Lean Manufacturing detailed syllabus for Mechanical Engineering (Mech) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Mech 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 Mechanical Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Mech 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to Mech Professional Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of lean manufacturing is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
BASICS OF 6 SIGMA 9 Introduction to 6 Sigma, basic tools of six sigma like problem solving approach, standard deviation, normal distribution, various sigma levels with some examples, value for the enterprise, Variation, and sources of variation, Mean and moving the mean, Various quality costs, cost of poor quality.
Unit II
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Unit III
DEEPER UNDERSTADING METHODOLOGIES 9 What is a process, Why Process management, Keys to process management, Difference between process management and 6 Sigma, Introduction to Deming cycle, PDCA, DMAIC and continuous improvement, DMEDI for creation process, DMAIC Vs DMEDI with examples, Introduction to Toyota Production System, Six Sigma and Production System integration.
Unit IV
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Unit V
IMPLEMENTATION AND CHALLENGES 9 Implementing Checks and Balances in the process, Robust Information Systems, Dashboard, follow up and robust corrective and preventive mechanism. Concept of Audits, and continuous improvement from gap analysis, risk assessments etc.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Quality Planning and Analysis- JM Juran& FM Gryna. Tata Mc Graw Hill
- Lean Manufacturing: Principles to Practice by Akhilesh N. Singh, Bibliophile SouthAsia
- The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles
- Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense Approach to a Continuous Improvement Strategy, Masaki Imai
Reference Books:
- Quality Council of India https://qcin.org/ & its library. https://qcin.org/nbqp/knowledge_bank/
- International Society of Six Sigma Professionals: https://isssp.org/about-us/
- NPTEL / SWAYAM: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/110105123 : Six Sigma, Prof. Jitesh J Thakkar, IIT Kharagpur, Certification course. (Self- Learning).
- Older / Previous editions of AIAG manuals on APQP, FMEA and PPAP. These are great sources of information on Quality Planning and has basics of Project Management and required skills.
- Quality Management for Organizations Using Lean Six Sigma Techniques- Erick C Jones
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Mechanical Engineering 6th Sem, visit Mech 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Mechanical Engineering results, visit Anna University Mech all semester results direct link.