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ME 7354 - Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma

Credits: 3

Focuses on an overall total quality management perspective for the design of quality management systems. Examines metrics for cycle time and defects, baselining and benchmarking, and house of quality approaches. Covers the basic concept of managing product quality from inception to deployment. Includes acquiring and stabilizing new production processes, data collection, and analysis for improvement and decision-making. Purchasing, process control, inventory control, and reliability are covered in detail. Project work emphasizes the application of lean manufacturing and six sigma tools and techniques.


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