Project Management Recommendation OPS 571 Monday April 14‚ 2013 Project Management Recommendation From: Sent: April 13‚ 2013 Subject: Re: Piper Industries Corporation: Project Management Recommendation To: Ray Gritsch‚ Project Manager Ray‚ Thanks for giving me the opportunity to review your three potential proposals‚ Juniper‚ Palomino‚ and Stargazer. Below you will find our detailed review of each project based off of the information provided in the previous email. These reviews include
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Flowchart for a Process Paper Operations Management 571 August 28‚ 2010 Flowchart Process There are multiple processes that we do in our daily lives that we would like to take a short amount of time to complete it. "A process is any part of an organization that takes inputs and transforms them into outputs that‚ it is hoped‚ are of greater value to the organization than the original inputs" (Chase‚ Jacobs‚ Aquilano‚ 2006‚ p. 154). Flowcharts are easy-to-understand by demonstrating step-by-step
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document that can stand on its own and is usually written on one or two pages‚ depending on the length of the report. It restates the purpose of the report and describes any results‚ conclusions‚ or recommendations made in the report so that the reader understands the reason for the conclusion or recommendations. Acronyms‚ symbols and abbreviations must be written out. Table and figures in the report should not be referred to by number in the executive summary. The audience for an executive summary
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Write a paper of no more than 1‚400-words that includes the following: • Determine Riordan’s manufacturing strategy (chase‚ level‚ or combination) and explain its benefits. • Create a process flow diagram for the electric fan supply chain. • Select two metrics to evaluate performance of the electric fan supply chain. • Describe the supplier relationship and the effects on the supply chain. As part of this consider the following: o Type of relationship o Supplier location‚ size of company
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Project Management Recommendation OPS/571 July 7‚ 2014 Project Management Recommendation To make a proper decision based on the three recommendations from the Piper Industries Corp. we must take a look at each one. Juniper is an improvement of the widget offered currently by the company‚ with Palomino a new line of widget products along with improvements using the existing technology‚ and Stargazer is completely new widgets that research and development has started. Our team has been tasked
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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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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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What is the net result of reducing the duration of a task (crashing) not on the critical path? A. Decreased project overhead costs B. Reduced likelihood of liquidated damages for late delivery C. Increased slack time associated with the task D. Reduction in the project duration 12) The idea of the value density calculation is: A. finding a carrier that can handle the weight B. matching the weight of the product with an appropriate carrier C. deciding where items should
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analysis of three projects: Juniper‚ Palomino and Stargazer. The risk levels in Juniper‚ Palomino‚ and Stargazer are low‚ medium‚ and high respectively. It is in the best interest of Piper Industries Corporation to move forward with the Stargazer project. Stargazer is selected due to its feasibility and risk level. From market feasibility study‚ some strategic customers have already indicated interest in the product. Therefore‚ I would recommend that the board invest in the project‚ Stargazer;
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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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