...Manufacturing companies create value stream maps to identify where there is waste in manufacturing processes, and to help find ways to eliminate that waste. Note To create a Value Stream Map you must have Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007 installed. The feature is not included in Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007 or in Visio 2003. To try out Office Visio Professional 2007, download a free 60-day trial. For example, a value stream map can show where extra materials are piling up. Ideally, materials are delivered to your company, go straight into the manufacturing process, and then move smoothly through all of the stages of the process until the product is complete. The finished product is then delivered to your customers without delay. To achieve this degree of efficiency, you need detailed and timely communication between the company and its customers and suppliers. How can a value stream map help? First, you create a current state diagram that shows how your process currently works. Next, when you identify the problem areas, you create a future state diagram that helps you pinpoint ways to change the process to reduce waste. The following example shows a simplified current state diagram. The following example of a future state diagram addresses the problems that the current state diagram helped make apparent. Create a value stream map 1. On the File menu, point to New, point to Business, and then click Value Stream Map. 2. From the Value Stream...
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...Microsoft International’s HR Team Microsoft International provides sales, marketing, and services for Microsoft Corporation’s locations outside of North America. The human resources (HR) team within Microsoft International is made up of approximately 600 employees and provides support for HR management teams in more than 100 countries. The HR team uses many global systems and tools across each of the international Microsoft subsidiaries. One key HR objective was to standardize common business processes of all subsidiaries across all Microsoft locations. Jean O’Connor, HR project manager for Microsoft International, explained: Experience with different HR business processes would vary significantly from one location to the next. Without documentation, each new HR employee will need to be trained by someone who may or may not know the process. Teaching new hires an inefficient process can introduce repeatable errors and decreases our overall effectiveness. Increasing HR Processes Efficiency The team wanted to find ways to improve process efficiency and effectiveness across subsidiaries. To start, the HR team needed to understand current business processes at each subsidiary and be able to discuss them, which they achieved by diagramming them using Visio modeling Software. Benefits of Business Process Modeling The HR team used Microsoft Visio Premium 2010 to design templates (also called models ) that define and describe the steps in each process . Benefits that the HR teams achieved...
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...double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. Section 2: Wireless Network Architecture Required Format (MS Visio or equivalent) Use Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative, such as Dia to develop a network architecture diagram depicting the wireless networking equipment, security devices, and architecture for the corporate wireless network. Section 3: Wireless Project Implementation Plan Required Format (MS Project or equivalent) Use MS Project or an Open Source alternative, such as Open Project to develop a project plan depicting the project tasks, task durations, predecessors, and resources needed to implement the wireless...
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...To help the interview process be successful I will follow a JAD process. With a JAD process in place, we can structure each step to ensure the Interviewing process goes smoothly. The JAD session has several key members that participate and will ensure that the interviewing process is successful. The first step is to discuss the ground rules and objectives that will be laid out in the JAD Session. Also the interview methods will be outlined and questions that will be asked during the interview will be formed and finalized. The members of upper management should also explain the reason for the interview and project and what type of support is to be given and needed. Also each specific area of training that is required for TIMS should be broken down into special areas of training and each group being interviewed should have questions related to that field. Towards the middle of the second day, a review period should take place to discuss the main interview process, this will include a time to identify input, roles that each interviewer will have during the interview process as well as a small break so each team can take time to study and concentrate on specific questions for each training team being interviewed for. An open session should also be held for all groups participating in the JAD session so each group can express their concerns and ideas and develop a solid documentation of all the system requirements needed and start developing models and training material...
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...Review Questions Name: Giovanni Acosta Answer the following questions (use MS Project Help, if necessary): 1. What is the difference between a main summary task and a summary task? Main summary tasks include a larger grouping of events like in this case, the entire project. The summary tasks are the little sub-projects that hold only a few events. There is really no difference in these. 2. On the View Tab, what does the Outline button with plus and minus signs do? The + expands the data and subtasks under the task names and the – contracts the same information. 3. What is a milestone? Milestones mark major project goals and phases. It visibly stands out to track progress in the project and is marked my indicators like the diamond. 4. What predefined report can you not make changes to the header and footer? The Project Summary report is the report you cannot change, per instructions in Lab1 part A- Select Page Setup for this report. The header and footer tabs are grayed out. For some reason, only known to Microsoft, this is the only report that you cannot change the header and footer. To that end, it is imperative that you enter all appropriate project information and project properties as discussed in the lab! 5. Give a real-world example of a) A successor task requiring lead time Installing equipment would require the successor task of purchasing it first, and installing the power would require a lead time for the equipment...
