Learn Lean Manufacturing concepts
Lectures and supplemental material organized around the Lean House, from People to Continuous Improvement.
Auburn University · Industrial & Systems Engineering
Tiger Motors Lean Education Center
Experience Lean Manufacturing.Explore the System.Improve the Process.
An immersive digital learning environment developed at Auburn University to extend experiential Lean Manufacturing education beyond the physical laboratory.
Industry & academic partners
Companies and partners that train with us
Organizations whose teams have trained in Lean Manufacturing with Tiger Motors, in our lab and through our online platform.
The facility
A Manufacturing System Built for Learning
Auburn University's Industrial and Systems Engineering department has developed a 4,000-square-foot Integrated Manufacturing Facility that simulates real-world automotive production environments. It gives students experiential learning opportunities in high-volume manufacturing settings like those used by Toyota and Honda.
This is where the Lean Systems class is taught. The digital platform extends access to that experiential environment beyond the physical laboratory, so the system can be studied, explored and revisited from anywhere.
4,000 sq ftIntegrated Manufacturing Facility
High-VolumeSimulates real-world automotive production environments
Hands-onLean Systems class taught inside the laboratory
NSF IUSESupported by the NSF IUSE: EDU Program
Explore a realistic manufacturing system
360° experiences of the Tiger Motors laboratory and 360° videos of students running the production system.
Connect concepts with hands-on activities
Laboratory activities that apply each Lean concept inside the same manufacturing environment.
Immersive lab experience
Enter the Tiger Motors Lab
Three ways to get to know the lab, in order.
01
The plant layout
Start with the map. Switch between two views: how the product and material moves from cell to cell, and how kanban cards carry the information that tells each cell what to build.
Pick a view
Facility layout · schematic
Material flows from Cell 1 to Cell 2 to Cell 3
Swipe sideways to see the whole plan
Blue cardOrange cardWhite card · special order to War Eagle Inc.Green card · material delivered back to Cell 1
Each card color is a different product built in the lab. Pattern: 2 blue, 1 orange, 1 white, 2 blue, 1 orange. Cards leave the Heijunka box for station 11. A card then goes to the supermarket at station 10 and is posted at station 6, moves 6 to 10, and pulls from the supermarket at station 6, which posts at station 1 and moves 1 to 5. A second white card leaves station 11 for War Eagle Inc., circles it, and is delivered to station 15 together with the white card on the line.
02
Walk the facility
Now step inside. Move through the same three cells in an interactive 360° tour.
360° · 3DVista
Lean Tour of the Tiger Motors Lab
Step inside the Integrated Manufacturing Facility and move through the production system in an interactive 360° environment.
Launch the Lab Tour
03
See it running
Watch students run the full production system in a 360° video.
360° · YouTube
Watch our students work in the lab
A 360° video of students running the production system.
Lean Training
The Lean House
Follow the system from people to continuous improvement. Select an element of the house, in sequence, to open its learning materials.
First time here? A one-minute guide to following the elements through the house, step by step.
Tap a part of the house to see its materials
Project background
Advancing manufacturing education through hands-on Lean
This project, supported by the NSF IUSE: EDU Program, aims to enhance STEM education and serve national interests by advancing manufacturing education through hands-on, evidence-based teaching in a Lean Manufacturing-focused laboratory course.
Project leads: Tom Devall · Jorge Valenzuela · Chih-hsuan Wang
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education
Supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation IUSE: EDU Program.
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About the team
The Lean Team
A team of educators at Auburn University teaching the Lean Systems class in a laboratory that simulates high-volume automotive manufacturing environments.
Project leads & team
Tom Devall
Tiger Motors Lab Director · Program Director
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Jorge Valenzuela
Philpott-WestPoint Stevens Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Chih-hsuan Wang
Professor, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology
Educational Foundations, Leadership & Technology
Diego Caputo
Lean Systems Expert
Digital Environment Architect & Developer
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Gonzalo Gil
Lean Systems Expert
Digital Environment Architect & Developer
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Teaching assistants
Contact
Get in touch with the Lean Team
Lean Team
Lean Manufacturing Team
Office
Shelby Center, Auburn University
345 W Magnolia Ave, Auburn, AL 36849
345 W Magnolia Ave, Auburn, AL 36849
Lab location
0317 Shelby Center
Auburn University