Online Master in Lean Manufacturing
Madrid, Spain
DURATION
12 Months
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
Full time
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STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Introduction
The objective of the Online Master in Lean Manufacturing is to provide professionals in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food and chemical industries with a deep, complete and up-to-date vision of the procedures for continuous process improvement that allow organizations in these sectors to achieve operational excellence.
The program has been designed to provide participants with solid knowledge of the basic general and transversal concepts that allow them to optimize competitiveness through continuous improvement processes (some required by law).
In the current environment, process industries are immersed in a continuous transformation process, accelerated by the globalized competition, by the demanding expectations of consumers and by the quality and safety standards of products required, as well as by environmental requirements, mandatory by current legislation and established voluntarily by the business strategy itself.
This environmental situation provides excellent professional opportunities for university graduates or people with proven experience, to meet the demand for experts in these fields. New professionals must provide specialized knowledge of processes and continuous improvement techniques under the Lean Manufacturing methodology, complemented by Six-Sigma, TPM and other tools. This program has been designed to master these processes and tools.
- Practical and applied ONLINE methodology: The development of knowledge through active methodologies applied to online training models allows students to combine their studies with the rest of their professional and personal life obligations.
- Personalized monitoring: In addition to the teaching staff, students will have a group of tutors at their disposal who will personally monitor their progress, to guide the student at each stage and resolve any difficulties they may face during the course.
- Connection with the reality of the sector: Both the role of the Program Manager of the course, who has designed and directs its delivery, and the teaching faculty are made up of active professionals, guaranteeing the connection with the working reality of all students and the direct application of the knowledge they acquire during the course to their workplace.
Technical Sheet
General information
- Duration: 12 months
- Equivalence: 60 ECTS
- Methodology: 100% online
- Continuous assessment of knowledge
Calls
Students have the opportunity to plan their training schedule together with their tutors. In this way, each future student can establish the time when the rest of their responsibilities will allow them to achieve the best academic performance and the time to apply the knowledge acquired during the course in their professional field.
Methodology
This Online Master's program is developed over 1 academic year.
During this period, 2 virtual classes will be activated per week and each student will have the possibility of requesting from their personal tutor the virtual tutorials they deem necessary to resolve any difficulty they may encounter during the study of content.
- 24/7 virtual campus: students can access it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from any device with an Internet connection.
- Compatible with work and family life: each student decides where, when and how they want/can access the course content, taking into account the rest of the professional and family responsibilities that occupy their daily lives.
- Personalized advice: from the first moment to the end of the training process, students will be accompanied by qualified professionals who they can turn to to resolve any difficulties they may encounter.
- Constantly updated content: To ensure the highest quality of our training, our content is subject to continuous review and updating by our teaching staff, ensuring the direct application of the knowledge acquired during the course in the professional field.
Admissions
Curriculum
The online Master's program in Lean Manufacturing is structured into ten blocks of knowledge:
Lean for Process Industries
- Introduction to the Lean Continuous Improvement (CI) system.
- The three success factors of Lean.
- Lean applied in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Implementation of continuous improvement with Lean systems.
- Diagnostic phase of a Lean implementation.
- Future state and maximum potential.
- Pilot, implementation and sustainability of the model.
- Lean and the food industry.
- Continuous improvement implementation at Pfizer.
5S Tools
- Introduction to 5S.
- 5S Champions Training. Activities and Responsibilities.
- 5S workshop development. S1 select. S2 locate.
- S3 clean up. S4 systematize. S5 sustain.
- 5S audits.
- 5S meetings; 5S zone level, plant level.
- Example of 5S application in the pharmaceutical industry.
Total Production Maintenance (TPM)
- Introduction to TPM.
- TPM Pillars.
- Autonomous maintenance.
- Focused improvement.
- Pillar: Planned maintenance.
- Pillars: Quality and safety maintenance, hygiene and environment.
- Pillars: Initial phase management. TPM office. Training and coaching.
Performance Management
- Introduction to Performance Management (PM).
- PM at job level.
- TOP5 5-Minute Meetings.
- TOP30 daily meetings.
- Other PM meetings.
- Evaluating PM meetings through on-site audits.
- Success factors in the application of Performance Management.
Techniques and Tools for Improving Production: Problem Solving
- Introduction to troubleshooting (SP). 5XQ.
- Basic troubleshooting tools.
- Advanced troubleshooting tools.
- “Kaizen” events for problem solving.
- Analysis of the steps of a Kaizen.
- Example of 6-step Kaizen application in the pharmaceutical industry.
Most Used Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Tools in Process Industries
- VSM (Value Stream Mapping) diagrams and the 7 wastes.
- VSM and other process diagrams.
- Key performance indicator tree (KPIs).
- OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) indicator.
- RFT indicator.
- SMED (Quick Format Changes).
- Standardization with a Lean perspective.
- Other Lean tools.
- Flow in a pharmaceutical laboratory environment.
- DMAIC tool.
- Examples of Lean tools in the pharmaceutical industry.
- OPE, SPAGHETTI, EPEC, PSM.
Other MC Systemics: Six Sigma, LSS, WCM
- Six Sigma systematic continuous improvement.
- Belt system (white, yellow, green).
- Black Belt and Master (MBB).
- WCM (World Class Manufacturing).
- WCM in the Process Industry
- OCD theory of constraints.
- The different systems and preferred sectors of application.
The Human Factor in Lean
- “The Human Factor” and its impact on the application of Lean.
- Lean Management. Cultural change.
- Lean team management.
- Staff training in a Lean environment.
- TEL (Leader Standard Work).
- Resistance to Lean from management.
- Communication in a Lean environment. Media.
- Communication in a Lean environment. Systems.
- The "human factor" in Lean. A perspective from the pharmaceutical industry.
- Team management in biotech environments.
Sustainability Structure in Continuous Improvement
- The department of continuous improvement.
- Periodic reports.
- Continuing education for PCAs (Plant Change Agents) and Champions.
- The human factor in continuous improvement. Pfizer case.
- Annual audits of Lean progress. LEP (Lean Evaluation Program).
- Lean from within. A manager's perspective.
Lean for Managers
- The manager and Lean.
- Communication with a Lean management perspective.
- Risk analysis and software validation in biotech environments with a Lean approach.
- MyC (Mindset and Behavior) Surveys.
- SDD (Strategy Development & Deployment).
- What a manager should know and do in continuous improvement environments.
Career Opportunities
As this is a cross-disciplinary training, the professional positions that students of this Master's degree will be able to access will be found in all types of process industries.
Within these industries, professionals in the functional areas for continuous improvement can hold technical positions in departments related to quality, production, engineering, auditing, consulting, etc., also being a way to access positions of greater responsibility.