Lean Production

Reference: Lean Production - Design-Tech Wiki 10.2

This is an Group Exercise (Formative) and Individual Exercise (Summative). Perform Tasks 1) through 5) in a Google Doc that is uploaded/shared to following Shared Folder so the class can participate in assessing your work.

You are organizing the Fab Lab TAs to manufacture parts for a tinkering makerspace activity for the entire lower school 5th grade (by classes – 5 classes of 15)

Group Exercise - Propeller Cars

Individual Exercise - Choose from the following (each member of your Table does a different Summer Fab Lab Project)

• Rubber Band Cars
• Fat Head
• Bing Bang Bong
• Beetlebots
• Dymaxion Globe

TASKS:

1) Make a purchase order

2) Make a workflow analysis

3) Prepare a value stream analysis

4) Analyze your workflow plan for the 7 wastes: overproduction, waiting, transporting, inappropriate processing, unnecessary inventory, unnecessary/excess motion, defects

5) Analyze your production assumptions for improvement by applying the principles of lean production

Post your findings on in a Google Doc and upload to a Shared Folder so that the class can review and grade your work

A – meets the standard (no errors)

B – partially meets the standard (one or two flaws in product selection, explanation, etc.)

C – does not meet standard

Reference: Design-Tech Wiki - Lean Production

Class Notes from Mag Lev Project - Sep 23, 2019