OPS 571 WEEK 2 OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS
OPS 571 Week 2 Operational Analysis,Week 2 Quiz,OPS 571 Week 2 Learning Team Reserved Reading Review
OPS 571 Week 2 Individual Process Designs and Supply Chains
This is part one of a two part assignment starting with an introductory look at process design and supply chains.
Identify a company with which you are familiar. This could be your place of employment, a car wash, a yard service company, and so forth.
Write a paper in which you describe the current state of your selected company’s supply chain and an identified process.
Required Elements:
- Describe the company’s supply chain
- Identify a process internal to the company that you wish to analyze.
- Describe the process internal to the company that you wish to analyze.
- Identify an appropriate design approach for the process you have chosen.
- Create a high-level AS IS process flow chart using an appropriate tool.
- Identify at least one metric to measure the process and its application (how, what, when, and who).
- Use an appropriate tool to collect data for each step of the process.
- No more than 700 words
- Consistent with APA format
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
Review the article “An Approach of Capability Representation for Improving Capacity Planning”.
Requirement: Be prepared to discuss the assignment at the beginning of class.
Submit the Learning Team Charter with this assignment.
- 1
Which of the following is a situation that likely will yield economies of scale?
Large factory with dedicated capacity that is able to produce twice the number of units as locally demanded
Factory that produces low volume, customized products
Company with factories in multiple countries that produces products for local demand
Factory that fully utilizes dedicated resources for information technology, material handling, and administrative support
Correct
- 2
In setting up a kanban control system, you need to determine the number of kanban card sets needed. If the average number of units demanded is 1,000 per hour, the lead time to replenish the order for this item is 10 hours, the container size is 5 units, and the safety stock is estimated to be 5% of the expected demand, what is the number of kanban card sets needed?
210
440
1,050
2,100
Correct
- 3
Which of the following operations consulting tools provide summary performance updates for specific processes and are generally presented in graphical form with color-coding of trend lines and alarms?
Stakeholder analysis
Process dashboards
Decision trees
Responsibility charts
Correct
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