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ISCOM 472 Entire Course And Final Guide For more
course tutorials visit www.iscom472.com   ISCOM
472 Entire Course And Final Guide
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 ISCOM 472 Entire Course For more course
tutorials visit www.iscom472.com   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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ISCOM 472 Final Exam Guide For more course
tutorials visit www.iscom472.com   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. 4.
Process charts is an organized way of documenting
all activities performed by a person or group of
people at a workstation, with a customer or
working with certain materials 5. Flowcharts are
also known as which of the following 6. Process
improvement is a study of activities and flows of
each process to improve it. 7. Another name for
the Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle is Deming Wheel.
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ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 1 For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com   Where is your
organization in the evolution of a Lean
Enterprise?
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ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 2 For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com   What technology drivers
influence the evolution to lean enterprise?
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ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 3 For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com   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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ISCOM 472 Week 1 Individual Elements of Lean
Paper For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com  Elements 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.
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ISCOM 472 Week 1 Lean Enterprise Organization
Application For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com  ISCOM 472 Week 1 Lean
Enterprise Organization Application You will
research the elements and core disciplines of
various Lean Enterprise/Operational Excellence
initiatives/approaches (for example Lean, Six
Sigma, TQM, Theory of Constraints, ISO,
Operational Excellence) for both manufacturing
and services as it relates to your organization
(or one with which you are familiar). Write a
1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you address
the following points Describe briefly at least
two core elements of Lean that you personally can
use to improve your own organization or one you
know. Compare/contrast at least two operational
excellence (Six Sigma, TQM, Theory of
Constraints, ISO, etc.) approaches to a Lean
Enterprise in the simple matrix given below.
Note Matrix will need to be included in paper.
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ISCOM 472 Week 2 DQ 1 For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com   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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ISCOM 472 Week 2 DQ 2 For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com   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 For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com   What is your
organizations procedure for understanding your
manufacturing or service process?
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ISCOM 472 Week 2 Learning Team Need for a Lean
Initiatives Paper For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com  Research and identify an
organization that will be used for this and
subsequent Learning Team assignments.  Attain
faculty approval. Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word
paper in which you identify a lean organization
including their mission, vision, goals, and
objectives. Compare and contrast your chosen
organization to your own organization, or one
with which you are familiar, in terms of various
lean initiatives. Address each of the following
in your paper Compare and contrast the
management style(s) within your own organization
with the management style(s) at selected
organization that has adopted lean
initiatives. Discuss the characteristics of the
selected organizations' lean enterprise style(s)
in how it affects organizational behaviour and
compare those characteristics with your own
organization.
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ISCOM 472 Week 3 DMAIC Problem Solving For more
course tutorials visit www.iscom472.com  Create a
Microsoft PowerPoint slide presentation with
speaker notes addressing each of the process
improvement phases of DMAIC. Identify a process
you want to improve in your personal life or in
your organization, or one you know that may
benefit from improvement. Research each of the
following phases Define Measure Analyze Improve C
ontrol Describe two different tools/techniques,
using one slide per each phase of DMAIC and two
tools/techniques per each phase, 3 slides total
each phase, to analyze a process you have chosen
to improve.
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ISCOM 472 Week 3 Learning Team As-Is Process
Flowchart and Paper For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com   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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ISCOM 472 Week 3 Learning Team Individual Process
Analysis Techniques Summary For more course
tutorials visit www.iscom472.com   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  Pr
ovide examples of process improvements from your
workplace or from an organization with which you
are familiar.
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ISCOM 472 Week 3 Process Improvement
Opportunities For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com  ISCOM472 Week 3 Process
Improvement Opportunities Create an As-Is Process
Flowchart for a process that requires improvement
of your selected organization. Explain the
benefits of accurately documenting the As-Is
process. Research your organization that needs
improvement and your benchmark organization. Write
a 700-word paper in which you identify and
explain the process improvement opportunities and
change management process and map the current
AS-IS process. Address each of the following in
your paper Explain why process flowcharts to
map the As-Is process is important to problem
solving.
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ISCOM 472 Week 4 DQ 1 For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com   Can you improve
something that you cant measure? Why or why not?
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ISCOM 472 Week 4 DQ 2 For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com 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 For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com   How do internal metrics
differ from external metrics?    How does an
organization know if they are measuring the right
things?
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ISCOM 472 Week 4 Individual Change Management
Paper For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com   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 process. Address the following in
your paper Describe what challenges the selected
organization may face in implementing the
improvements. Recommend how the organization may
resolve resistance to change. Format your paper
consistent with APA guidelines.
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ISCOM 472 Week 4 Leading Lean Enterprises
Changes For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com   ISCOM 472 Week 4 Leading
Lean Enterprises Changes Write a 1,050-word paper
to assess and resolve resistance to process
change. Identify at least two non-standardized
processes in your own organization or one you are
familiar with that can be documented. Address the
following in your paper Describe the two
non-standardized processes selected. Explain
why the non-standardized process should be
standardized to help reduce variation. If you
think a non-standardized process is OK to
utilize, explain why and how you will control
variation. Evaluate challenges that the
selected organization may face in implementing
the identified lean enterprise improvements. For
example, examine your DMAIC assignment in Week 3
where you improved a process. What are the
barriers to implementing these changes?
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ISCOM 472 Week 4 Learning Team To-Be Process
Flowchart and Paper For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com   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 that you applied to develop the
process flowchart. Identify which of the three
(cycle-time, quality, and cost) categories of
process improvements your To-Be process
addressed. Identify potential challenges in
implementing your process changes.
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ISCOM 472 Week 5 Individual JIT and Process
Standardization Paper For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com 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 in which you Explain the
JIT philosophy. Identify the customer
expectations for the service and/or
product. Describe the production process steps
observed. Diagram a process flowchart. Describe
the standardized and non-standardized process
steps. State your opinion concerning the process,
effectiveness, efficiency, and measurements. Make
recommendations for improving the process. Be
sure to properly cite your sources. 
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ISCOM 472 Week 5 Learning Team Business Process
Improvement Plan and Metrics Paper and
Presentation For more course tutorials
visit www.iscom472.com   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. Format your paper consistent with APA
guidelines.
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