Lean Manufacturing Practices
The concept of Lean Transformation of SMEs focuses on enhancing the processes across the value stream to eliminate waste and deliver optimized value to the customer. This can help industry and organizations achieve their goals in smarter, more sustainable ways. In 2017, a symbiosis between industry and academia, based on the concept of Lean Transformation, was introduced under the name of Visionary Learning Community of India (VLCI). VLCI is conceptualized to form a joint venture between learning communities of SMEs (Industry), Engineering Colleges (academia), Engineering College faculty and students to create a pipeline of Engineering talent who can work with these SMEs in this transformative journey.
The initiative of VLCI has embarked on a vision to transform the manufacturing industry through manufacturing change leaders (students) skilled in Lean Manufacturing Practices (LMP). LMP, under the aegis of VLCI, is based on the concepts of Lean Principles that will create future change leaders in the form of Engineering Graduates, leading to a sustainable growth of industry.
This course on LMP, delivered in a 30% classroom and 70% practice mode, is designed to focus on the application of tools and techniques of Lean Management. This results in students becoming skilled in these practices and therefore be industry ready. Engineers so trained are available for being tapped by the SMEs as and when they need new manpower at their plant. This improves the present situation of unemployability among engineering students as well as address the scarcity of skilled manpower faced by the SMEs.
LMP @ MIJSC, IIMB
Japan as a Nation has the engineering talent shortage due to its shrinking population base. These manufacturing change leaders, who are industry ready have the opportunity for both internships and job opportunities in Japan.
LMP Course Structure
The LMP course under the aegis of VLCI program is delivered in 3 phases.
Phase 1: LMP Faculty Development Program
Phase 2: LMP Student Skill Development Program
Phase 3: LMP Consultancy Program
Phase 1 training focuses on reskilling the faculty in the application of tools and techniques of Lean Management. They would in turn train the students in Lean Manufacturing Practices.
In Phase 2, trained and certified faculty (Lean experts) will train students to enhance their hard and soft skills to tackle present day industry challenges through the application of Lean Principles. Trained students skilled in Lean tools and techniques will be absorbed by the industry after completing their student internships.
Phase 3 of the program is planned to train the Engineering Faculty to be transformed into Certified Lean Consultants, who would assist SMEs (as a Coach/ Mentor) to implement these Lean Manufacturing Practices.
LMP Course Content
| LMP Phases | Courses | Module 1 | Module 2 | Module 3 | Module 4 | Module 5 | Module 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 & Phase 2 | Foundations of Lean Manufacturing Practices | Observation Skills | Evolution of Manufacturing | Factory Concepts | Understanding Lean Operations | Flow Management System | Mapping Material Flow |
| Advanced Lean Manufacturing Practices | Advanced Observation Skills | Mapping Materialand Information Flow | Production Planning | Production Control | Standardised Work | Shop Floor Leadership | |
| Phase 3 | Consult to Compete | Observation: Identifying Blockages | Addressing Blockages: Quality | Addressing Blockages: Machine | Addressing Blockages: Human Skills | Addressing Blockages: Soft Skills | Value Addition |