Principles of Lean Manufacturing
Description
Principles of Lean Manufacturing (with live simulation) is an overview class that provides a foundation for all other lean classes in the series.
Participants begin by manufacturing various assemblies in a traditional manufacturing setting. The results of the first simulation round will provide the setting for continuous improvement by applying the lean manufacturing principles. Participants will have the knowledge of understanding the 9 wastes in manufacturing. A mixture of lecture and hands-on simulations will teach lessons in standardized work, workplace organization, visual controls, set-up reduction, batch size reduction, point of use storage, quality at the source, workforce practices, and pull systems. Each is designed to eliminate waste in the manufacturing processes.
Lean Manufacturing provides a systematic approach to reducing costs and lead time by continuously eliminating non-value added activities. It promotes continuous improvement, committed management and empowers employees. By implementing Lean techniques at every level, managers are able to create Lean Enterprises that are increasing the gap between winners and losers.
Training Information
Lean 101 (8 hrs)
- History of Manufacturing
- Basic Definitions
- Lean
- Value Added Activities
- Non-Value Added Activities
- Waste: Overproduction, waiting, transportation, non-value added processing, excess inventory, defects, excess motion, underutilized people, energy/environment
- Continuous Improvement
- Effective Leadership
- Collaboration, Not Competition
The class provides students with the principles of Lean Manufacturing through a combination of classroom lecture, real life examples and simulated manufacturing system. Students participate in four simulation rounds, by building modular airplanes from Lego blocks based on a traditional manufacturing company.
Jesus "Jesse" Cano joined the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in 2017. As a Valley native, he strives to use his experience to assist local manufacturing and service companies in pursuit of continuous improvement by means of consulting, coaching and training in the latest principles and technologies. His goal, is to aid these companies to become more efficient, reduce waste and increase productivity to ultimately create a stronger industry in the Rio Grande Valley.
Jesse is an engineer with over 10 years of experience in Manufacturing and Design from the Oil Gas, Power Generation and Aerospace fields. He has held roles of Design Engineer, Lead Manufacturing Engineer and Lead Repair Technology Engineer for GE Aviation, GE Power, Superior Energy Services, and Baker Hughes.
Through his career, he has led various continuous improvement, productivity, quality and NPI (New Product Introduction) projects and has experience in improving existing and designing new layouts using lean concepts to create optimal cellular flows. He has also guided the implementation of CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine) arms and Blue Light Technology into inspection processes to eliminate hard fixtures and improve inspection data and reports.
Jesse holds a Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical Engineering out of the University of Texas Pan American and has certifications and training in Lean, Six Sigma, Quality, Project Management, Leadership and Coaching.
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