Running head: PROCESS IMPROVEMENT PLAN Process Improvement Plan YOUR NAME HERE University of Phoenix OPS/571 – Operations Management DATE HERE Process Improvement Plan Successful organizations continuously strive to improve the processes they have in place. Process improvement leads to better quality control‚ higher efficiencies and lower costs. In order to implement a process improvement plan‚ it is necessary to collect and analyze data from the process. In this paper‚ I present
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Riordan Fan Manufacturing Supply Chain: Team A John Longley‚ Nakia Judd‚ Arin Angell‚ Stanley Nelson OPS/571 University of Phoenix April 8‚ 2015 Dr. Peter Wilms Riordan Fan Manufacturing Supply Chain: Team A Riordan Manufacturing is the industry leader in the field of plastic injection molding. They are a massive organization that currently operates out of three plants. One plant is in Albany‚ GA‚ this is where the plastic bottles are produced. Then they do their custom plastic fabrication
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Process Design for Riordan Manufacturing OPS/571 Riordian Manufacturing‚ Inc. Hangzhou‚ China June 21‚ 2012 Motor‚ Inc. 1000 Last Class Flint‚ MI 900012 Dear CEO: At Riordan‚ the electric fan division has revised the process for supplying the electric fans. Part of Riordan’s operations planning‚ Riordan would implement aggregate operations. From Operations Management for Competitive Advantage (2006)‚ “Aggregate operations planning involves translating annual
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OPS FINAL EXAM 1- IS WHEN THE ACTIVITIES IN THE STAGE MUST STOP BECAUSE THERE IS NO PLACE TO DEPOSIT THE ITEM JUST COMPLETED? A- BLOCKING 2- ACCORDING TO YOUR TEXT‚ THE MOST COMMON PROCESS METRIC IS A- UTILIZATION 3- DECLINING PRODUCT PRICES A- INCREASE THE BREAK-EVEN POINT 4- THE TYPE OF PROCESSING STRUCTURE THAT IS USED FOR PRODUCING DISCRETE PRODUCTS AT A CONTROLLED RATE IS A- ASSEMBLY LINE 5- THE BEST PROCESS FLOW STRUCTURE
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Indentifying Bottlenecks Ops 571 Brian Birch John Smith 5/1/2012 Waking up and getting out of the door to work in the morning is a process that takes several steps to complete. In order to get out of the house in less than one hour and fifteen minutes several of these step must be altered or eliminated from the process. In every process there are steps that slow down the process called bottlenecks. Examining the entire
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should be shipped D. finding the minimum cost carrier 13) When designing a supply chain: A. cost vs customer service must be considered B. quality vs cost must be considered C. lead times vs payment terms must be considered D. customer service vs product customization must be considered 14) According to Hau Lee‚ which of the following types of products need to be delivered with efficient supply-chains? A. Custom products B. Innovative products C. Grocery products D
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This work OPS 571 Week 6 Individual Assignment Process Design for Riordan Manufacturing includes overview of the following parts: Abstract MRP for Manufacturing A New Process Design Supply Chain Production Forecast Implementation Plan Business - General Business Week One Individual Assignment: Design a Flowchart for a Process Week Two Individual Assignment: Apply the Learning Curve Theory Week Three
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Supply Chain Design Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer and is a subsidiary of Riordan Industries. Riordan Manufacturing has three main production facilities located in Georgia‚ Michigan and Hangzhou‚ China. This paper will focus on the manufacturing business and supply chain activities of the electric fan production in Hangzhou China with information on manufacturing strategy‚ production performance‚ supplier relationships‚ forecasting and inventory. Manufacturing Strategy
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FOR RIORDAN MANUFACTURING � PAGE * Arabic �1� Production Plan for Riordan Manufacturing OPS /571: Operations Management August 30‚ 2010 � � Production Plan for Riordan Manufacturing In this paper‚ Team B discusses strategic capacity planning and lean production for new process design and supply chain processes for the electric fans at Riordan Manufacturing. This discussion is an outpouring of research and brainstorming between team members and begins with a newly designed supply chain to increase
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Supply Chain Design Paper QNT/571 February 25‚ 2015 For this week’s assignment‚ Learning Team A was assigned the task of reviewing Riordan Manufacturing‚ Inc.‚ a virtual organization wholly owned by Riordan Industries. This company produces plastics for customers all over the world. Our team will cover the manufacturing strategy‚ performance methods‚ supplier relationship‚ and lean production. Lastly‚ our team has developed a future sales forecasting plan for Riordan as well as an aggregate
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