Lean Techniques

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Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is for students to evaluate the lean techniques applied to business in today's workforce.

Note: Students and Faculty seeking more information on this assignment can refer to Ch. 14 of the Operations and Supply Chain Management textbook.

Assignment Steps

Select a business you are familiar with which incorporates lean manufacturing or lean supply chains.

Evaluate how this firm uses lean strategies and how much lean techniques has improved the firm's efficiency.

Evaluate ways the firm can go even further to make improvements using lean techniques.

Use the results you obtained from evaluating this firm to apply to your own business or a business you are interested in which currently does not use lean.

Develop a 1,050-word report in which you describe your lean evaluation project.

Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

GROUP ASSIGNMENT (ONLY HAVE THE UNDERLINE PORTION) 2 SLIDES MINIMUM!!!!!

Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is for students to receive Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training - Executing DMAIC (Define, Measure Analyze, Improve, Control) Six Sigma Quality Improvement (define and measure) projects.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Microsoft® PowerPoint®

Select a business where one of your team members works or one with which you are familiar to make sure you are able to gather data, and for which you can identify processes to improve.

Execute the define phase of the Six Sigma DMAIC project including the following:

Identify CTQs (critical-to-quality characteristics) the customer considers to have the most impact on quality.

Develop a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation, including detailed speaker notes, highlighting the summary in which you describe your work on the two phases of the Six Sigma process improvement project.

Format your assignment as if you would be giving a presentation to senior management.

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

Note: Grades are awarded based upon individual contributions to the Learning Team assignment. Each Learning Team member receives a grade based upon his/her contributions to the team assignment. Not all students may receive the same grade for the team assignment.

Note: Congratulations! You all have now been exposed to Phase I of what is required for Yellow Belt training.

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