Bottlenecks Ops 571 Brian Birch John Smith 5/1/2012 Waking up and getting out of the door to work in the morning is a process that takes several steps to complete. In order to get out of the house in less than one hour and fifteen minutes several of these step must be altered or eliminated from the process. In every process there are steps that slow down the process called bottlenecks. Examining the entire process closely
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Process Design Matrix Executive Summary OPS/571 Operations Management July 28‚ 2014 Process Design Matrix Executive Summary Service Chosen: Personal Concierge Service Types of Service Offered: Dog walking‚ house sitting and maid services Operational Approach Production Line Approach According to the article‚ Production-line approach to service‚ this approach consists of breaking down the process it takes to manufacture one unit into an assembly line. This can best be seen in service
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should be shipped D. finding the minimum cost carrier 13) When designing a supply chain: A. cost vs customer service must be considered B. quality vs cost must be considered C. lead times vs payment terms must be considered D. customer service vs product customization must be considered 14) According to Hau Lee‚ which of the following types of products need to be delivered with efficient supply-chains? A. Custom products B. Innovative products C. Grocery products D
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Title: How To Do Strategic Supply-Chain Planning. Authors: Sodhi‚ ManMohan S. Source: MIT Sloan Management Review; Fall2003‚ Vol. 45 Issue 1‚ p69‚ 7p Document Type: Article Subject Terms: *BUSINESS planning *MANAGEMENT science *STRATEGIC planning *SUPPLY chains Abstract: Any company that has a global supply chain should consider introducing its strategic left hand to its operational right hand. Senior managers formulate strategy to maximize shareholder value; supply-chain planners run optimization
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Process Design for Riordan Manufacturing OPS/571 Riordian Manufacturing‚ Inc. Hangzhou‚ China June 21‚ 2012 Motor‚ Inc. 1000 Last Class Flint‚ MI 900012 Dear CEO: At Riordan‚ the electric fan division has revised the process for supplying the electric fans. Part of Riordan’s operations planning‚ Riordan would implement aggregate operations. From Operations Management for Competitive Advantage (2006)‚ “Aggregate operations planning involves translating annual
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Riordan Manufacturing Supply Chain Design Shante Moore University of Phoenix/OPS 571 Introduction Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer and industry leader in the field of plastic injection molding with locations in Georgia‚ Michigan‚ California‚ and their most current expansion in 2000 to Hangzhou‚ China. The plant located in China manufactures fans using a make-to-stock operation that uses a forecasting method to determine future demand. A review of their strategic capacity
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Process Design Improvement Riordan Manufacturing OPS 571 Professor Riordan Mission Focus: exceeding ISO 9000 standards ISO 9000’s 8 quality management principles Customer focus Leadership Involvement of people Process approach System approach to management Continual improvement • Factual approach to decision making • Mutually beneficial supplier relationships ISO 14000 – Not certified? Potential barrier to international trades/exports Six Sigma DMAIC for process design improvement Define -
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Process improvment plan for laundry Process Improvement Plan Juan J. Malfavon University of Phoenix OPS/571 Paul L. Porch‚ MBA‚ MPM‚ CIPM March 2‚ 2012 Comment on the factors that affect the process design. Identify at least one metric to measure process. I will use the sorting time needed to separate clothes by wash cycle type because sorting is critical in reducing
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EPGDBM-04 ROLL NUMBER - 01 1. Process Flow Chart of Oman Air Catering Operations and its Lead time & Cycle time The assignment is to develop a process flow chart depicting the flow of the process related to Oman Air Catering Operations. It will show the existing process and the time taken by the staff to complete the entire process and the existing Lead Time and Cycle time. In the end improvements‚ will be suggested to reduce the cycle time so that the entire process is rendered more effective
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�1� Production Plan for Riordan Manufacturing OPS /571: Operations Management August 30‚ 2010 � � Production Plan for Riordan Manufacturing In this paper‚ Team B discusses strategic capacity planning and lean production for new process design and supply chain processes for the electric fans at Riordan Manufacturing. This discussion is an outpouring of research and brainstorming between team members and begins with a newly designed supply chain to increase value‚ followed by an evaluation of
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