Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Identify a company with which you are familiar. This could be your place of employment, a car wash, a yard service company, and so forth.

This is part one of a two part assignment starting with an introductory look at process design and supply chains.

Part 1: Identify a company with which you are familiar. This could be your place of employment, a car wash, a yard service company, and so forth.

Create an MS PowerPoint Presentation in which you describe the current state of your selected company’s supply chain and an identified process. Required Elements: • Describe the company’s supply chain • Identify a process internal to the company that you wish to analyze. • Describe the process internal to the company that you wish to analyze. • Identify an appropriate design approach for the process you have chosen. • Create a high-level AS IS process flow chart using an appropriate tool. • Identify at least one metric to measure the process and its application (how, what, when, and who). • Use an appropriate tool to collect data for each step of the process. • PowerPoint includes 4-5 slides with detailed speaker notes.

Part 2: Create an MS PowerPoint Presentation in which you evaluate the current state of the process you selected in Week Two and summarize the proposed future state. • Required Elements: • Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the process selected in Week Two using the data collected. • Determine areas for improvement • Design an improved process flow chart using an appropriate tool. • Summarize two items from this improved process. Include an explanation of how these items could be used in your personal or professional life to improve a process. • PowerPoint should include 4-5 slides with detailed speaker notes.

Part 3: Reflection: Select a manufacturing organization the team members are familiar with. Review the company’s website and other available information and answer the following: • What type of process design do they use: Make to Order, Make to Stock, or Batch? • What are two items regarding the manufacturing process related to the organization that the team finds unique or interesting? – Prepare a 350- to 600 -word paper detailing the findings of your discussion. (APA format)

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