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All lectures are courtesy of the individuals listed on the title pages, and are used with permission. Session 37 contains materials from two offerings
of this course.

LEGO Simulation
Sessions 21, 23, and 25 are comprised of Lego simulations. In-class materials are not available on MIT OpenCourseWare. For the enterprise
track, the following paper and presentation describe the simulation and student reactions.
McManus, Hugh, Eric Rebentisch, Earll Murman, and Alexis Stanke. "Teaching Lean Thinking Principles Through Hands-On Simulations."
Presented at the 3rd International CDIO Conference, MIT, June 1114, 2007.
Paper (PDF)
Presentation (PDF)

Supporting Materials
LAI Lean Academy Glossary (PDF)

Topics By Session
SES #

TOPICS

ACTIVITIES

Day 1
Virtual Assessment of Lean User Experience (VALUE): A guide
to assessing your level of lean enterprise knowledge (PDF)

11

Why am I here? (PDF - 1.4MB)

Virtual Assessment of Lean User Experience-Proficiency Index

Level (VALUE PIL): A guide to assessing your level of lean
healthcare knowledge (PDF)
These assessments can be taken before or after taking the
Introduction to Lean SIX SIGMA

12

Methods course.

The start of your Lean journey (PDF - 4.3MB)

Lean thinking part I (PDF - 1.1MB)

13

Lean thinking part II (PDF)

14

New Balance plant tour (PDF)

15

People: The heart of Lean (PDF - 2.0MB)

16

Value stream mapping basics (PDF)

Sasha & Andy hot dogs time exercise (PDF)

Plant tour notes (PDF)

Day 2 Enterprise Option

21

Lean enterprise simulation,

segments I, II, and III

22

Lean supply chain basics (PDF - 1.2MB)

23

Lean enterprise simulation, segment II

24

Lean engineering basics (PDF - 1.5MB)

25

Lean healthcare simulation III

Day 2 Healthcare Option

21

Lean healthcare simulation I: Baseline performance (PDF)

22

Continuous process improvement (PDF - 1.5MB)

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SES #

TOPICS

23

Lean healthcare simulation II

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Improving the enterprise (PDF - 1.0MB)

25

Lean healthcare simulation III

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ACTIVITIES

Day 2 Common
Case study: Accounts payable at Rockwell Collins (PDF)
Accounts payable at Rockwell Collins questions (PDF)
Current state value stream map (PDF)
26

Accounts payable I: Case study introduction (PDF)

(These three documents are courtesy of Phil Jones, Sylvia and
Clement T. Hanson Professor of Manufacturing Productivity,
Tippie SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
are used with permission.)

, University of Iowa, and

Day 3
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Accounts payable II: Value stream analysis

Variability simulation spreadsheet (XLS)

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Variability simulation (PDF)

Spreadsheet instructions (PDF)

Accounts payable variability mats (PDF)

Lean for healthcare: An overview (PDF - 7.7MB)

33

Biography for guest speaker, Susan Sheey (PDF)

34

A3 thinking (PDF)

35

Quality tools and topics (PDF - 1.6MB)

36

Six Sigma basics (PDF)

M&M checklist (PDF)

M&M spreadsheet (XLS)

Leading improvement across a complex aerospace

enterprise (PDF)
37

37

Biography for enterprise speaker, Dick Lewis (PDF)

Applying Lean in an academic medical center: Lessons

learned (PDF)
Biography for enterprise speaker, Eric Dickson (PDF)

37

Introductory slides for Rockwell Collins Lean

transformation (PDF)

Lean transformation video notes (PDF)

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