Course Syllabus OPRE 6364 0I1 – Lean Six Sigma The University of Texas at Dallas | Course Info | Tech Requirements | Access & Navigation | Communications | Resources | Assessments | Academic Calendar | Scholastic Honesty | Course Evaluation | UTD Policies | Course Information Course Course Number Section Course Title Term and Dates OPRE 6364.0I1 Lean Six Sigma Summer 2013 (May 30 - Aug. 9) Instructor Contact Information Professor Kannan Ramanathan Office Phone (972) 883-5953 Email Address
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have been endless work stoppage issues which had started to affect the long-term viability of the internal structural management of the company’s supply chain such as: Profit-Crushing Domino Effect: The global supply chain for auto manufacturing relied on critical parts built in factories in Japan. Toyota had implemented Just-in-Time (JIT)‚ and when the earth quake and Tsunami occurred in Japan during 2008‚ it had incurred massive loss because most of its suppliers of sub-assembly parts
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refers to the ability of a product or service to occasionally meet or exceed customer expectations.TrueFalse 16. An organization achieves quality by consistently meeting their competitors standards.TrueFalse 17. One important use of inventories in manufacturing is to decouple operations
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Capital One 360 to Dezurik. We looked at many different aspects of both businesses in relation to various operational and business elements. We conclude that both corporations have significant differences based on manufacturing versus service operations. Dezurik is a pure manufacturing company‚ which was founded in 1928‚ while Capital One 360 is a pure service company that was founded in 2013. Dezurik designs and manufactures valves for use in commercial and residential applications. Capital One
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Just In Time system (JIT) was developed at the Toyota Motor company in Japan in the mid- 1970s by Taiichi Ohno and several of his associates. The roots of JIT system can be traced to the Japanese environment wherein lack of space and lack of natural resources necessitated efficiencies in processes and the use of limited natural resources. Thus the Japanese have developed an aversion to waste of any type‚ whatever it may be. Scrap and rework were also considered waste and thus they strive for perfect
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Processes and Supply Chains‚ 10/E: Krajewski‚ Ritzman & Malhotra‚ 3 options: 1. Hardbound text (ISBN 9780132807395) 2. Binder-ready text (ISBN 9780132807470) 3. Electronic text (ISBN 9780132807463) Learning to See: Rother and Shook‚ The Lean Enterprise Institute‚ (ISBN 0-9667843-0-8). Book available through the OSU bookstore; must ask an associate for a copy. ------------------------------------------------- COURSE OBJECTIVES Many firms have demonstrated that operations management
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Lean Six Sigma: The Pursuit of a Perfect Emergency Department Brandon D’Aloiso (bdd31@pitt.edu)‚ Seth Young (say19@pitt.edu) Abstract— This paper will focus on the use of the Lean Six Sigma principles in an emergency room setting. The current level of efficiency of emergency rooms will be examined and we will discuss the ways in which Lean Six Sigma principles can be implemented. Ways to lower infection rates and still keep wait times down will also be explored. Six Sigma methodologies are
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applies to MONET. ‘Heijunka’ means leveling production to meet fluctuating demands without holding excess inventory . Japanese technique of achieving even output flow by coordinated sequencing of very small production batches throughout the manufacturing line in a lean production or just in time (JIT) system. An example with respect to how it applies to MONET is the creation of smaller batch sizes that are brought over from prep & fire assay. 5. What is muda and what are the different type listed
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working experience. Furthermore‚ Encik Zayed and Puan Hashimah were also not familiar with Accounting Standards and the provisions of the Companies Act 1965‚ including their roles and duties as Company Directors. Besides‚ the company maintained a very lean organisation and had employed their own family members as employees and some did not have the required job experience. The characters
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CHAPTER 15 Lean operations and JIT Short case: Just-in-time at Jimmy’s St James’s Hospital‚ in Leeds in the north of the UK‚ affectionately known as ‘Jimmy’s’‚ is Europe’s largest teaching hospital. It employs around 4500 people to support the 90 000 in-patient treatments per year and over 450 000 total admissions. Under increasing pressure to reduce costs‚ to contain inventory and to improve service‚ the Supplies Department has undertaken a major analysis of its activities‚ to try and
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