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.

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

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

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

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

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

Learners read a brief description of Kaizen and how it helps to eliminate waste in a process.

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 view a heijunka box and read how this tool is used for scheduling production in a pull system.

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

Learners read about the benefits of storing raw materials within 3 feet of the work area where they will be used.

Learners read about the benefits of grouping machines together for an efficient flow of the product.

Learners read about a process for sorting items in the workplace. "Sort" is the first of the five steps in 5S.

Learners read how Total Productive Maintenance can prevent breakdowns, defects, and a variety of other losses.

In this interactive object, learners assess their knowledge of 5S, a process for attaining a safe, clean, neat arrangement of the workplace where everything has a specific location and unneeded items are eliminated.

Learners read how quality can be built into a manufacturing process.

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