OPS574 Week 6 Discussion - Supply Chain Strategies

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• Choose 2 supply chain strategies aimed to improve organizational performance and enhance competitiveness.
• Explain each strategy and give an example of an organization that has used each type of strategy.
• Was each strategy successful? Why or why not?

    

OPS574 Week 6 Apply Signature Assignment Supply Chain Operations Plan

Wk 6 - Apply: Signature Assignment: Supply Chain Operations Plan

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This assignment is intended to help you build a supply chain plan/diagram for a new business by analyzing factors that affect sourcing, logistics, metrics, suppliers, and risk.

Create a diagram of the supply chain plan using one of the following tools:

• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Visio
• PictoGram
• PDF
• Other faculty-approved platform

 

Develop a 10-12 PowerPoint slide presentation analysis of the supply chain. Include the following:

• Value chain and flow of structure 
• Inputs
• Outputs, including customer service structure 
• Inventory points and forecasting
• Sourcing activities
• Risks
• Locations
• Logistics

 Cite references to support your assignment.

 

OPS574 Week 5 Apply Operations Plan

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This assignment is intended to help you learn how to apply forecasting and demand models as part of a business operations plan.

Choose 1 quantitative elements that you would like to research in relation to the organization that you selected for your business plan. These elements may be related to products, services, target market, consumer preferences, competition, personnel, resources, supply chain, financing, advertising, or other areas of interest.

Develop forecasts by implementing the following approach:

1. Collect data, including old demand forecast (subjective data) and the actual demand outcomes.
2. Establish the forecasting method (from readings). Decide on the balance between subjective and objective data and look for trends and seasonality.
3. Forecast future demand using a forecasting method.
4. Make decisions based on step 3.

 

Develop a 5-10 PowerPoint Slide presentation evaluating and summarizing the findings from the supported data points above. Insert the charts and supporting data from Excel and other tools in your presentation.

OPS574 Week 5 Discussion Forecasting and Demand - Amazon

Complete the exercise, Interactive Analysis: Creating Value Through Operations. A transcript of this interactive exercise is also available.

 

Consider what you learned in the experience and respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• How does Amazon's supply chain work?
• How has Amazon's supply chain given it a competitive advantage?
• In the exercise, what additional research should the consulting team gather and analyze?
• In the exercise, what process should the consulting team recommend for solving the internal risks to the supply chain and mitigating the conflict between labor and senior management?

         

OPS574 Week 4 Discussion - Complex Projects

Consider the most complex project you've ever been involved in. Briefly describe the project, giving examples of the following as they pertain to the project: 

• The work breakdown structure
• Tasks
• Subtasks
• Work package
• Were you on the critical path?

Additionally, explain the role the project manager played in managing the project's success or failure. Include an example. 

  

OPS574 Week 4 Apply Signature Assignment Organize a Project

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This assignment is intended to help you use leadership skills to gather project members from cross-functional departments and skill sets and lead them in the fulfillment and implementation of a mock project.

 

Discover the various responsibilities of a project manager by organizing a project. See Chapter 19, sections 19.9 and Cases. 

 

Apply project management tools and a PM outline type of your choice to structure and plan the project by defining, planning, and controlling. The project will be a continuation of how to improve the process you chose in Weeks 1 and 2.

 

Create a 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint (supported by Excel and Word as needed) presentation, with detailed speaker notes, that includes the following:

• Project description
• Project Management Charts (Critical Path, Gant Chart, etc.)
• Improved Process Flow Chart from Week 1
• Meeting cadence/rhythm and timing
• Metrics to measure the project's success
• Financial and budgetary considerations
• Description of the project reporting structure

 

Cite references to support your assignment.

 

OPS574 Week 3 Team Apply Service System Applications

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The purpose of this assignment is to align proper service system applications to certain industries. You will also analyze and evaluate a company's customer service strengths and challenges.

Select a company you are familiar with, such as your own employer or a public company that you know you can find customer service data on.

Identify the type(s) of service system used in the company or a certain part of the company. 

Create an 8- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation, including detailed speaker notes, that outlines and highlights the system strengths and weaknesses. Include an analysis of industry comparisons if available.

Choose a service system from this assignment that you will implement in the Supply Chain Template assignment in Week 6.

 Cite references to support your assignment.

 Format your citations according to APA guidelines.

OPS574 Week 3 Discussion - Customer Service and Process Improvement Spirit Airlines

The following exercise allows you to practice collaboration skills to develop strategies for process improvement.

Complete the case study exercise, Spirit Airlines: Reducing the Cost of "No-Frills." A transcript of this interactive exercise is also available.

Consider what you learned in the experience and respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• Is process improvement alone a sufficient response to Spirit's declining profits?
• What other changes should Spirit make?
• In what ways can the airline integrate empathy into its dealings with both employees and customers? Do you think it would make a difference?
• What measurable outcomes should Sprit seek during the process improvement effort? Why?

       

OPS574 Week 2 Discussion - Evaluating Process and Supply Chain Design

Evaluating Process and Supply Chain Design, choose 2 of the following questions to discuss and respond with a minimum of 175 words: 

• What is the lean concept and why is it important to study? 
• How can lean be applied to manufacturing and service processes? 
• Will lean work in service environments? Why or why not? 
• Discuss ways to use lean to improve one of the following: a pizza restaurant, a hospital, or an auto dealership. 
• Why is lean hard to implement in practice? 
• Explain the relationship between quality and productivity under the lean philosophy. 

         

OPS574 Week 2 Apply Signature Assignment Statistical Process Control Methods

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To learn how to apply SPCM to a process, continue the flow chart from Week 1 and identify variances within a process. You can find variances from the data identified in Week 1.

 

Complete the Week 2 Statistical Process Control Methods Worksheet.

OPS574 Week 1 Discussion - Operations Management With Agile

Complete the collaboration warm-up exercise, Agile Product Development. A transcript of this interactive exercise is also available.
Consider what you learned in the experience and respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
• Have you had any experience working on Agile teams?
• If you have worked on Agile teams, what were the benefits and difficulties of the Agile approach?
• If you have not worked on Agile teams, using this exercise, what benefits and challenges do you foresee applying an Agile approach in your current or future workplace?
• How can the challenges of Agile be mitigated or overcome?

  

OPS574 Week 1 Apply Process Improvement Flowchart

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The purpose of this assignment is to learn how to create a flowchart and improve a process and summarize the results. You will create a process to improve flowcharts.

Complete the Week 1 Process Improvement Flowchart Worksheet.

Cite references to support your assignment.

Format your citations according to APA guidelines.