Running Head: Bottlenecks in a Process Bottlenecks in a Process Jason Rodriguez OPS/571 February 11‚ 2013 Scott Bruner In week one’s assignment I designed a flowchart for the company to be more consistent about leaving at the right time for work so I am not late. Being able to see the amount of time it takes me to leave every morning has been interesting to see on paper. With any type of flowchart‚ bottlenecks can happen‚ which can prevent being late to work
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Bottlenecks OPS/571 Dr. Tom NeSmith University of Phoenix January 19‚ 2011 Bottlenecks in a Process Getting up and ready for work is a daily process. This process can have many bottlenecks that will hinder the process. After collecting two weeks of data and analyzing the flowchart presented in week one‚ I could identify the main bottleneck. A bottleneck is defined as “any resource whose capacity is less than the demand placed on it. A bottle neck is a constraint within the system
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Bottlenecks in a Process When it comes to my health‚ my fitness goals are among the highest priority in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Although my time spent at the gym contributes to my fitness goals‚ there are a few bottlenecks that affect the time I spend at the gym. The main bottleneck which I encounter is the front desk congestion and the limit of exercise machines during peak times. (Guthrie‚ Lee. 2003) How will I overcome this bottleneck? I will do so by applying Goldratt’s theory of constraints
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Laundry It is a place where the washing & finishing of clothes & other washable articles are carried out. There are two types of laundry. Off premises /Contracted laundries 1. Caters to hotels on contract basis 2. No heavy investment 3.Quality may not be maintained as per the brand standard of the hotel 4.Timings are fixed for delivering the laundered linen 5.A good amount of par stock has to be kept for emergency purpose. On Premises/ In house laundry 1. it is present in the hotel
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Bottlenecks or fail points Daily Issues Peak hour or busy stations crowded (Gap 5: expected service perceived service) Allow stay in paid area for 2 hours cause crowded‚ e.g. MongKok station (Gap 2: not having the right standards‚ Gap 5: expected service perceived service) Random Issues Not providing preferential fares (Gap 3: design service delivery Outsourcing customer service center service may cause service standard fall (Gap 2: not having the right service designs and standards)
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and identify any issues or bottlenecks. Bottlenecks can occur at any point within the process from preparation to the completion of the process. To steam line a process it is imperative to identify possible issues where bottlenecking occurs. My flow chart for this assignment looked at the time it took me to get ready for work in the morning and getting to work on-time. Bottleneck While collecting the data for my flow chart‚ I found some areas in which bottlenecks occurred. The first occurred
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Individual Assignment No 1 Case Analysis Report On ‘Primanik Containers and bottleneck’ Submitted by Executive Summary The case describes an inventory management conundrum in a customer centric manufacturing firm‚ Primanik Containers.A fresh B School Graduate (Family Managed Business) ‚Piyush Mehta‚ tries to tackle the problem as he learns about his father‚Mr Bansilal Mehta’s‚ enterprise. He tries to find the bottleneck in the firm’s functioning and identifies the printing department as the one
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Bottlenecks in a process OPS/571 March 4‚ 2013 Bottlenecks in a process In week one I determined the need for better processing with vendor selection at PetSmart. As a Project Manager over Salon Operations‚ I know that there are several processes in the timeline and flow chart found during the process analysis that could be improved. One of those potential improvements is the elimination or reduction of bottlenecks‚ which are discussed below along with the TOC or Theory of Constraints by Eli
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the pros and cons of in house and outsourcing laundry No matter how large a hotel is there are times when it is faced by a decision of whether to outsource or do in house laundry. Historically conventional wisdom among same administrators was that operating an on premise laundry was more economical but however this notion has been challenged in the recent years with same hotels opting for outsourced laundering as it is more economic In-house laundry helps to increase the capital investment of the
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Quinte MRI is experiencing difficulty in meeting the expectations of 2 scans per hour. As a result‚ productivity is declining and they losing the referral of many of their colleagues. The process is creating a lot of variability and uncertainties that Quinte MRI are dealing with. Solving the issue of the “bottleneck” will make the operation more effective and manageable. By assuming the role of David Wright and Kevin Saskiw‚ I will recommend a course of action that should be followed by the new Quinte
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