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 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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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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Bottlenecks in a Process The central purpose is to expand on the data collected in the Week one assignment and build on it correctly to identify the bottlenecks in that process. The process examined was that of daily routines and the bottlenecks present in the process will be uncovered and eliminated . There will be much efforts aimed at breaking down existing bottlenecks that can lead to process improvement and enhanced efficiency. The bottleneck in a process is to define the daily routine of
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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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on a hiking trip with other boys and he has an another revelation regarding work. During the hike there is one particular child Herbie that is the slowest in the bunch that can not keep up with the rest of the other’s. The slowest child was the bottleneck in this situation. Alex finally decides to stop the children and put the slowest child first as the leader to resolve the issue. The slowest became the leader and the group could go only as fast as the leader. It doesn’t stretch‚ but it’s still
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The book tells us the story of a plant manager‚ Alex Rogo‚ who is trying to save his plant‚ at least show some improvements within 90 days to keep it open. Alex’s primary problem is that his plant can not consistently get a quality product out of the plant on time at the cost that can beat the competition. His plant is losing money and if he cannot make it profitable‚ the management eventually will decide to close the plant. In his fight to save his plant‚ a physician‚ Jonah‚ helps him in achieving
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Book Report: The Goal This paper is a book report on the novel entitled The Goal written by Eliyahu Goldratt and Jeff Cox. The 40-chapter book is actually a business book written in the form of a novel that makes it interesting to read unlike other business textbook. As a novel‚ the book is entertaining but at the same time‚ very informative for management or accounting students as well as for the real-life company managers and CEOs who wanted to apply different managerial practices
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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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that a company is looking to enter into a new product line‚ or demand for the existing product is so high that the company cannot meet these demands. Often times‚ there is a system capacity issue where a step in the production process is causing a bottleneck effect. Therefore‚ this step of the process must be analyzed in order to determine whether its capacity can be increased to meet production or if additional machinery is needed. “Many manufacturers of consumer products are grappling with how much
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