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...centers” or “executive suites” which demand a conventional lease whereas a true virtual office does not require that expense” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_office). Virtual office is the new office of the future. Although a virtual office has been around for a while, it has not been used by everyone because when the concept was adopted, there was not much technology developed yet to support it. Now, with the increasing amount of technology for home use, now companies can move more jobs to this form of an office. The most common careers using virtual office is customer service representative’s jobs. A plan is put into place when designing what an office should look like in the future. When a company designs a model for a project; there is also a model designed for future offices. Corporate America has designers to create an office. What I love is that Corporate also has to...
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... |Actividad: | |1 |Tarea 1. Tema 3. | |Fecha: Viernes 17 de Julio | |Bibliografía: | |Gido, J. y Clement, J. P. (2012). Administración exitosa de proyectos (5ª ed.). México: Cengage Learning. | | | |Project Management Institute, Inc. (2013). Guía de los Fundamentos para la Dirección de Proyectos (Guía del PMBOK) (5ª ed.). | |Estados Unidos: PMI Publications. | Objetivo: Usando como base el EDT de mi proyecto educativo que se elaboró en la materia metodología de la investigación, se desarrollarán los siguientes actividades • Desglosar de cada uno de los paquetes de trabajo en actividades específicas que completen los paquetes de trabajo que fueron definidos el EDT. • Elaborar de un diagrama de red dando la secuencia apropiada y establece las relaciones de dependencia entre ellas...
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...Unit 3 Assignment Kerry Bridges Kaplan University IT460 Unit 3 Assignment ITEM 1 – INTERVIEW PROCESS: 1. Determine the people to interview To obtain the information I am looking for, I will need to interview key members of the organization. These members will need to be knowledgeable of their respective positions. I believe it would be best to talk to the department heads and their middle managers. I will also interview people on all levels in the organization. I will also interview multiple people in the same department. My reasoning for this is that everyone has their own strengths and specializations. 2. Established the interview objectives After determining the people to interview, I will establish the interview objectives for the session. I will determine the main topics to be discussed and come up with a list of questions and concerns. I aim to obtain ideas, suggestions, and opinions during the interviews. There will general questions asked to every person in their field. By establishing the objectives I will create the guidelines that will help to determine what questions are needed to ask. These guidelines will also determine how the interview will flow. 3. Develop Interview Questions I will create a baseline for the list of question. This will ensure that the interview proceeds smoothly and that the people being interviewed stays on topic. The questions will be specific to the topic. I want to make sure that the questions are both open-ended...
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...University of Phoenix CMGT - 575 Assignment from Sylabus: Prepare a 2-3 page narrative of your HR integaration project to explain you approach to the project’s sponsor, Hugh McCauley. Assignment Clarification from Questions & Comments Thread: This should be a personal narrative of your experience while working through the various stages of the assignment, using MS Project, comments, what would you have done differently, etc. ATTN: Hugh McCauley Service Request 004 for Riordian Manufacturing (SR-rm-004) asks to analyze the current human resource system to integrate the existing variety of tools in use today win a single integrated application (University of Phoenix Virtual Organizations, 2012). The current Human Resource Information System (HRIS) was installed in 1992 and was actually part of the financial systems package as part of the finance department. (University of Phoenix Virtual Organizations, 2012). Since the early 90’s, the advent and development of information technology has come to fruition thus making it more appropriate for a more technology centric group to take charge of the project. Although room for growth and elaboration was limited in the past, the legacy HRIS system kept track of the following: personal information, pay rate, personal exemptions, hire date, seniority date, organizational information and vacation hours. Changes to any of the above employee categories are made by submitting physical, hand written form by the employee’s manager and subsequently...
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...Proposal For Microsoft Office Prepared for Eric L. Taltoan, Trainer Microsoft Office School By Loveie Keaton Manager Microsoft Office Suppler August 2, 2013 Microsoft Office “Improving the quality of computer” 1256 Reed Blvd. Philadelphia Pa 19146 215-555-6666 August 2, 2013 Eric L. Taltoan Microsoft Office School 223 Park Ave La Habra, CA 90631 Dear Mr. Taltoan: We generate revenue by developing, licensing, and supporting a wide range of software products and services, by designing and selling hardware, and by delivering relevant online advertising to a global customer audience. In addition to selling individual products and services, we offer suites of products and services. We design and sell hardware including the Xbox 360 gaming and entertainment console, Kinect for Xbox 360, Xbox 360 accessories, and Microsoft PC hardware products. Corporate governance at Microsoft serves several purposes: Establish and preserve management accountability to Microsoft's owners by appropriately distributing rights and responsibilities among Microsoft Board members, managers, and shareholders. Provide a structure through which management and the Board set objectives and monitor performance. Strengthen and safeguard our culture of business integrity and responsible business practices. Encourage the efficient use of resources, and to require accountability for stewardship of those resources. Thank you for interest in our product. Sincerely, Loveie...
