Week 1 OPS 571 The University of Phoenix March 15, 2010 Introduction “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). For the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the inputs are the customers that visit the facilities daily looking for help and/or training in order to become more competitive in today’s
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Team Alpha Supply Chain Paper Angelo Meleandez, OPS/571 March 4, 2014 Team Alpha Supply Chain Paper Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer employing over 550 people with projected annual earnings of $46 million. The company is owned by Riordan Industries, a Fortune 1000 corporation with revenues in excess of $1 billion per year. Its products include plastic beverage containers produced at its plant in Albany, Georgia, custom plastic parts produced at its plant in Pontiac, Michigan
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Bottlenecks in My Moring OPS/571 Professor September 26, 2011 The purpose of this paper is to describe how to identify, describe and discuss the bottlenecks in my morning routine. In order to do this I had to use the Goldratt’s theory of constraints to help me identify and overcome the process bottlenecks. In order for me to overcome and improve my daily routine, I had to identify the slowest process of my morning routine. After applying the Goldratt’s theory of constraints to my morning
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Design a Flowchart for a Process Ana A, Brown OPS/571 October 17, 2012 Dave Kunz Design a Flowchart for a Process Every day of our daily lives is a part of a process. Everybodys parts of the process are different in many ways and still the same in other ways. When Ana was working six month ago her routine was the same three days of the week and the other two different. Ana is on disability now until February 2013 and my days differ on a daily bases. Ana will design a flowchart process
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Design a Flowchart OPS/571 June 14, 2011 Design a Flowchart for a Process Daily processes are part of a regular routine and many of them may burn up a vast amount of time. In this paper, a detailed process is identified and a flowchart has been designed to show a variety of factors that influence the design process as well as the specific metric that identifies the measurement process. By designing a flowchart for this process, the desired result is to identify how the amount of time involved
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Apply the Learning Curve Theory OPS 571 University of Phoenix Apply the Learning Curve Theory In business and academics students, managers, and employees learn tasks at different rates. One employee may grasp a task within the first attempt whereas others may take several tries to achieve efficient production. The average time it takes for a group of people to adjust is the learning curve. This paper will review the learning curve theory as it applies to a simulated pizza
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Project Management Email-Piper Industries OPS 571 Dear Mr. Gritsch, I would like to thank Piper Industries for allowing our team to analyze your projects. Our team has carefully reviewed all three projects for a best fit to your business needs. Included you will find our analysis and recommendations of the Project Proposal that most benefits your company. Based on the review of the three projects, it appears that the Juniper project which is an enhancement of a
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Running head: BOTTLENECK IN AM ROUTINE Bottleneck In AM Routine Ruth Martinez OPS/571 Operations Management January 28, 2013 Ashley Carr Bottleneck in AM Routine A flow chart was created in week one of class to see what improvements that could be made to my daily morning routine. For the following week I monitored the process and see what improvements if any could be made. Looking over the metric system I realized that I continued the same pattern each week, but
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Process Design Matrix and Summary OPS/571 Margarita Salas-Amaro August 11, 2014 Executive Summary The purpose of this executive summary is to identify appropriate design approaches for a selected product and service. The selected service is a self-serve frozen yogurt store and the product is a new cellular phone. Mr. Freeze is a franchise opportunity located in Eastern Ohio. The new cellular phone is a product manufactured by Samsung in the Galaxy line, the Galaxy S5. Determining the most appropriate
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Business Structures Bryan Hossler OPS / 571 October 26, 2015 Kimberly McCarrolle There are three different types of business structures; corporations, partnerships and sole proprietorship (Choose Your Business Structure, 2015). This paper will go over the different types of business structures and their advantages and disadvantages. The general corporation is the most common business structure in the world. It is owned by many stockholders and they may have an unlimited amount of stockholders
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