Learners read about the characteristics of a lean/six sigma culture.

Learners look through a telescope to see what a company chooses to focus on when making decisions about productivity, reducing waste, retraining, solving problems, and motivating employees.

In this interactive lesson, students use critical thinking to determine the best lean manufacturing initiative when solving problems for the fictitious Batchless Manufacturing Company.

Following a "cut the fat" theme, learners click on 12 drawings of pigs to read about the principles of lean manufacturing.

The learner will understand the meaning of terms and acronyms commonly used in a lean production system.

Learners examine ways to eliminate or minimize the wastes found in business processes. A matching exercise completes the activity.

The learner identifies ways to eliminate or minimize wastes found in business processes. A quiz completes the activity.

Learners read descriptions of the following training and certification levels for organizations using a lean approach to quality: "green belt," "black belt," "master black belt," and "champion."

In a series of three interactive exercises, learners explore the relationship between process cycle time and defect detection, and between process cyle time and smaller batch sizes. The techniques of lean/JIT are applied to achieve the continuous improvement (kaizen) goal of reducing inventory by pursuing one-piece flow.

In this animated object, learners examine what happens to lead and cycle times when the batch size is reduced.

Learners view examples of devices that prevent mistakes from occurring.

In this interactive object, learners read about the differences between push and pull manufacturing systems. A brief quiz completes the activity.

Learners review office processes to find ways to save time.

Learners follow the FMEA process to predict potential failures and to prevent them. This activity uses the example of getting to work to help participants comprehend the concepts and to apply them to their own work processes.

Learners examine how visual controls help to manage the workplace. Photos of visual controls are provided.

In this animated object, users view how a kanban signals production to start.

In this interactive object, learners view the icons and symbols used most frequently in value steam mapping. A matching activity completes the object.

In this interactive object, learners examine the five problem-solving steps of Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control. Some of the most common measures and tools are listed for each step.

Learners read about Six Sigma philosophy and methods. The need for high quality levels for today's customers is stressed.

Learners read how to identify a manufacturer's value streams - the first step to value stream mapping.