3credit hour(s)Recommended:MECH 1005 Lean Manufacturing teaches learners ways to identify and eliminate waste in order to improve quality, reduce production time, and decrease cost: distilling down manufacturing processes to what is value added. The Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) topics of this course help learners develop smart manufacturing management skills including the importance of total productive maintenance and describing three principles of preventative maintenance, overall equipment effectiveness, implementing the elements of an autonomous maintenance program, and maintaining equipment including cleaning the equipment, eliminating sources of contamination, training, visual control methods, equipment inspection, and developing and testing standards.
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Upon successful completion of this course the student will be prepared to pass the SACA C-211 Industry 4.0 Total Productive Maintenance Certification Exam.