16.660 / 16.853 / ESD.62J Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Methods

Course Description

This course introduces the fundamental Lean Six Sigma principles that underlay modern continuous improvement approaches for industry, government and other organizations. Lean emerged from the Japanese automotive industry, particularly Toyota, and is focused on the creation of value through the relentless elimination of waste. Six Sigma is a quality system developed at Motorola which focuses on elimination of variation from all processes. The basic principles have been applied to a wide range of organizations and sectors to improve quality, productivity, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, time-to-market and financial performance.

This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month.

Videos

SES #	TOPICS
Day 1
1-2	The start of your Lean journey
1-3	Dick Lewis guest lecture
	Clay Jones guest lecture
1-4	Lean thinking
1-6	Value stream mapping fundamentals
1-7	New Balance® plant tour
Day 2
2-1	Lego® simulation (covers 2-1, 2-3, and 2-5)
2-2	Lean supply chain basics
2-4	Lean engineering basics
Day 3
3-2	Variability simulation
3-3	Quality tools and topics 1
	Quality tools and topics 2
3-4	Ida Gall guest lecture
3-5	People: the heart of Lean
3-6	Implementing Lean