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.

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

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.

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.

Learners read how each of the steps in 5S can be used to organize an office.

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.

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

Learners view examples of waste in an office environment and are asked to consider what they can do to eliminate or reduce waste in their own workplace.

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

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

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

Learners read how kanban is used in production control.

Learners view steps to reduce changeover time in a manufacturing operation.

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.