On The Go Potty Case Study Answers
Running Header: Product Term Paper – On-the-Go Potty
Carolyn Watson
Product Term Paper – On-the- Go Potty
Professor Kurt Kudialis
MGT-340 Production/Operations Management
Central Michigan University
On-the-Go Potty
Potty training can be an adventure for small children as well as their parents. Once small children understand the concept and are more than willing to use the potty. Parents should never go back to using pampers or pull ups – especially when they are doing their normal day to day shopping at the mall and/or grocery store or even when they decide to take long car trips to see family members during the holidays. Because small children instantly resort back to their old habits of using the bathroom when they …show more content…
Since the bill of materials basically illustrates the list of parts needed to assemble a specific product. In this case, the bill of material for my product would look as follows:
Bill of Materials for Traveling Potty
Assembly Name: On-the-Go Green Potty
Part Count: 99
Total Cost: $24.75
Assembly Name: On-the-Go Green Potty (Continued)
Part Count: 1
Total Cost: $0.24
Process Flow Chart
According to Jacobs & Chase (2011), a process flow chart accurately illustrates the activities associated with a process that often affect another process (p. 154-155). In this case, the process flow chart for my On-the-Go Potty product will demonstrate the entire production process and will look as follows:
On-the-Go Green Potty Process Flow Chart …show more content…
In this case, the Six Sigma philosophy and methods to produce no more than 3.4 defects out of every million units will be used in combination with DMAIC a systematic projected-oriented cycle process to achieve customer satisfaction levels. The plan will also use a number of Six Sigma’s analytical tools such as: flowcharts, check sheets, opportunity flow diagram and failure mode and effect analysis (FEMA) to properly detect any defects that could occur during the production process (Jacobs & Chase, 2011, p.
Carolyn Watson
Product Term Paper – On-the- Go Potty
Professor Kurt Kudialis
MGT-340 Production/Operations Management
Central Michigan University
On-the-Go Potty
Potty training can be an adventure for small children as well as their parents. Once small children understand the concept and are more than willing to use the potty. Parents should never go back to using pampers or pull ups – especially when they are doing their normal day to day shopping at the mall and/or grocery store or even when they decide to take long car trips to see family members during the holidays. Because small children instantly resort back to their old habits of using the bathroom when they …show more content…
Since the bill of materials basically illustrates the list of parts needed to assemble a specific product. In this case, the bill of material for my product would look as follows:
Bill of Materials for Traveling Potty
Assembly Name: On-the-Go Green Potty
Part Count: 99
Total Cost: $24.75
Assembly Name: On-the-Go Green Potty (Continued)
Part Count: 1
Total Cost: $0.24
Process Flow Chart
According to Jacobs & Chase (2011), a process flow chart accurately illustrates the activities associated with a process that often affect another process (p. 154-155). In this case, the process flow chart for my On-the-Go Potty product will demonstrate the entire production process and will look as follows:
On-the-Go Green Potty Process Flow Chart …show more content…
In this case, the Six Sigma philosophy and methods to produce no more than 3.4 defects out of every million units will be used in combination with DMAIC a systematic projected-oriented cycle process to achieve customer satisfaction levels. The plan will also use a number of Six Sigma’s analytical tools such as: flowcharts, check sheets, opportunity flow diagram and failure mode and effect analysis (FEMA) to properly detect any defects that could occur during the production process (Jacobs & Chase, 2011, p.