BUSI 830 Week 2 Discussion Thread: Solutions that Incorporate Lean Six Sigma
BUSI 830 Week 2 Discussion Thread: Solutions that Incorporate Lean Six Sigma
The application of LSS in Case Studies indicates the potential to use case studies in a broader sense. The application of LSS in case studies to business solutions requires an acute perspective which we hope to develop throughout this course. In this discussion, the student will consider an organization that has a manufacturing issue-specifically, no one in the organization can seem to articulate why their final product (widget) takes less than 4 hours of actual prep/manipulation(stamping, carving, refining, etc.)/assembly/finishing, and yet the time from entry of all the raw materials to the ship date is 3 months. The organization seems to have plenty of supply and demand, space, resources, manning, etc. The student will discuss what part of LSS (Lean or Six Sigma) would be more appropriate/effective in solving this organization’s problem.
DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
This course explores case studies and the application of lean six sigma therein. Each Discussion Main Thread is designed to help you analyze, evaluate, and synthesize what you have learned from the reading as well as your own research from the literature and then apply that to a business issue. The application of a business solution is as unique and varied as there are
business issues or challenges. Countless consulting agencies suggest they provide guaranteed solutions, but many times don’t have the methodologies to back them up. In the discussion main threads, you will serve as the consultant and discuss methodologies of how to apply each topic or type of case study to a specific issue.
Do not confuse what is required in the Case Study Projects with what is required here which is more of a business solutions application mindset.
(NOTE: Even if not officially wearing the title of ‘consultant’ in your organization, you may be asked to provide a business solution to an internal organizational issue.
Regardless of titles, these scenarios are designed to get you thinking about how to apply the applicable case study to a certain type of issue.)
INSTRUCTIONS
Requirements for every Discussion Post
Minimum of 300 words in the body
Minimum of 2 sources from the literature in addition to course texts
Use the following outline:
Introduction
Consultant’s Assessment/Recommendations
Conclusion
References
Materials submitted to fulfill requirements in one course may not be submitted in another course.
Concerns about the propriety of obtaining outside assistance and acknowledging sources should be addressed to the instructor of the course before the work commences and as necessary as the work proceeds.
ï‚· Be sure to use current APA formatting for all elements of your Main Threads
ï‚· In addition to the course textbook(s), this discussion must include at least 2 references from scholarly articles that have publication dates no older than 5 years. Do not use any books other than the Bible (if applicable) and the textbook. Do not conduct interviews.
ï‚· In-text citations are required to support your statements, points, assertions, issues, arguments, concerns, paragraph topic sentences, and statements of fact and opinion.
ï‚· The required cover page and the reference pages are not included in the required assignment word count but are required as part of your discussion post.
ï‚· The introduction and conclusion sections should be succinct.
ï‚· Sources of information from Wikipedia, dictionaries, and encyclopedia will not be accepted.
ï‚· All parts of the assignment must be based on scholarly and biblical literature.
 Avoid clichés, slang, jargon, exaggerations, abbreviations, figurative language, and language that is too informal and too subjective.
ï‚· Submit your final document for grading with file name syntax: Last Name First Initial DF#. For example: PhilebaumJIncorpLSS.doc (no .pdfs).
Grading Metrics
Consult the accompanying rubric for how your instructor will grade this discussion. Also, any form of plagiarism, including cutting and pasting, will result in zero points for the entire discussion. All quoted and ‘directly influencing’ materials must be properly cited in current APA
format.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool. The tool is a starting point for instructors to check overall Academic Integrity and higher scores generally indicate a higher probability of Academic Misconduct. The higher a score, the higher the probability that there are too many quotations included in the narrative, and/or there are passages
that have not been properly cited.
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