Revise current workflows
related to packaging at one of your tea factories to be more sustainable and
more lean. As this is their first project, you will be helping them complete
their task.
Prompt
Read through the Project
Charter for Workflow Improvement Word Document, then review the Process
Workflow for Tea Production Word Document. Based on these
documents, recommend removing a total of four steps from the
process flowchart that can help make the process more efficient and
sustainable. Explain the implications of the proposed changes, and then help
the NationaliTeas team address current items in the Issue Log located in the
project charter.
Specifically, you must
address the following rubric criteria:
- Lean
Manufacturing:
Evaluate the process flowchart to identify steps that do not add value
based on the principles of lean manufacturing. Explain why you selected
each step. - Sustainability: Evaluate the
process flowchart and identify steps that should be removed or changed to
improve environmental sustainability. Explain why you selected each step. - Process Changes: Explain the
implications, both positive and negative, of removing or changing the
steps from the process flowchart you identified in the previous two bullet
points. Also explain how those changes would help alignment to the triple
bottom line (TBL). - Issue Log: Analyze all
entries in the Issue Log from the perspective of a project manager and
explain the recommended course of action based on the project charter,
noting the impact of the issue on scope, planning communications, and
resourcing. - Operations Management
Techniques:
Discuss how operations management techniques, including project management
and lean manufacturing, can add value to NationaliTeas.
Guidelines
for Submission
Submit this assignment as
a 350- to 500-word Word document. Sources should be cited according to APA
style.
Please use sources easily found through Google searches, nothing too scholarly.