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Lean/Six Sigma Processes
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- Instructor
- Prof. Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld
- Term
- Summer 2004
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 30 other files · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare ESD.60 Lean/Six Sigma Processes, Summer 2004, Prof. Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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- A lecture sequence of 15 items is confirmed. No assignments or exams were found for this course, so it stays as organized materials rather than a full course order.
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Lecture Notes
30 files
- Course Syllabus and Expectations Class Experience with Lean/Six Sigma Historical Perspective on Lean/Six Sigma Lean Thinking Download
- Six Sigma Principles Download
- Variance and Variance Reduction DMIAC Process - y=f(x) Six Sigma Measurement Tools Systems Change Principles Download
- Stakeholders and Systems OD Roles Strategy, Structure and Process “Top-Down” and “Bottom-Up” Change Socio-Technical Dynamics Download
- “Brownfield”/“Greenfield” Contrast Download
- Active and Passive Opposition to Lean/Six Sigma Download
- Team/Work Group Structure and Roles - Socio-Tech vs Lean Teams Download
- “Front-Line Leadership Capability and Motivation” by Craig Abler and Thomas Neal Download
- Knowledge-Driven Work Download
- Support Function Alignment Download
- “Supply Chain Alignment” by Kevin Lennox and Dave Penake Download
- Union-Management Partnership Download
- “Standardized Work” by Jessica Dolak and Ben Lathrop Download
- Statistical Process Control and “Control Points” Andon Response Systems “PDCA and Control Point Improvement Processes” by Jeremy Weinstein and Steve Vasovski Download
- 5S’s and Waste Walks “Preventive Maintenance Principles” by Scott Couzens and Scott Hiroshige Download
- “Assembly Operations - Takt Time” by Colin Ducharme and Todd Ruddick Download
- “Machining Operations - Cycle Time” by Tamboura Gaskins and Sean Holly Download
- “Continuous Flow Operations” by Bret Awbrey and Jacob Silber Download
- Engineering Design Operations Service Operations - Cycle Time “Sustainability and Lean/Six Sigma” by Todd Robinson and Kerry Person Download
- Kanban/Supply Chain Sequencing “Presentation of Parts and Parts Marketplace” by Min Shao and Jason Kary Download
- “Hejunka/Product Leveling” by Amy Reyner and Kweku Fleming Download
- “Kaizen-Teian Improvement Systems” by Yue Cathy Chang and Johnson Wu Download
- “Hoshin Planning/Policy Deployment” by Ian MacDonald and Howard Shen Download
- Enterprise Resource Planning Tools Design for Manufacture “Performance Metric Feedback” by Krishnan Raghunathan and Linsey Rubenstein Download
- Forecast “Push,” Customer “Pull,” and Hybrid Models by Bruce Pan and Nicholas Svensson The Three-Day Car Download
- Within-Function and Cross-Functional Challenges in the Transitions from “Pre-Stability” to Stability to Flow to Pull Lean Enterprise Alignment Download
- A Simulation Exercise Designed to Illustrate Lean Principles in Manufacturing Operations (PDF 1 of 4) Download
- A Simulation Exercise Designed to Illustrate Lean Principles in Manufacturing Operations (PDF 2 of 4) Download
- A Simulation Exercise Designed to Illustrate Lean Principles in Manufacturing Operations (PDF 3 of 4) Download
- A Simulation Exercise Designed to Illustrate Lean Principles in Manufacturing Operations (PDF 4 of 4) Download
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Course outline
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Lecture 2: Six Sigma Principles Systems Change Principles
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Lecture 3: “Pre-Stability” Considerations
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Lecture 4: Team-Based, Knowledge-Driven Work Systems
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Lecture 5: Manufacturing Stakeholder Alignment
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Lecture 6: In-Station Process Control and Standardized Work
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Lecture 7: Total Productive Maintenance and Standardized Support
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Lecture 8: Value Streams
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Lecture 9: Material Flow
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Lecture 10: Knowledge and Information Flow
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Lecture 11: Customer “Pull” Systems Auto Industry
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Lecture 12: Aerospace Industry Customer Support Operations
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Lecture 13: Transitions from “Pre-Stability” to Stability to Flow to Pull (#13), and Lean Enterprise Alignment Principles (#14)
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Lecture 14: Ready, Set, Go
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Lecture 15: Lean Simulation
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, ESD.60 Lean/Six Sigma Processes, Summer 2004.
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