Lean Manufacturing Innovation

Course guarantor:

Marek Jemala

Lecturer:

Marek Jemala

Tutor:

Marek Jemala

Supervisor:

Institute of Economic Studies

Synopsis:

After completing the course, the student should be familiar with the following framework topics: Define the main meaning and basic functions of innovation project management, with a focus on lean manufacturing applications within the company. Explain the relationships of Lean management and innovation project management to the main departments of the company. Characterise pre-production, production, and manufacturing processes, as well as related lean manufacturing innovation processes. Explain the procedure for creating an innovation strategy and innovation project with a focus on Lean. Clarify the importance of joint planning/forecasting of new products, services and production technologies in the company. Etc.

Requirements:

Activity: max. 10 points

Seminar work: max. 30 points

Exam: max. 60 points

Excused absence max: 30%

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Production Management in the Context of Lean Manufacturing

2. Production Division and Key Aspects of Lean

3. Production Optimisation and Lean Implementation 1.

4. Production Optimisation and Lean Implementation 2.

5. Production Balancing: Push and Pull

6. Just in (on) Time and Waste Elimination Issues

7. Broader Impacts of Lean Innovation

8. Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Integration

9. Towards Lean Maintenance Manufacturing

10. Lean Implementation and Production Preparation

11. How Can a Lean Start-up Change Operations Management?

12. House of Lean and Systematic Enterprise Assessment

13. Summary of Lean Topics in the Current Business Environment

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Lean and simpler and more comprehensive time analysis of production

2. Lean and time analysis of the production cycle

3. Efficiency and time parameters of lean production

4. Calculation of Kanban indicators

5. Calculation of Just in Time (JIT) indicators

6. Calculations of the JIT inventory system

7. Lean performance measures

8. Lean, maintenance and repairs in production

9. Tool management and Lean

Study Objective:

see Annotation and Contents of the subject

Study materials:

TARANTINO, A. [2022]: Smart Manufacturing: The Lean Six Sigma Way, Wiley, ISBN: 1119846617.

RUSSELL, R. S. - TAYLOR, B. W. [2020]: Operations and Supply Chain Management, Wiley, ISBN: 978-1-119-66870-1.

BHASIN, S. [2020]: Lean Management Beyond Manufacturing: A Holistic Approach. Springer, ISBN-13: 978-3319174099.

ATTOLICO, L. [2019]: Lean Development and Innovation: Hitting the Market with the Right Products at the Right Time. Routledge, ISBN-13: 978-1138481817.

JEMALA, M.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2025/2026:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	roomDEJ:408 Jemala M. 17:45–19:15 (lecture parallel1) Dejvice
Wed	roomDEJ:408 Jemala M. 09:00–10:30 (parallel nr.101) Dejvice
Thu
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2025/2026:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: