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• ISCOM 472 Entire Course
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• ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 1
• ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 2
• ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 3
• ISCOM 472 Week 1 Individual Elements of Lean
  Paper
• ISCOM 472 Week 2 DQ 1
• ISCOM 472 Week 2 DQ 2

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• ISCOM 472 Final Exam Guide
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• 1. Lean enterprise is a systematic
  methodology to reduce the complexity and
  streamline a process to identify and eliminate
  waste in company processes.
• 2. Just In-Time is the same as a lean
  manufacturing approach.
• 3. The end goal of Lean enterprise and
  Six Sigma are the same in that they strive for
  better process performance by focusing on the
  same elements of the process.

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• ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 1
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• Where is your organization in the evolution of a
  Lean Enterprise?

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• ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 2
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• What technology drivers influence the evolution
  to lean enterprise?

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• ISCOM 472 Week 1 DQ 3
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• What is your organization's vision? Is your
  organization utilizing any lean enterprise
  principles to achieve its vision? How has this
  been effective?

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• ISCOM 472 Week 1 Individual Elements of Lean
  Paper
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• Resources Electronic Reserve Readings,
  University Library, the Internet, or other
  resources
• Research the elements and core disciplines of
  lean manufacturing and services as it relates to
  your organization, or one with which you are
  familiar.
• Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you
  address the following points
• Describe briefly at least three core elements of
  lean.

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• ISCOM 472 Week 1 Lean Enterprise Organization
  Application
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• ISCOM 472 Week 1 Lean Enterprise Organization
  Application
• You will research the elements and core
  disciplines of various Lean Enterprise/Operational
  Excellence initiatives/approaches (for example
  Lean, Six Sigma, TQM, Theory of Constraints, ISO,
  Operational Excellence) for both manufacturing
  and services as it relates to your organization
  (or one with which you are familiar).

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• ISCOM 472 Week 2 DQ 1
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• Does your organization utilize TQM systems? What
  types? Give an example of how a particular TQM
  tool resolved a quality issue. What other methods
  could be considered?

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• ISCOM 472 Week 2 DQ 2
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• Does your organization utilize Six Sigma
  improvement methodology? Give an example of
  process that would benefit from DMAIC. What would
  be the challenges that your organization would
  have to overcome to successfully utilize Six
  Sigma?

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• ISCOM 472 Week 2 DQ 3
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• What is your organizations procedure for
  understanding your manufacturing or service
  process?

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• ISCOM 472 Week 2 Learning Team Need for a Lean
  Initiatives Paper
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• Research and identify an organization that will
  be used for this and subsequent Learning Team
  assignments.
• Attain faculty approval.
• Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper in which you
  identify a lean organization including their
  mission, vision, goals, and objectives.
• Compare and contrast your chosen organization to
  your own organization, or one with which you are
  familiar, in terms of various lean initiatives.

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• ISCOM 472 Week 3 Article Summary
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• Summarize the article(s) you have chosen in a
  350-word paper.
• Explain how your selected article(s) relate(s) to
  two of the four Week 3 Objectives.

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• ISCOM 472 Week 3 DMAIC Problem Solving
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• Create a Microsoft PowerPoint slide
  presentation with speaker notes addressing each
  of the process improvement phases of DMAIC.
  Identify a process you want to improve in your
  personal life or in your organization, or one you
  know that may benefit from improvement.
• Research each of the following phases
• Define
• Measure
• Analyze

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• ISCOM 472 Week 3 DQ 1
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• ISCOM 472 Week 3 DQ 1

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• ISCOM 472 Week 3 DQ 2
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• ISCOM 472 Week 3 DQ 2

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• ISCOM 472 Week 3 DQ 3
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• ISCOM 472 Week 3 DQ 3

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• ISCOM 472 Week 3 Learning Team As-Is Process
  Flowchart and Paper
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• Resource Need for a Lean Initiatives Paper
• Create an As-Is Process Flowchart for a process
  that requires improvement for your selected
  organization.
• Write a 700- to 1,400-word paper in which you
  describe at least three problem analysis tools
  that you applied to develop the process
  flowchart.
• Explain the benefits of accurately documenting
  the As-Is process.
• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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• ISCOM 472 Week 3 Learning Team Individual Process
  Analysis Techniques Summary
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• Process Analysis Techniques Summary Create a
  Microsoft PowerPoint slide presentation
  addressing each of the process improvement phases
  listed below in a separate slide.
• Research each phase and describe two different
  techniques to analyze a process that may be
  utilized during each of the following process
  improvement phases
• Define
• Measure
• Analyze

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• ISCOM 472 Week 3 Process Improvement
  Opportunities
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• ISCOM472 Week 3 Process Improvement Opportunities
• Create an As-Is Process Flowchart for a process
  that requires improvement of your selected
  organization.
• Explain the benefits of accurately documenting
  the As-Is process.
• Research your organization that needs improvement
  and your benchmark organization.
• Write a 700-word paper in which you identify and
  explain the process improvement opportunities and
  change management process and map the current
  AS-IS process.
• Address each of the following in your paper
• Explain why process flowcharts to map the As-Is
  process is important to problem solving.
• Use the matrix example given below to identify
  and benchmark process improvement categories

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• ISCOM 472 Week 4 DQ 1
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• Can you improve something that you cant measure?
  Why or why n

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• ISCOM 472 Week 4 DQ 2
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• What metrics does your organization use to assess
  supply chain performance? What are the benefits
  of performance metrics

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• ISCOM 472 Week 4 DQ 3
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• How do internal metrics differ from external
  metrics? How does an organization know if they
  are measuring the right things?

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• ISCOM 472 Week 4 Individual Change Management
  Paper
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• Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper, usingyour own
  organization or one with which you are familiar.
• Identify the three categories of improvements
  (cycle-time, quality, and cost) that may be
  applied to an organizational process.
• Address the following in your paper
• Describewhat challenges the selected organization
  may face in implementing the improvements.
• Recommendhow the organization may resolve
  resistance to change.
• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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• ISCOM 472 Week 4 Leading Lean Enterprises Changes
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• ISCOM 472 Week 4 Leading Lean Enterprises Changes
• Write a 1,050-word paper to assess and resolve
  resistance to process change.
• Identify at least two non-standardized processes
  in your own organization or one you are familiar
  with that can be documented.
• Address the following in your paper

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• ISCOM 472 Week 4 Learning Team To-Be Process
  Flowchart and Paper
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• Resources Need for a Lean Initiatives Paper and
  As-Is Process Flowchart and Paper
• Create a To-Be Process Flowchart for the process
  identified that requires improvement for your
  selected organization.
• Write a 700- to 1,400-word paper in which you
  describe at least three problem analysis tools
  that you applied to develop the process
  flowchart.

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• ISCOM 472 Week 5 Individual Assignment JIT
  Process Improvement
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• Benchmark a public company that has JIT
  Processing. Apply the selected companys JIT
  best practices to your own company or another
  public company you know or can research.
• Observe and document the process steps followed.

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• ISCOM 472 Week 5 Individual JIT and Process
  Standardization Paper
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• Choose a local business establishment, such as a
  car wash, fast food, dry cleaner, or doctors
  office check-in.
• Observe and document the process steps followed.
• Write a 700- to 1,050-word analysis in which you

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• ISCOM 472 Week 5 Learning Team Business Process
  Improvement Plan and Metrics Paper and
  Presentation
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• Resources Need for a Lean Initiatives Paper,
  As-Is Process Flowchart and Paper, and To-Be
  Process Flowchart and Paper
• Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper recommending and
  evaluating the selected business process
  improvement plan for your selected organization.

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