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ISE-4214: Lean Manufacturing

Description: Overview of Lean Manufacturing principles, theory, methods, and techniques in modern manufacturing enterprises. Lean philosophy and basic concepts, master production scheduling and production smoothing, assembly line sequencing, setup time reduction, U-shaped line balancing/operation, machine arrangement, kanban, autonomation, and value stream mapping. Investigation and discussion of lean manufacturing case studies. C- or better required in ISE 4204.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: ISE-4204

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Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 20

Average GPA: 3.33 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 36.11%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.76%

John P Shewchuk202447.5%38.0%11.4%2.2%0.1%0.8%3.3319
Kevin D Creehan201153.5%32.6%14.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.351

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