MSOE Library Home	Login My List - 0 Help
	Home   Search   My Account

Basic Advanced Power History

Search:  Author KeywordsBarcodeBib No.Call Number Keyword Search (Enter part of a call number -- use wildcards)General Keyword SearchKeyword Search of Contents NotesKeyword Search of Credits Notes (Enter word or words)Keyword Search of FormatKeyword Search of Item DescriptionKeyword Search of Publisher's NameName Keyword SearchPublication Date Keyword SearchSearch Part of an ISBN NumberSearch Part of an ISSN NumberSeries Title KeywordsSubject KeywordsTitle Keywords       Refine Search     > You're searching: Walter Schroeder Library, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Item Information   Holdings       More by this author     Gooden, Donald A.     Subjects     Project management -- Research.     Production management -- Statistical methods     Total quality management     Customer services -- Quality control -- Statistical methods.     Process control     MSEM Thesis.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gooden, Donald A.       by title:      Strive to achieve op...         MARC Display

Strive to achieve optimal results : a project involving a small manufacturing company / Donald A. Gooden. by Gooden, Donald A. Subjects Project management -- Research.   Production management -- Statistical methods   Total quality management   Customer services -- Quality control -- Statistical methods.   Process control   MSEM Thesis. Description:  122 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Contents:  Thesis advisor: Dr. Thomas F. Schuppe Committee members: Michael R. Ostrenga, Dr. Bruce Thompson Introduction -- Project focus characteristics and the author's research strategy -- A synopsis of various continuous improvement methodologies -- Development of a collaborative team-based working environment -- Remove subjectivity involving the problem-solving process -- Strive to attain kaikaku (perfection) -- Author's recommended corrective actions -- Detailed implementation plan -- A: Interview results. A correlation exists between organizations (large and small) meeting existing and potential customers' product pricing (and quality) expectations and the effectiveness of that organization's continuous improvement initiatives. This relationship has motivated manufacturing operations professionals to identify value-added practices that support continuous improvement efforts of organizations. Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and development of collaborative working environments exemplify the many methodologies that have evolved from efforts to identify effective practices and programs that achieve optimal results. Attainment of optimal results from manufacturing-related operations requires diligence in identifying appropriate programs that drive non-value-added cost out of business-related operations. Organizations that appreciate this realize verifiable results from implemented cost reduction and quality improvement prograrms. However, meeting the stated challenge is potentially more challenging for small businesses lacking sufficient resources to support their efforts to achieve optimal results consistently. Take for instance, the XYZ Company, the subject of this paper's case study. The XYZ Company, a small manufacturing organization, is currently considering the feasibility of continuing to provide parts to a valued customer. Recently, the organization discontinued leasing a crucial piece of equipment that potentially supported the organizations' efforts to achieve acceptable profit magins. Is investing (or leasing) in equipment the only cost reduction option? Could equipment purchases hide or accommodate existing inefficiencies? Before investing in additional equipment, organizations must be confident that they are realizing optimal results from their existing resources. This caveat applies to the XYZ Company. The XYZ Company should be confident that the organization is achieving optimal results from their existing resources before purchasing or leasing additional equipment. Has the XYZ Company successfully identified and implemented appropriate efficiency enhancing programs? If cost reduction opportunities exist, what are the appropriate corrective actions? In addition, is the XYZ Company committed to apportion required resources to support implemented continuous improvement initiatives? In the twenty-first century's continually evolving, dynamic, and competitive markets, businesses must continually review and enhance their continuous improvement efforts. Organizations that fail to recognize this are destined to capitulate to competitors that appreciate the need to improve continually. In the twenty-first century, organizations' achievement of optimal results from its manufacturing operations is not an option. A catalyst motivating this condition is the dynamics associated with meeting customers' expectationsCustomers, domestically and globally, demand that organizations meet their product pricing (and quality) expectations. These conditions necessitate that manufacturing-related operations consistently function as efficiently as possible. To achieve this objective requires dedication and diligence in identifying and implementing programs (and practices) that eliminate non-value-added activities.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Walter Schroeder Library Master's Theses AC805 .G66 2008 Available Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9885

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.