Analyze processes and workflow of quality management, JIT and lean manufacturing, inventory management, and supply chain management

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Paper details:

Assignment Objectives:
Analyze processes and workflow of quality management, JIT and lean manufacturing, inventory management, and supply chain management and the use of enterprise resource, manufacturing and production operations systems and platforms.

Assignment Description:
ERP systems are complicated, and the executive has asked that you, the warehouse manager, to join the decision-making team for selecting the appropriate software. Who else from the company should be on the selection team? Please explain your answer.
***For this assignment requires that you assume the role of the warehouse manager in supporting the team’s selection of an appropriate Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) program. Here you will need to incorporate the knowledge of what an ERP system encompasses and how involvement by all necessary departments across the business is important in its overall success.

Scenario:
Smitheford Pharmaceuticals

Smitheford Pharmaceuticals was founded by a former officer in the Civil War, General Robert Smitheford, in 1878. He moved his family to Colorado Springs to aid in his wife’s tuberculosis condition. At the time, it was believed that the sunshine and high altitude had curative effects.

The company quickly grew and expanded. To improve the economies of several growing towns in Colorado, General Smitheford built additional manufacturing facilities in Pueblo, Grand Junction, Fort Collins, and Durango, Colorado.

Smitheford was an excellent leader, as demonstrated by his rapid rise in the Union Army. He used management incentives and was an early follower of Frederick Taylor on methods improvement and employee satisfaction. The company has since adopted total quality management (TQM) philosophies but has done a poor job of implementing these principles in manufacturing.

By the 1950s, Smitheford Pharmaceuticals grew to become the 6th-largest pharmaceutical firm in the United States. Expansion in manufacturing occurred in the 1970s and 1980s with operations in Canada, Puerto Rico, France, Japan, Mexico, and Brazil.

Many challenges are facing the industry today. NAFTA impacted some advantages that Canadian manufacturing might have had. Stricter FDA guidelines have made transportation of partially manufactured products more complicated; drug interactions, especially for the elderly, can seriously affect whether or not to release a new product, and manufacturing equipment has become more sophisticated, and with the advanced technology comes increase fixed costs.

You are a midlevel manager of production operations at Smitheford. You will need to look at several methods to improve efficiency and effectiveness for its area of responsibility. You will use quantitative and qualitative methods to make recommendations for the improvements.

Discuss in detail how the issues you identified impact the location.

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Instructions

As a leader in emergency management, you want to minimize negative consequences of risk by implementing a risk management plan.

For this assignment, you will design a new risk management plan for the contemporary issues you identified in Unit 2, as related to the location you identified (city, organization, or agency).

Try to be as realistic as possible in your design, taking into account your city or organization’s location and mission. Feel free to incorporate components from the location’s present risk management plan (if they have one), if you feel that they are the best choice. If you use an existing risk management plan, indicate the plan as a reference.

Complete the following for this assignment:

Discuss in detail how the issues you identified impact the location.
Explain the order of priorities for management of these issues.
Analyze how you propose the organization will manage the issues.
Propose metrics that will monitor the implementation progress of your risk management plan for these issues. You are permitted to use free risk management plan templates from the Internet, but be sure to list the location of the URL where the template was located.
The following are sample metrics that could be included:

Completing a vulnerability assessment. (This is something that you would already have a start on since you have identified two issues.)
Training employees for an introduction to risk management.
Implementing policies and procedures to support the risk management plan.
Other metrics pertinent to your particular location.

Written communication: Your writing should clearly identify where each grading criteria or part of the assignment is addressed. Your points are required to be logical, substantive, and relevant based on the evidence presented. The writing must be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting. When appropriate, use APA formatted headings.
Number of resources: Minimum of six recent, peer-reviewed resources.
Length of paper: Four typed, double-spaced pages.
Font type and size: Times New Roman, 12 points.

Describe the adaptive work that needs to be accomplished.

