For this
assignment select either your own organization or an organization about which
you know enough to review the supply chain processes and identify a process
that can be improved in your sphere of influence.
Phase I:
Improvement Opportunity
Write 500-750
words on improvement opportunity in your sphere of influence. Address each of
the following sections:
Quality Tool
Analysis
Identify your
problem statement and complete a root-cause analysis. Identify which quality
tools you used to identify and vet the problem. Explain the quantitative and
qualitative tools you used and provide a summary of how you arrived at your
problem.
Stakeholder
Analysis
Complete the interactive “Stakeholder
Analysis: Winning Support for Your Projects,” located on the Mind Tools
website. (https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newPPM_07.htm) In Step 2, select the “Interactive Screen App” hyperlink. Provide
a Power/Interest Grid of your completed chart (using either a picture format or
a handwritten document). In addition, provide a summary that includes
considerations for all stakeholders. These considerations will form your
communication plan in Part II.
Prepare this assignment according to the
guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
An abstract is not required.
This assignment
uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required
to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.
Phase II:
Planning and Implementation
In Phase II of
the Process Improvement Project you will be creatinga project timeline to help
you implement the proposed solution to the problem statement defined in Phase
I. As a project leader, you will need to consider several things before you
start the project. The project leader must preplan, plan, and kickoff the
project.
Planning of the
Project
As the project
leader, write 500-750 words that address these items:
1. Identify
which methodologies and strategies you will implement to meet your goals.
Provide rationale for why you did not select some of the other methodologies
and strategies.
2. Which
business functions will be impacted by your action plan? What tactics will you
use to manage implementation across business functions? What can you do to
enhance collaboration/cross-functionality to ensure the success of your plan?
3. Timeline:
Create a timeline to implement the proposed improvement to the problem and
identify the critical path components.
4. Communication
plan:Using your completed quality tools analysis and stakeholder analysis,
create a communication plan for disseminating your action plan to all of the
stakeholders. Which strategies do you plan to utilize and why? Your plan should
demonstrate how you plan to use formal and informal communication channels to
implement the plan. In addition, explain how the communication plan addresses
what you are hoping to achieve with your goal.
Phase
III: Evaluation
In the final
step for your plan, state in 250-300 words the metrics you will use to
determine project implementation success. Please justify why you have selected
those metrics. Include specific metrics that will be used to evaluate the
success of the implementation. How long will the project team monitor project
implementation?
This assignment
uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required
to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.
General
Project Requirements
While APA format
is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is
expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting
guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student
Success Center.
This assignment
uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required
to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.
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