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1.
Lean enterprise is a systematic methodology to red
uce the complexity and streamline a process to identify
and eliminate waste in company processes.
2.
What technology drivers influence the evolution to lean
enterprise?
What is your organization's vision? Is your organization
utilizing any lean enterprise principles to achieve its visi
on? How has this been effective?
Does your organization utilize TQM systems? What type
s? Give an example of how a particular TQM tool resolve
d a quality issue. What other methods could be conside
red?
Does your organization utilize Six Sigma improvement
methodology? Give an example of process that would b
enefit from DMAIC. What would be the challenges that y
our organization would have to overcome to successfull
y utilize Six Sigma?
What is your organizations procedure for understandin
g your manufacturing or service process?
Research and identify an organization that will be used f
or this and subsequent Learning Team assignments.
Resource: Need for a Lean Initiatives Paper
Process Analysis Techniques Summary Create a Microso
ft PowerPoint slide presentation addressing each of
the process improvement phases listed below in a sepa
rate slide.
Research each phase and describe two different techniq
ues to analyze a process that may be utilized during eac
h of the following process improvement phases:
Can you improve something that you cant measure? W
hy or why
What metrics does your organization use to assess supp
ly chain performance? What are the benefits of perform
ance metrics?
How do internal metrics differ from external metrics?
How does an organization know if they are measuring t
he right things?
Choose a local business establishment, such as a car wa
sh, fast food, dry cleaner, or doctors office check-in.
Observe and document the process steps followed.
Resources: Need for a Lean Initiatives Paper, As-Is Proc
ess Flowchart and Paper, and To-Be Process Flowchart a
nd Paper