chain basics | -- | 7/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoSession 2-4: Lean engineering basics | -- | 7/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoSession 3-2: Variability simulation | -- | 7/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoSession 3-3-1: Quality tools and topics 1 | -- | 7/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoSession 3-3-1: Quality tools and topics 2 | -- | 7/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoSession 3-4: Ida Gall guest lecture | -- | 7/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoSession 3-5: People: the heart of Lean | -- | 7/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoSession 3-6: Implementing Lean | -- | 7/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 14 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
MIT Open School
This is a great media for learning and understanding LEAN. I greatly appreciate the value of the internet and iTunes U along with the collaboration with MIT to provide these programs.
Lean
Introductory material, or a good refresh
Videos are good prep for the on-campus short course
These videos offer a lot of value, but hands-on experience in the classroom should not be overlooked.
Thankfully, this group also offers a 3-5 day short course through MIT Professional Education in the summer.
Look into it to extend your Lean learning.
