and theories developed by thought leaders and include: C h a p t e r 4 : Q u a l i t y I m p r o v e m e n t 67 • PDCA/PDSA; • Associates for Process Improvement’s (API) Model for Improvement; • FOCUS PDCA; • Baldrige Criteria; • ISO 9000; • Lean; and • Six Sigma. Shewhart Cycle/PDCA or PDSA Cycle As discussed earlier‚ in the 1920s‚ Walter Shewhart developed the PDCA cycle used as the basis for planning and directing performance improvement efforts. Since the creation of the PDCA/PDSA
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N. J. (2006). Operations management for competitive advantage (11th ed.). Retrieved from The University of Phoenix eBook Collection. Continental Design and Engineering. (2008). The lean manfacturing handbook. Retrieved from http://continental-design.com/lean-manufacturing/handbook-1.html The Economist. (2009). Lean Production. Retrieved from http://www.economist.com/node/14299730 l
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Toyota’s Current Production The current distribution of Toyota production faculties are 10 in the United States‚ 3 in Canada and one in Mexico. Toyota began setting up production facilities back in 1984‚ when it became partners with General Motors Corp believing it was important to have manufacturing and production facilities on site‚ to better cater to the needs of the customer in that local market. Since that time sales have sky rocketed and they have production facilities in North America
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Dasmariñas City‚ Cavite GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Masters in Business Administration Production and Operations Management AGILE MANUFACTURING Submitted By: Flores‚ Patricia Joy A. Mojica‚ Krisha May S. Submitted to: Dr. Mario S. Mecate January 2015 DEFINITION Agile is defined as to be able to move quickly. Manufacturing is the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery‚ especially on a large scale‚ from raw materials or unfinished materials
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Multi-Product Chile Case Analysis Global Management Team 1: Kimani Adam‚ Guilhem Busset‚ Francesco Calculli‚ Melody Chan‚ Devprasad Mishra‚ Carmen Ramos Masters of International Business Program Hult International Business School: San Francisco Campus Introduction The Multi-Product Chile case showed all the characteristics of a decision case. At the end of the case‚ Mr. Thompson‚ the new manager‚ had to face with a decision whether or not continuing with the changes started
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Case: Quadrant Homes Applies Lean Concepts in a Project Environment 1. Consider the three value disciplines described by Treacy and Wiersema. Create a two-by-three table in which you name and describe the three value disciplines in the left column. In the right column‚ describe what Quadrant does to support each one. Below the table‚ write a few sentences in which you take a position regarding which value discipline best describes Quadrant’s highest priority. Defend your reasoning. Value Disciplines
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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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‘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? What
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Just-in-Time Inventory System Xingyu Wang ACCT-518 Kettering University Just-In-Time Inventory System Due to the changing economic flows that are happening around the globe‚ management is certainly looking for a way that their business can adopt to it. Customer preferences is not the only determining factor that management consider nowadays‚ but also the development that caused by climate change and the increasing cost of raw materials. These factors urge managers to look for a better way of managing
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CONCLUSION 25 7. REFERENCES 26 1. INTRODUCTION 2.1. What is Value Stream Mapping (VSM) Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a visualization tool oriented to the Toyota version of Lean Manufacturing (Toyota Production System). It helps to understand and streamline work processes using the tools and techniques of Lean Manufacturing. The primary objective of VSM is to identify and demonstrate the flow of process to decrease a waste. VSM also can aid engineers‚ management‚ suppliers to recognize the
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