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Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is for students to learn process flowcharting/improving a process and summarizing the results.
Assignment Steps
Resources: Microsoft® PowerPoint® (or other software such as Vizio, Word, etc.)
Select a complex process from your personal life or work. (My work is law enforcement)
Use Microsoft® PowerPoint® or other software including Vizio, Word, etc. to create a flowchart of the as-is process.
Define metrics and measure the current process.
Use process improvement techniques to improve the process.
Use Microsoft® PowerPoint® or other software such as Vizio, Word, etc. to create an improved process flowchart.
Use judgmental forecasting, which is your professional judgement, to ascertain how the future process will perform according to your metrics.
Develop a 525-word executive summary in which you describe your process improvement project (including the as-is process flowchart and the improved process flowchart).
Note: Students and faculty are reminded both Six Sigma readings and Lean Principles introduced in Week 2 are spread throughout the entire course. Students will apply the knowledge from the readings in their Learning Teams throughout the course.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guideline
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Running head: FLOWCHART IMPROVEMENT PROCESS
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The as-is process is the current state of a business process in a given business
organization. The main aim of this research paper is to put together the present state process so
as to clarify how the process works at the present time. An as-is process within a business has
every part of the business which have description, the list of stages, responsibilities and the
exceptions. In gathering together the as-is process, the shareholders have to be accessed since
they have an important role within the business process. In addition, managers with knowledge
about the process have to be also accessed even though they do not do the business process daily.
Generally, the as-is process chart is used to document the method in which the business
operations is undertaken in a given organiza...