Module: Lean and 6 Sigma Manufacturing

Module Specifications..

Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024

Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Lean and 6 Sigma Manufacturing
Module Code	MM354
School	School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Tamas Szecsi Semester 2: Tamas Szecsi Autumn: Tamas Szecsi
Module Teachers	Tamas Szecsi
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

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Description

The aim of the module is to introduce students to modern manufacturing operations management principles and tools in order to reduce manufacturing costs, improve product quality and increase customer satisfaction.

Learning Outcomes

1. place modern manufacturing operations management within a historical context
2. compare and contrast the main modern approaches to manufacturing operations management
3. financially evaluate projects
4. apply a range of manufacturing operations management tools and techniques to reduce costs, improve product quality and increase customer satisfaction

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	No Description
Seminars	12	No Description
Independent Study	24	No Description
Directed learning	40	preparation
Independent Study	25	No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Introduction to manufacturing systems
Types of production (push/pull production, job shop, batch, mass production, mass customisation); Types of manufacturing systems (individual machines, manufacturing cells, FMS, automatic production lines).

Financial calculations
Cost analysis (costs, revenue, profit); Project evaluation (net present value, internal rate of return, payback).

Total Quality Management
TQM principles, methodology, strategies; Cost of quality.

The Toyota Production System
History of TPS; Main concepts of TPS.

Just-in-Time manufacturing
Characteristics of JIT; Kanban systems; CONWIP.

Lean manufacturing
Principles of lean manufacturing; Types of waste; Value stream mapping; Elements of lean manufacturing (5S, autonomation, error prevention, single-minute exchange of dies, production levelling, standardised work, continuous improvement).

Six sigma manufacturing
Statistical basis of six sigma manufacturing; Process capability; Six sigma methodologies (DMAIC, DMADV); Six sigma tools (PICK chart, RACI matrix, Pugh matrix, cost-benefit analysis, critical to quality tree, Taguchi loss function, 5 whys, Pareto analysis, failure mode and effect analysis, data representation, regression analysis, correlation, statistical process control); Six sigma implementation roles; Six sigma criticism.

Dimension analysis
Principles of interchangeability; Full interchangeability; Partial interchangeability.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	20%	Examination Weight	80%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Group assignment	Group assignment for using six-sigma manufacturing tools.	20%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Breyfogle, F.W.: 2003, Implementing Six Sigma; Smarter Solutions using Statistical Methods, 2, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New Jersey,
Monden, Y.: 2012, Toyota production system: an integrated approach to just-in-time, 4, CRC Press, London,
Weiss, N.A. and Hassett, M.J.: 1991, Introductory Statistics, 3, Addison-Wesley, Reading,
Lu, D.J.: 1985, Just-in-Time at Toyota, Revised ed., Productivity Press, Cambridge,
Hay, E.J.: 1988, The Just-in-Time Breakthrough: Implementing the New Manufacturing Basics, 1, John Wiley & Sons, New York,

Other Resources

59338, Files on Loop, Tamas Szecsi, 0, MM354 module notes,

Programme or List of Programmes

BMED	B.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering
BMEDI	B.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering
CAM	B.Eng. Mechanical & Manufacturing Eng
CAMI	B.Eng. in Mechanical & Manufacturing Eng
ECSA	Study Abroad (Engineering & Computing)
ECSAO	Study Abroad (Engineering & Computing)

Date of Last Revision

04-DEC-08

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