Pull approach, continuous improvement approach, Kaizen, radical innovation, value stream mapping, workplace organisation, cellular manufacturing, visual management techniques, Just-in-Time, One Piece Flow, total quality management tool, levelled and balanced production, risk management, poka-yoke, quality at source, total preventive maintenance, standardisation.

Concepts, principles and benefits of lean production, process mapping, sources of waste (muda), strategy for achieving excellence, systems thinking, lean decision making, employee involvement, impact of culture, flow theory in production, lean production processes, production key performance indicators, process/machine sustainability, lean production tools, theory of constraints, working place in production.

Process maps, time and motion studies, value stream maps, prevention of waste, Kanban system, quick changeover, lean supply chain design, setup time and lot sizes, standards and standardised work, process production improvement.