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SCM101 Introduction to Logistics & Supply Chain Management - Sault College
Assignment - Quality Management: Manufacturing and Operations Management
Assignment Description
Lean and Six Sigma innovations have changed the way businesses compete in manufacturing and service delivery. In this assignment you will explore how these approaches to quality allowed companies such as Toyota to become industry leaders.
Read the assigned materials and respond to the provided questions. The focus of these questions is on how the principles of Lean and Six Sigma can be directly implemented as actionable business practices. In other words, you must pay attention to how the ideas behind Lean and Six Sigma may be put into action as real processes and procedures for doing business.
Assignment Instructions
1. Read the article, "Heavy demand for ‘lean' specialists" Globe and Mail (Aug. 16 2013).
2. Watch the attached video, Taiichi Ohno on the Toyota Production System
3. Record your thoughts and observations while reading and watching. This part of the assignment will not be graded but it is included as a useful exercise for organizing your own thoughts.
4. Answer the Response Questions (provided below). Your answers will be graded on accuracy and completeness.
5. You are encouraged to use your textbook (chapter 8, pages 220-237) to help answer the assigned questions.
6. Feel free to consult other reliable sources as needed. Sources that you use must be cited appropriately using APA style. See the Purdue University Online Writing Workshop for instructions on how to properly format your citations:
7. Submit your Assignment using Microsoft Word to the Assignment Submission folder in Brightspace with the following formatted structure:
Double space using 11pt or 12pt Times New Roman or Calibri font style Include a Title Page
Include in-text citations, if applicable Include references
If you are quoting directly from another source be sure to put the quote "in -between" quotation marks
The assignment should be 3-4 pages long, excluding the Reference page
Response Questions
1. How did Toyota become successful through quality management? What were the main elements for them to succeed?
2. Who were the Toyota's competitors and how did they react to Toyota's strategy? How was the automotive industry affected in Canada and the United States at that time in comparison with the present day?
3. What were Toyota's main barriers for competing globally in the early 1940s?
4. How is Toyota's strategy used today globally?
5. Define the elements of Six Sigma needed for Quality management, Manufacturing, and Operations Management.
6. What is the main difference between Six Sigma and Lean Operations?
7. Name 3 or 4 influential companies that are using Six Sigma today. Briefly explain how they have implemented Six Sigma methods.
Attachment:- Supply Chain Management.rar
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