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Conduct internet research and identify an established process improvement strategy. Explain the strategy and describe what you feel are its biggest strengths. In replies to peers, discuss how the strategies listed by peers compare to the one you described and indicate which you think you would employ given the option.
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Reminder, each response must be a paragraph which is seven sentences. In addition, I am reminding all students not to lose points moving forward, that the responses for participation need to follow the ABC method. Acknowledge what your classmate has said, build on the content (do not just state, I agree with how you said this, or I like how you said that), and close with a question (an open-ended question). You may send me a message in the private forum with any questions. You must have supporting in-text citations and references to support your discussions posts. Blessings with wisdom and academic growth! Cheers, Professor Ligon Blessings and prayers…
A JEREMY
Six Sigma is an established process that will improve projects by reducing the probability that an error or defect will occur. It can tell us how the process slows down, how to eliminate delays and improve process and fix further delays. Introduced by Bill Smith in 1980 while he was employed by Motorola. It’s a process that really gets into the details of a project. There are two methodologies. DMAIC & DMADV. Both mythologies have the same process. They are just used for different organizations or projects. The only difference in the methodologies are the last two phases. Improve and Control and Design and Verify. Define Measure and Analyze are the most important parts. Without defining what the project needs, we can waste time just going through things that may not need improved. If we didn’t have measurements, we wouldn’t know if things were improving or getting worse. Analyze is for finding the problem or finding the parts that may need improved to make things work better. Improve and control is one of the most common methodologies used in the world. It focuses on improving something already in place. Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control. Or in the other methodology, Define, Measure, Analyze, Design and Verify.
B MICHAEL
The process improvement strategy refers to the vision, goals, and steps that will enable an organization’s processes to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage by addressing inefficiencies, waste, plant and asset condition, and culture within the process and its stakeholders through the use of SWOT analysis, or Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. The capacity to visualize a process and forecast the goals and processes that will enable an organization to achieve those goals is known as process improvement strategy. To have a competitive advantage and the ability to solve inefficiencies and waste, to recognize assets where others do not, and to promote project and stakeholder success. A good initial step is to define the scope or procedure that needs to be improved. Then there’s determining customer satisfaction, streamlining service, and lowering product defects. Taking care of the customer’s side of the problem might help a team concentrate and prioritize their efforts. Understanding the process from a strategic standpoint allows the team to build the product more effectively and maybe sooner, which may also mean less money spent. Understanding your company’s strengths and weaknesses gives you more control over what you can change and what you can’t, such as intellectual property, location, and who is on your team. Things outside of your firm that can be beneficial or dangerous, such as raw material pricing and trends, are examples of opportunities and threats. SWOT analysis will assist you in determining the optimal strategy for gaining advantages and avoiding issues.
C SABRINA
Hello Professor and class,
Business process improvement and optimization is a simple method for businesses to provide better service(s) to their customers, and increase efficiency and profit while doing so. Personally, I find process improvement interesting because anyone can be involved (of course, depending on the business and culture structure) to find or promote the best possible strategies. Naturally, there are limiters to what strategies can be applied – time, cost, and quality. Only two of these qualities can really be pursued. With this in mind, I feel like investing with those who are most involved with these qualities is a great process improvement strategy. There are many names for this strategy but the common idea is for the “doers to own the process” (Processbliss). This strategy enabled those using the process to get feedback on it at any stage, which captures important insights at whatever stage the process is at. It means feedback does not need to wait for annual or quarterly surveys or review meetings (if necessary, then they would be reduced). Since there people are already involved in the process, there doesn’t need to be any adjusting with time, cost, or quality unless a project is launched to enact on feedback.
