Ops 350 operations management Assignment Content -flowcharts Top of Form Select a process you perform daily, but would like to spend less time doing, such as driving to work. Design a flowchart and provide written analysis by using any appropriate tool. Comment on the factors that affect the process design. Identify at least one metric to measure the process. Describe which forecasting methods would be applicable. Discuss how one could manage this process by using PERT/CPM techniques. Submit your flowchart for the process and the data collected at the end of the week by collecting data for the identified metric every day of the workweek. Assignment Content Top of Form Resource: Interview Guidelines Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word interview. Identify whom you interviewed, their title, and years of working experience in the area of Operations Management. Provide insights into your subject's role and why Operations Management is vital to his/her organization. Provide the reason for selecting the individual you chose to interview. List the questions you asked. Include a summary of the organization. Give a summary of what you learned as a result of this interview. Provide a reflection of what is important about this assignment. Discuss any follow-up activities the person you interviewed suggested. Interview guidelines Operations Management Interview Guidelines Write a paper of your interview addressing these items: Identify whom you interviewed, their title, and years of working experience in the area of Operations Management. Provide insights into your subject’s role and why Operations Management is vital to his/her organization. Provide the reason for selecting the individual you chose to interview.List the questions you asked. Reflect on what this interview experience has taught you about the given industry, your subject’s position and her company, and her outlook for future opportunities within this industry.Provide your own outlook on your chosen career, your major field of study, and what networking opportunities you want to pursue.Give a summary of what you learned as a result of this interview.Discuss any follow-up activities the person you interviewed suggested. Sample Interview Questions: Which skills are important for someone to have who is interested in a career in your industry? Can you discuss some of the new trends or developments impacting your industry? Can you describe some of your weekly and monthly responsibilities? Are teamwork and collaborative skills still important in today’s business workplace? What are some lessons you learned from your undergraduate and/or graduate degree which have served you well in your career? I have learned how important it is to be able to apply problem-solving skills to difficult issues in the workplace, so can you describe a time when all of the standard approaches were not enough to solve a complex issue?How did you solve it, and what lesson (s) did you learn?Students are sometimes under extreme pressure to juggle home, family, career, and their college education.What advice can you share with students to help keep their minds focused on graduation and even after graduation so that they don’t give up on their education and career goals?

Final Milestone Submission for the Hershey CompanyContext: Throughout the course you’ve work hard to research your company, exploring their strategy, leadership, their industry and environment, and much more. This week you’ll compile your paper into one final, polished version and pair it with a presentation on quality and teamwork.First, be sure you have read Chapters 12 through 15 in the text.Chapter 13 – Managing Work Groups and TeamsChapter 14 - Basic Elements of ControlChapter 15 – Managing operations, Quality, and ProductivityNext, please watch the following video clips from the lab: Chapter 15: Concept Clip: TQM Tools Chapter 13: Concept Clip: Team Cohesiveness Chapter 13: Concept Clip: Stages of Team Development Chapter 15: Concept Clip: Characteristics of Service Quality Chapter 15: Concept Clip: Facilities LayoutRequirements: In week 7 and this week you learned about TQM tools (Total Quality Management), teams, communication, and quality. You’ll use those concepts to create one final piece for your final project: a presentation on a team meant to deploy a quality management program geared toward service quality.Your final milestone submission should address the following requirements:1. Compile your prior milestones papers into one polished, final paper that incorporates any suggestions for improvement from your instructor in prior weeks. All papers with suggestions for change are attached along with chapter videos if needed.2. Create a presentation, the first few slides should briefly outline the highlights of your milestone paper.3. The remainder of your presentation is meant to be a pitch of your own idea for a quality management program. Your pitch should address the following questions:a. Who will you include on the deployment team and why?b. How will you structure and manage the team to optimize their success?c. What quality management tool are you proposing be implemented and why?d. Why is this particular tool a good fit for this organization or the problem you are trying to solve?e. How will the new tool you are proposing impact overall quality (service quality or product quality)?Your final milestone submission should follow APA format 7, be well supported with a minimum of five recent sources, and be a minimum of 20 slides long.Be sure your PPT is well assembled, using a design template (not a plain white sheet), minimal text on the slide (bullet point lists, not paragraphs of text), and incorporates graphics where appropriate. Use the speaker notes section to indicate what you would say if you were giving the presentation. The speaker notes section is mandatory.Remember: This is your opportunity to fully demonstrate all that you have learned this term and how it all ties together. Teams, quality, and service are intertwined with just about everything studied this term. In your presentation, do more than simply restate what you learned in your paper, show how all the elements tie together, work together, and can be used to drive success in your organization.