Lean Six Sigma detailed syllabus for Automobile Engineering (AUTO) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the AUTO students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Automobile Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit AUTO 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VII scheme and its subjects refer to AUTO Professional Elective-VII syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of lean six sigma is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO LEAN AND SIX SIGMA 9 Introduction to Lean- Definition, Purpose, Features of Lean ; Top seven wastes, Need for Lean management, The philosophy of lean management, Creating a lean enterprise, Elements of Lean, Lean principles, the lean metric, Hidden time traps. Introduction to quality, Definition of six sigma, origin of six sigma, Six sigma concept and Critical success factors for six sigma.
Unit II
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Unit III
PROJECT SELECTION AND TEAM BUILDING 9 Resource and project selection, Selection of Black belts, Training of Black belts and Champions, Identification of potential projects, top down (Balanced score card) and Bottom up approach -Methods of selecting projects – Benefit/Effort graph, Process mapping, value stream mapping, Predicting and improving team performance, Nine team roles and Team leadership.
Unit IV
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Unit V
INSTITUTIONALIZING AND DESIGN FOR LSS 9 Institutionalizing lean six sigma – improving design velocity, creating cycle time base line, valuing projects, gating the projects, reducing product line complexity, Design for lean six sigma, QFD, Theory of Inventive Problem solving (TRIZ), Robust design; Case study presentations
Course Outcomes:
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Reference Books:
- James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, Lean Thinking, Free press business, 2003.
- Michael L. George, Lean Six Sigma, McGraw-Hill., 2002.
- Ronald G.Askin and Jeffrey B.Goldberg, Design and Analysis of Lean Production Systems, John Wiley &Sons., 2003.
- Salman Taghizadegan, Essentials of Lean Six Sigma, Elsevier, 2010
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Automobile Engineering 6th Sem, visit AUTO 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Automobile Engineering results, visit Anna University AUTO all semester results direct link.