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Adaptive work is accomplished by finding a solution to seemingly intractable problems facing leaders; the solution is neither technical, nor obvious.
As the material illustrates, leaders must motivate organization members to face demanding situations that arise from the organization’s own culture and values.
Using the organization you chose within this week’s first discussion (I have included the earlier assignment and the company to reference as an attachment.), analyze an adaptive challenge facing this organization.
Describe the adaptive work that needs to be accomplished.
Analyze your approach to resolving the problem.
Be certain to include questions that would arise, and what trade-offs may be required in your analysis.
Describe the desired outcome.

Critically appraise and evaluate the contribution primary and secondary data sources can make to research studies, particularly with respect to sampling, statistical analysis and data presentation techniques.

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Assignment Brief

Lean Six Sigma Tools in TQM
As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a Research Methods assignment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the student will be expected to:
1. Critically appraise and evaluate the contribution primary and secondary data sources can make to research studies, particularly with respect to sampling, statistical analysis and data presentation techniques.
2. Critically appraise and evaluate research undertaken by others.
3. Undertake multidisciplinary research through the acquisition of skills relevant to the context of business and management.
4. Effectively plan and undertake personal development including the awareness of an ethical and socially responsibly dimension to decision making.
Your assignment should include: a title page containing your student number, the module name, the submission deadline and a word count; the appendices if relevant; and a reference list in Arden University (AU) Harvard format. You should address all the elements of the assignment task listed below. Please note that tutors will use the assessment criteria set out below in assessing your work.
Maximum word count: 3000 words
Please note that exceeding the word count by over 10% will result in a reduction in grade by the same percentage that the word count is exceeded.
You must not include your name in your submission because Arden University operates anonymous marking, which means that markers should not be aware of the identity of the student. However, please do not forget to include your STU number.
Re-sits:
If you are re-sitting this assessment for the first time, you may re-work your original submission if you wish. However, if this is your third attempt at this assessment, you must submit a piece of work which is substantially different from your first two attempts.
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Assignment Task
You are required to produce a research proposal for a dissertation in a management related field. The proposal prepared may be the one which you follow for your dissertation but this is not essential. If you eventually choose another topic for your dissertation you will have to go through a similar process as that required for this assessment on that topic. It would therefore be sensible to think carefully about the topic choice and decide now what your dissertation will be about. For those on an MBA named route the eventual dissertation must relate to that route.
Your answer should include the detail below.
Format:
The format should broadly follow the plan provided below. Diagrams and charts may be added to clarify and illustrate points.
Research Questions & Objectives
Explanation of the problem/issue and justify why it is important, both from an organisational and a personal perspective, and a series of precisely written objectives, to include observable outcomes, that flow from this.
Literature review
Demonstrate knowledge of relevant literature by identifying key debates: concepts and theories within the topic area and how the literature will be utilised to inform your research.
Methodology
Explanation of fundamental issues in methodology followed by a full description of the methodological approach to be adopted. This and your data collection methods should be justified and you should explore issues of validity, reliability and generalisability of the research proposal and make reference to ethical issues. You should also discuss relevant practical issues relating to the research to be undertaken e.g. organisational consent and timescales. A more detailed project plan should be appended.
Overall Structure of Proposal
Appropriate use of references. AU Harvard referencing to be used in both the text and bibliography – all detail to be included. Logical structure, report format.
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Practical Issues
Your assessment should be submitted as a single word or pdf file. For more information please see the “Guide to Submitting an Assignment” document available on the module page on ilearn.
Including quotations, but exclusive of the bibliography and appendices, the assignment must not exceed 3,000 words in length.
Students are required to indicate the exact word count on the title page of the assessment. The word count excludes the title page, executive summary, tables, figures, diagrams, footnotes, reference list and appendices. Where assessment questions have been reprinted from the assessment brief these will also be excluded from the word count. ALL other printed words ARE included in the word count. See ‘Word Count Policy’ on the homepage of this module for more information.
Assignments submitted late will not be accepted and will be marked as a 0% fail.
You MUST underpin your analysis and evaluation of the key issues with appropriate and wide ranging academic research and ensure this is referenced using the AU Harvard system. The My Study Skills Area contains the following useful resources:
Guide to Harvard Referencing http://moodle.bl.rdi.co.uk/guides/HarvardRef/AU_Harvard_Quick_Ref_Guide.pdf Guide to Harvard Citation http://moodle.bl.rdi.co.uk/guides/HarvardRef/AU_Guide_to_Harvard_Citation.pdf
You must use the AU Harvard Referencing method in your assignment.
You must ensure that the submitted assignment is all your own work and that all sources used are correctly attributed. Penalties apply to assignments which show evidence of academic unfair practice. (See the Student Handbook which is available in the Induction Area on ilearn).
Assessment criteria
The proposal will be assessed for its overall quality; in particular the extent to which the components fit together and its suitability for masters level research. You will need to demonstrate that you have withheld pre-conceived ideas and organised your arguments logically. The proposal needs to convince the reader as to its suitability and your ability to undertake the work. A mark sheet and marking criteria are attached. The work will be marked on a percentage basis, with 40 percent being the pass mark. You
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should take careful note of where marks are allocated and ensure that you address these areas in your proposal.
Once you have identified your area it is worth contacting your tutor with a brief outline of what you intend to do with your objectives clearly set out in order to receive some feedback before you undertake the main writing up.
Getting support for your assessment
The idea for the proposal is yours so we cannot make suggestions but will give feedback on a plan and tell you whether we think it viable. To do this we need you to give us: a title; some rationale for the idea; the research question, some objectives; and an indication of the theory to be used.
We will also read and comment once only on a full draft of your work provided it is submitted no later than the deadline set out on ilearn. This is usually one week prior to the assessment hand in date but it is your responsibility to check ilearn for the actual date.
We strongly recommend attending the online sessions.

