COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LEAN PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IÜE 5020 LEAN PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Production Management and Industrial Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HILMI YÜKSEL

Offered to

Production Management and Industrial Business Administration

Course Objective

Evaluating the production and service processes with lean thinking approach and describing the use of lean manufacturing in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of production and service processes, reducing costs and improving the quality of the obtained outputs.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To have knowledge about lean thinking perspective to production and service processes
2   2. To have knowledge about lean manufacturing techniques
3   3. To identify the applications of lean production techniques in production and service processes
4   4. To use the lean manufacturing techniques in improving the efficiency of processes
5   5. To identify the principles of lean manufacturing

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and Course Description
2 Lean thinking approach and the principles of it
3 The concept of waste according to lean thinking and waste samples encountered in the production and service processes
4 Examination of successful lean practices
5 Critical success factors for simplicity in organization
6 Lean manufacturing techniques, kanban and pull system
7 The one-piece flow, small lot production
8 Smoothening of production, cellular office layout
9 Reducing setup times, Jidoka and Poka Yoke techniques
10 Visual inspection, 5S, Kaizen, total productive maintenance
11 Examination of lean manufacturing practices
12 Value stream mapping
13 Six sigma
14 Conclusion and Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Okur A.S., 1997, Yalın Üretim 2000 li Yıllara Doğru Türkiye Sanayi Için Yapılanma Modeli, Söz Yayın,Istanbul
Mejabi O. , 2003, Framework for a Lean Manufacturing System , International Journal of Manufacturing and Management, Vol:5
Liker J.K., 2004, Toyota Tarzı, Optimist Yayım Dağıtım,(Çev: Ümit Şensoy),Istanbul
Liker J.K., Meier D.,2006, The ToyotaWay Fieldbook A Practical Guide for Implementing Toyota s 4Ps,Mc Graw Hill Inc,USA

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Interactive classroom environment, case studies, company visits, term homework assignments

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 2 3 6
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 95

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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