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ISCOM 472 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom472nerd.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 CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom472nerd.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
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ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom472nerd.com    Where is your
organization in the evolution of a Lean
Enterprise?
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ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom472nerd.com    What technology
drivers influence the evolution to lean
enterprise?
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ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom472nerd.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
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   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.
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ISCOM 472 Week 1 Lean Enterprise Organization
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rd.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.
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ISCOM 472 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom472nerd.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 CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom472nerd.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 CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom472nerd.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 CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom472nerd.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.
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ISCOM 472 Week 3 DMAIC Problem Solving FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.iscom472nerd.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 Control 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. Use 5 Whys and 5S as
two of your 10 selected tools/techniques. You may
choose the other eight tools/techniques.For each
phase, provide applied examples of process
improvement within your workplace or an
organization with which you are familiar and
apply tools/techniques to each phase. Define
o Tool 1 o Tool 2 Measure o Tool 1 o Tool 2
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ISCOM 472 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP Course) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.iscom472nerd.com    ISCOM 472
Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
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ISCOM 472 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP Course) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.iscom472nerd.com     ISCOM 472
Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
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ISCOM 472 Week 3 DQ 3 (UOP Course) FOR MORE
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Week 3 DQ 3 (UOP Course)
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ISCOM 472 Week 3 Learning Team As-Is Process
Flowchart and Paper FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom472nerd.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 CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom472nerd.com   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
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ISCOM 472 Week 3 Process Improvement
Opportunities FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom472nerd.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 CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom472nerd.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 CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom472nerd.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 CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom472nerd.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
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m     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 Describewhat challenges the selected
organization may face in implementing the
improvements. Recommendhow 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
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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 CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom472nerd.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.
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ISCOM 472 Week 5 Individual JIT and Process
Standardization Paper FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom472nerd.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.
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ISCOM 472 Week 5 Learning Team Business Process
Improvement Plan and Metrics Paper and
Presentation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.iscom472n
erd.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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