Prepare 3-pages on Importance of (a) hiring both genders and also of (b) hiring military veterans.

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Reading Background
Hiring America. (2016, November 18) Why should you hire veterans? [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFp8KMgHR0E. This video sets the tone for the SLP assignment.

Legal Information Institute (n.d.) Affirmative action. Retrieved from https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/affirmative_action

James, G. (2010). How to write a press release, with examples. Retrieved from https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-to-write-a-press-release-with-examples/

You work as VP of Human Resources for a private-sector employer in an industry that has historically attracted only civilian males (for example, earth-moving equipment, steel making, etc.). Because of your organization’s great success in recruiting women and also military veterans, you want to write a press release as free publicity for your organization’s efforts.

Use 3 sources, Prepare 3-pages on Importance of (a) hiring both genders and also of (b) hiring military veterans about:

1. Importance of (a) hiring both genders and also of (b) hiring military veterans.
2. How your private-sector organization has overcome the difficulty of hiring women to jobs in an industry that historically has attracted only men
3. Explain your best practices in targeted recruitment efforts in (a) hiring women and (b) military vets.
4. Bring in industry statistics from the academic resources to enhance and deepen your information.
5. Bring in at least two other companies by name, preferably in the same industry as your spotlighted company:
a. A company that has been successful in hiring women in positions previously held by men.
b. A different company that has a strong practice of hiring military veterans.

You have just been hired as a program manager for a specific program. Create a business case and charter for the program, including governance as well as a complete program plan for your new program.

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The Course Project is an individual assignment and is a program management plan for a company of your choice. You may use your own employer or a public company you can research to provide necessary details. To get started, you need to know the company’s strategic plan and strategic capacity plan. You have just been hired as a program manager for a specific program. Either use one from your research or create one that would fit what you have learned about the organization’s strategic objectives. Create a business case and charter for the program, including governance as well as a complete program plan for your new program.

You will treat each part separately as its own.

