Monday, 10 June 2013

ISCOM 472 Week 2 Learning Team Need for a Lean Initiatives Paper




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Research and identify an organization that will be used for this and subsequent Learning Team assignments. 
Attain faculty approval.
Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper in which you identify a lean organization including their mission, vision, goals, and objectives.
Compare and contrast your chosen organization to your own organization, or one with which you are familiar, in terms of various lean initiatives.
Address each of the following in your paper:
  • Compare and contrast the management style(s) within your own organization with the management style(s) at selected organization that has adopted lean initiatives.
  • Discuss the characteristics of the selected organizations' lean enterprise style(s) in how it affects organizational behavior and compare those characteristics with your own organization.
  • Discuss the selected organizations initiatives. Then, compare and contrast with various lean initiatives.
  • Evaluate the extent to which the selected organizations' lean practices could be integrated into your own organization.
  • Describe how the use of technology (digitization) supports lean objectives in a global environment.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.


ISCOM 472 Week 2 DQ 3




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What is your organization’s procedure for understanding your manufacturing or service process?


ISCOM 472 Week 2 DQ 2




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Does your organization utilize Six Sigma improvement methodology? Give an example of process that would benefit from DMAIC. What would be the challenges that your organization would have to overcome to successfully utilize Six Sigma? 


ISCOM 472 Week 2 DQ 1




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Does your organization utilize TQM systems? What types? Give an example of how a particular TQM tool resolved a quality issue. What other methods could be considered?


ISCOM 472 Week 1 Individual Elements of Lean Paper




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Element of Lean Paper
Resources: Electronic Reserve Readings, University Library, the Internet, or other resources
Research the elements and core disciplines of lean manufacturing and services as it relates to your organization, or one with which you are familiar.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you address the following points:
  • Describe briefly at least three core elements of lean.
  • Identify which elements are required for your selected organization to move towards a lean environment.
  • Describe your selected organization’s vision.
  • Describe how your selected organization’s vision supports lean. If the organization’s vision does not support lean, re-write it so that it does and describe how your new version of the vision supports lean.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.


ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 3




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What is your organization's vision? Is your organization utilizing any lean enterprise principles to achieve its vision? How has this been effective?


ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 2




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What technology drivers influence the evolution to lean enterprise?