Virginia Mason Medical Center Case study Question 1 How could TPS be used to solve the problems that Kaplan was facing at VMMC? VMMC was facing several critical issues when Kaplan assumed leadership of the organization: * High number of competitors in same geographic area * Lost substantial amount of money for the first time * Low morale among staff While Kaplan had implemented some changes to cut costs, he really needed to identify systematic ways to improve the quality of service
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Value Stream Mapping 1 Value Stream Mapping Definition • Value Stream Mapping (VSM): – Special type of flow chart that uses symbols known as "the language of Lean" to depict and improve the flow of inventory and information. 2 Value Stream Mapping Purpose • Provide optimum value to the customer through a complete value creation process with minimum waste in: – Design (concept to customer) – Build (order to delivery) – Sustain (in-use through life cycle to service) 3 Why
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MATERI TAMBAHAN MANAJEMEN STRATEGI Angkatan 19 SIB 3 By : Dra. Peni Sawitri, MM Analisis Matrix SWOT Salah satu model perencanaan strategis adalah analisis SWOT (Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities dan Threats). S dan W mengidentifikasikan kekuatan dan kelemahan internal perusahaan dalam hal ini berkaitan dengan fungsi manajemen (perencanaan, pengorganisasian, pengarahan, pemberian motivasi dan pengendalian). S dan W juga mengidentifikasi kekuatan dan kelemahan pada fungsi bisnis yaitu : merancang
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Toyota production system Toyota Production System is an essential part of what makes Toyota different and makes Toyota’s products a profitable investment for its customers’ businesses. Toyota’s customers know what to expect when they buy from Toyota – a business partner with the strength and flexibility to meet the needs of a changing market. TPS has been successfully practiced by lots of firm in order to improve the quality. According to the article “origin of the Toyota production system
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defect free products at optimum cost. The new culture of total quality management, total productive management in the manufacturing as well as service sector gave birth to new ways to improve quality of products. By using various tools of TQM like KAIZEN, 6 sigma, JIT, JIDCO, POKA YOKE, FMS etc. organisation is intended to develop quality culture.[2,6] The paper is intended to focus basic concept of poka yoke, types of poka yoke system, ways to achieve simple poka yoke mechanism. It also covers
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CHAPTER 4.0 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Quality – Has Many Definitions Evolution of Quality What Quality Gurus Have Said The Concept of Total Quality Management The Business Processes and Quality Vendor Quality Human Aspects of Quality World Class Manufacturing Bibliography Foot Notes 89 CHAPTER 4.0 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 4.1 QUALITY – HAS MANY DEFINITIONS: It is true that Quality has a number of definitions. 4.1.1 Oxford Advanced Learner‟s Dictionary72 defines
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Evolution of a Family Business - Godrej Group Case Study Submitted by (Section C- Group 4): Abhishek Kumar(PGP11/129) Balaji Manohar(PGP11/140) Karthik Kumar(PGP11/151) Prashant Gangwal (PGP11/162) Santosh(PGP11/173) Supriya(PGP11/184) Group Assignment – Organizational Behavior II – IIMK Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Executive Summary .
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Quality Management Organizations Quality Management Organizations The process of quality management and implementation of quality management program is rather challenging and requires companies to reach to the outside of the company for resources to help. As a result of this, various companies have been able to build a staff and reputation so that they can help other companies achieve this goal. They have made this possible by the kind of services that they offer about quality management and
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CHAPTER 6 MASTER BUDGET AND RESPONSIBILITY ACCOUNTING 6-1 a. b. c. d. The budgeting cycle includes the following elements: Planning the performance of the company as a whole as well as planning the performance of its subunits. Management agrees on what is expected. Providing a frame of reference, a set of specific expectations against which actual results can be compared. Investigating variations from plans. If necessary, corrective action follows investigation. Planning again, in light of feedback
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Value Stream Mapping 1 Value Stream Mapping Definition • Value Stream Mapping (VSM): – Special type of flow chart that uses symbols known as "the language of Lean" to depict and improve the flow of inventory and information. 2 Value Stream Mapping Purpose • Provide optimum value to the customer through a complete value creation process with minimum waste in: – Design (concept to customer) – Build (order to delivery) – Sustain (in-use through life cycle to service) 3 Why
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