Your outline should include the following:

  1. A brief description of the company you will be using for your project
  2. A brief description of the program that you are proposing
  3. A summary of the business case – important benefits and points that you wish to make

Course Project Part 2—Business Case and Charter should include the following:

  • Executive summary
  • Organization’s strategic plan
  • Organization’s strategic capacity plan
  • Program business case which is composed by:
  1. Problem description
  2. Alternatives
  3. Feasibility
  4. Cost-benefit analysis
  • Program charter which is composed by:
  1. Program overview
  2. Benefit management
  3. Program governance
  4. Program component selection criteria and list
  5. Program roadmap

Course Project Part 3—Final Program Management Plan should include the following:

  1. Executive summary
  2. Financial management
  3. Benefits management plan summary
  4. Stakeholder engagement plan
  5. Communication management plan
  6. Risk management plan
  7. Change management plan
  8. Resource map management plan
  9. Program component descriptions and roadmap
  10. Schedule management plan
  11. Scope management plan

Create a proposal to present to the leadership team for the orientation of new nurse managers.

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Management Orientation Program Proposal.
You have the opportunity to create a proposal to present to the leadership team for the orientation of new nurse managers. This project will include the creation of an orientation using leadership and management topics that will be selected to support the nurse manager as he or she transitions into the new role. This project will compile specific topics, resources and facilitators to support a new nurse manager as they get acclimated to the organization or unit. APA citations expected.

Your proposal should include:

Introductory and concluding remarks.
Identify 8 specific topics to support the new nurse manager.
Learning objectives for the lesson(s)
Rationale for including each topic with a synthesis of professional literature.
Recommendation of internal and or external materials for each topic.
Recommendation of a facilitator for each topic.
Rationale listing why the materials and facilitator(s) are the most appropriate choice for that topic.

Identify key stakeholder groups necessary for the evaluation’s success. Summarize the organization’s key strengths, weaknesses, and challenges based on at least seven success factors identifieSummarize the organization’s key strengths, weaknesses, and challenges based on at least seven success factors identified throughout our course materials. Offer quantitative and qualitative evidence in support of the organization’s strengths and weaknesses

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Identify key stakeholder groups necessary for the evaluation’s success.–Summarize the organization’s key strengths, weaknesses, and challenges based on at least seven success factors identified throughout our course materialas.–Offer quantitative and qualitative evidence in support of the organization’s strengths and weaknesses.–Design a strategy to build consensus among stakeholders as to the key elements under evaluation, objectives, and desired outcomes.–Select a specific program within the nonprofit for evaluation.–Design a data collection tool and cover letter

Use the NEA ( The National Education Association http://www.nea.org/ )

What are the implications for business organizations today? What are the potential downfalls for the organization? Analyze the impact on the organization, the workers, leadership, the customers, and the future of all involved.

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Using the knowledge you gained in the Issues in Organizational Leadership about leadership, management, change, culture, and personality conduct an analysis of the case. Use all of the information given in the case study. It is quite a lot of information. Discuss the following:

1. What made the collective action by Market Basket employees successful?

2. How did the dispute garner support from the public?

3. What are the implications for business organizations today?

4. What are the potential downfalls for the organization?

5. Analyze the impact on the organization, the workers, leadership, the customers, and the future of all involved.

 

Create a 1,400- to 1,750-word handbook that details strategies for dealing with 5 of the 7 issues listed : Preventing sexual assault, psychotherapeutic treatment options, placing victims in separate housing, safety concerns, furlough programs, screening and classification procedures, undiagnosed sex offender

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Imagine you work for a correctional facility and have been tasked with creating a handbook with detailed strategies for managing special issues involved with sex offenders in a jail, prison, or inpatient treatment setting.

Create a 1,400- to 1,750-word handbook that details strategies for dealing with 5 of the 7 issues listed below as they pertain to the management of sex offenders in your chosen setting:

Preventing sexual assault
Psychotherapeutic treatment options
Placing victims in separate housing
Safety concerns
Furlough programs
Screening and classification procedures
Undiagnosed sex offenders
Strategies for dealing with resistance to treatment
Inmates who become sex offenders after being incarcerated
Effect of incarceration on the offenders after their release
Reintegrating sex offenders into the community