Research Paper

My acedamic research paper WASTE REDUCTION AT CHARTWELLS
By
ANURADHA KOLLI

A Research Paper
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements
For the degree of
Masters of Science in Technology Management

COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Dr. Shaojun Wang
Dr. Khaled Bawaneh

Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology
College of Science, Technology, and Agriculture
Southeast Missouri State University

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI
March 22, 2013
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I sincerely thank the Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology of Southeast Missouri State University for providing me the opportunity to research in the field of lean manufacturing. With immense pleasure, I thank Dr. Deepak Gupta, graduate program coordinator and advisor, for his sustained enthusiasm, motivation, creative suggestions and exemplary guidance throughout the course of my research. Special thanks to Dr. Shaojun Wang and Dr. Khaled Bawaneh for providing me with their input, valuable time and motivation for the work I was able to do. My gratitude to Trevor Sumner, marketing director at Chartwells and Ron Ruppel, Olive’s Supervisor for their patience in providing crucial information and allowing me to continue research at Chartwells.
One special thanks to my parents, who were selfless in giving me the best of everything. Last but not the least; I thank my friends who have been encouraged all the time.

Table of Contents
List of figures VII
CHAPTER – 1 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.1.2 Wastes 2
1.2 Conceptual Framework 3
1.3 Problem Statement 4
1.4 Purpose Statement 4
1.5 Research Questions 4
1.6 Definition of Terms 4
1.7 Significance of the Study 5
1.8 Summary 6
CHAPTER-2 7
2.1 Introduction 7 2.2 Food wastage 8 2.3 Value stream mapping 11
2.4 Summary 12
CHAPTER-3 13 3.1 Introduction 13 3.2 Value stream mapping 13 3.3 Data collection 15 3.4 The current state map 15 3.5 The future state map 18
3.6 Calculations 19 3.6.1 Takt time 19

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