Lean Production Fundamentals
Completed by Jason D York
August 17, 2026
11 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Core principles and philosophy of Lean Production. Map process flows, cycle time, takt time, and calculate resource capacity and utilization.
Identify process bottlenecks and suggest improvements to achieve continuous flow.
Relationship between three main process metrics, inventory, production rate and process time and their importance with respect to Lean Production.
Understand the concept and importance of takt time. Understand the impact of variability on a process and calculate the resulting waiting times.
Skills you will gain
- Category: Manufacturing Operations
- Category: Lean Methodologies
- Category: Process Improvement
- Category: Process Optimization
- Category: Waste Minimization
- Category: Lean Manufacturing
- Category: Process Mapping
- Category: Resource Utilization
- Category: Process Management
- Category: Process Analysis
- Category: Capacity Management
- Category: Process Flow Diagrams