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...Leadership in Project Management Leadership is defined by Merriam-Webster as the capacity to lead (Merriam-Webster n.d.). How do you lead? Being able to lead is a tough task usually taken on by the most confident, most qualified, most organized or most experienced individual available for the task at hand. In the world of Project Management all the qualities previously listed are helpful to be effective and efficient in accomplishing the project goal. Leadership abilities take on a very important role and are vital to the completion of the project. Leadership per say is not one person running the show; that’s the project manager, but leadership is the cultivation of the people involved in each process. Each phase of a project usually has a person or group that specializes in that area and they take on the leadership role in said area or process. Again I state that leadership is vital and the one(s) in the position need to be task oriented and use the five process group to complete the project. The project manager is an essential factor, because it all begins with that individual. The project manager’s responsibilities are to delegate tasks within each process to the staff based upon their strong points and abilities. The project manager is also responsible for relaying information and the status of the project to management and the administration (Bunin 2009). Acting as a liaison the project manager’s leadership abilities are crucial to the success of the project. References ...
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...Case Study 1: The Big Data Challenges James (JT) Clark Professor Elhag Ibrahim Information System for Decision-Making 10/31/2012 . Case Study 1: The Big Data Challenges Introduction I feel as though Volvo integrated the cloud infrastructure into its networks very well. It took the proactive approach instead of being reactive. It applied this to all aspects to their vehicles. Volvo chooses to have the cloud work for them and it saved them money in the end. They had a centralized data base in which all their information was gathered and stored and from there it was turned from raw knowledge into useful information. Volvo Car Corporation Integrates the Cloud into Its Networks Volvo had the ability to collectively harness the information that they collected information from the hundreds of sensors that were embedded throughout the cars. This data was being captured for use from the vehicle and transmitted via the cloud back to the manufacture. This data was streamed into a centralized analysis hub, where they were being used by the customer relationship systems, dealership systems, and product development and designs systems. This way they could share information about any particular vehicle and any problem that they may be experiencing and stop an issues before it gets out of hand. How Volvo Car Corporation Transforms Data into Knowledge They are taking the data that they are receiving from the vehicles and putting it all together. This way they are pre-warned...
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... Chinyere repper. Software for Business. MS PROJECT (PROJECT PLANNING) Microsoft Project is a project management software program, developed and sold by Microsoft, which is designed to assist a project manager in developing a plan, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analyzing workloads. Microsoft Project was the company's third Microsoft Windows-based application, and within a couple of years of its introduction it became the dominant PC-based project management software. While part of the Microsoft Office family, it has never been included in any of the Office suites. It is available currently in two editions, Standard and Professional. Microsoft Project's proprietary file format is mpp. Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server are the cornerstones of the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) product. Microsoft Project 2010 features the Ribbon user interface. Microsoft Project management software is closely integrated with Microsoft Office suite and also includes a Client Access License (CAL) that allows easy connection with Office Project Server. It is a project management software that is mainly used to create plans, monitor progress, analyze workloads, designate resources to tasks and manage budgets. The software also helps in establishing critical path schedules...
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...study Q1 Project Crashing Due to the internal demand and unexpected cope up situation for the external uncertainties there are possibilities of speed up the scheduling time for projects. For instance due to high prioritize resource commitment for the another simultaneously running critical project or situation where seasonal weather effect come to the play in time. Mostly this kind of expedition occurs from the non critical activities where the slack is available. Having done the crash, it would result better utilization of recourses but the rule of thumb is there should not be any major impact on the project scope. In simple terms, this refers to the compression of the original project schedule in order to minimize the total time of the project. This has to be done after very careful study since it might crack the whole project till up to the abandons. Moreover detail analysis and total acceptability of the stakeholders has to be met and this has to be done at the least additional cost. The regain value should be derived from the benefit gain over the additional cost; which has to be realized in positive node with respect to the aggregate impact on the organization. Q2 What are the steps involving in Project Crashing? First, the marginal cost has to be calculated in relation with the project crash for each activity. Crash Cost Per Time Period or Margin Cost= Marginal Cost = (change in cost)/(change in time) = (Crash cost - Normal cost)/(Normal time - Crash...
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...Resource Leveling Guide |INTRODUCTION: Resource Leveling Using Microsoft Project | |The Guideline Content Starts on the Following Page | |What This Is | |This guideline discusses Resource Leveling in general, and how to use the Microsoft Project scheduling tool to level the resources working on | |a project. The term “leveling” refers to smoothing out the assignment of individual resources or groups of resources over time and ensure that| |peak workloads do not exceed available resources capacity within any given period. Resource leveling is typically done with the aid of a | |scheduling tool such as MS Project. However, some leveling actions can be taken without a tool, or after the scheduling software has done as | |much as it can automatically; tips on those actions are included in this guideline as well. | |Our thanks to Management Strategies Inc. for contributing Section 2, detailed guidelines for how to use MS Project’s resource leveling | |features. | |Why It’s Useful...
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