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ISCOM 472(ASH)LEARNING GUIDANCE/UOPHELP

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• ISCOM-472-Entire-Course

• ISCOM 472 Final Exam Guide

• ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 1
• ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 2
• ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 3
• ISCOM 472 Week 1 Individual Elements of Lean
  Paper
• ISCOM 472 Week 2 DQ 1
• ISCOM 472 Week 2 DQ 2
• ISCOM 472 Week 2 DQ 3
• ISCOM 472 Week 2 Learning Team Need for a Lean
  Initiatives Paper
• ISCOM 472 Week 3 Learning Team As-Is Process
  Flowchart and Paper
• ISCOM 472 Week 3 Learning Team Individual Process
  Analysis Techniques Summary

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• 1. Lean enterprise is a systematic methodology to
  reduce the complexity and streamline a process to
  identify and eliminate waste in company
  processes.
• 2. Just In-Time is the same as a lean
  manufacturing approach.
• 3. The end goal of Lean enterprise and Six Sigma
  are the same in that they strive for better
  process performance by focusing on the same
  elements of the process.

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• ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 1

• ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 2

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• Where is your organization in the evolution of a
  Lean Enterprise?
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• What technology drivers influence the evolution
  to lean enterprise?
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• ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 3

• ISCOM 472 Week 1 Individual Elements of Lean Paper

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• What is your organization's vision? Is your
  organization utilizing any lean enterprise
  principles to achieve its vision? How has this
  been effective?
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• Element of Lean Paper
• Resources Electronic Reserve Readings,
  University Library, the Internet, or other
  resources
• Research the elements and core disciplines of
  lean manufacturing and services as it relates to
  your organization, or one with which you are
  familiar.
• Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you
  address the following points
• Describe briefly at least three core elements of
  lean.
• Identify which elements are required for your
  selected organization to move towards a lean
  environment.
• Describe your selected organizations vision.
• Describe how your selected organizations vision
  supports lean. If the organizations vision does
  not support lean, re-write it so that it does and
  describe how your new version of the vision
  supports lean.
• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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• ISCOM 472 Week 2 DQ 1

• ISCOM 472 Week 2 DQ 2

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• Does your organization utilize TQM systems? What
  types? Give an example of how a particular TQM
  tool resolved a quality issue. What other methods
  could be considered?
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• Does your organization utilize Six Sigma
  improvement methodology? Give an example of
  process that would benefit from DMAIC. What would
  be the challenges that your organization would
  have to overcome to successfully utilize Six
  Sigma? 

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• ISCOM 472 Week 2 DQ 3

• ISCOM 472 Week 2 Learning Team Need for a Lean
  Initiatives Paper

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• What is your organizations procedure for
  understanding your manufacturing or service
  process?
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• Research and identify an organization that will
  be used for this and subsequent Learning Team
  assignments. 
• Attain faculty approval.
• Write a 1,050- to 1,75

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• ISCOM 472 Week 3 Learning Team As-Is Process
  Flowchart and Paper

• ISCOM 472 Week 3 Learning Team Individual Process
  Analysis Techniques Summary

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• Resource Need for a Lean Initiatives Paper
• Create an As-Is Process Flowchart for a process
  that requires improvement for your selected
  organization 
• Write a 700- to 1,400-word paper in which you
  describe at least three problem analysis tools
  that you applied to develop the process
  flowchart.
• Explain the benefits of accurately documenting
  the As-Is process.
• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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• Process Analysis Techniques Summary
• Create a Microsoft PowerPoint slide
  presentation addressing each of the process
  improvement phases listed below in a separate
  slide.
• Research each phase and describe two different
  techniques to analyze a process that may be
  utilized during each of the following process
  improvement phases
• Define
• Measure
• Analyze
• Improve
• Control 
• Provide examples of process improvements from
  your workplace or from an organization with which
  you are familiar.
• Format your summary consistent with APA
  guidelines.

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• ISCOM 472 Week 4 DQ 1

• ISCOM 472 Week 4 DQ 2

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• Can you improve something that you cant measure?
  Why or why not?
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• What metrics does your organization use to assess
  supply chain performance? What are the benefits
  of performance metrics?
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• ISCOM 472 Week 4 DQ 3

• ISCOM 472 Week 4 Individual Change Management
  Paper

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• How do internal metrics differ from external
  metrics?    How does an organization know if they
  are measuring the right things?
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• Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper, usingyour own
  organization or one with which you are familiar.
• Identify the three categories of improvements
  (cycle-time, quality, and cost) that may be
  applied to an organizational

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• ISCOM 472 Week 4 Learning Team To-Be Process
  Flowchart and Paper

• ISCOM 472 Week 5 Individual JIT and Process
  Standardization Paper

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• Resources Need for a Lean Initiatives Paper and
  As-Is Process Flowchart and Paper 
• Create a To-Be Process Flowchart for the process
  identified that requires improvement for your
  selected organization.
• Write a 700- to 1,400-word paper in which you
  describe at least three problem analysis tools

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• Choose a local business establishment, such as a
  car wash, fast food, dry cleaner, or doctors
  office check-in.
• Observe and document the process steps followed.
• Write a 700- to 1,050-word analysis

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• ISCOM 472 Week 5 Learning Team Business Process
  Improvement Plan and Metrics Paper and
  Presentation

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• Resources Need for a Lean Initiatives Paper,
  As-Is Process Flowchart and Paper, and To-Be
  Process Flowchart and Paper
• Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper recommending and
  evaluating the selected business process
  improvement plan for your selected organization.
• Include in your paper the metrics and processes
  to sustain your planned improvements.
• Compare and contrast the various measurement
  techniques used to evaluate a new process.
• Develop the metrics to quantify the level of
  improvement in your selected processes.

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