Reference no: EM131725832
Assignment: Virtual Tour
Research and find an online or video plant tour that interests you, See the reference list for ideas. You may choose your own if there is another company/product/service that interests you.
Take the online tour and complete the following questions:
1. What company did you tour? Describe their products/services and other relevant information.
2. What were the (low value) inputs, describe the transformation process, and describe the (high value) outputs. (Ch 1)
3. Would you judge the company to be a Product Innovator or Product Imitator? Describe the factors that led you to reach this conclusion. (Ch 2)
4. How would you describe the process: Continuous, Assembly Line, Batch, Job Shop or Project? Describe why you picked this. What process characteristics did you observe that led you to this conclusion? (Ch 4 - 5)
5. Using the ‘Insert' ‘Shapes' function on MS Word, draw a high-level process flow chart (approx. 10-15 steps) for the production process (Ch 6)
6. What Lean concepts were demonstrated in this video? Also, what opportunities did you did you identify to apply Lean Manufacturing/Lean Thinking concepts in their operation? (Ch 7)
7. What was the most interesting part of the online tour?
8. What surprised you about the process, product or company?
General Requirements:
1. While you will not be held to a particular number of pages, I anticipate approximately 8-10 written pages of well thought out material. Process flow charts and other visual tools will make up a portion of this project.
2. Where applicable, cite all resources (APA or MLA style)! You will be penalized for not citing others' writings or concepts-whether you quote them directly or summarize. Note as well that much of this paper is based on your own direct observation and interpretation.
3. The final project will be due by midnight on Nov 14 (reading day). One letter grade will be deducted for each day late. A zero (-0-) will be assigned if not received by midnight, Nov 16.
Attachment:- Project-Virtual-Tour.rar
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