Reference no: EM133587736
Operations Management for Competitive Advantage your furniture Store's chief operating officer COO and Operations Management team update with their chief executive officer CEO that their new Competitive advantage and quality management strategies implemented 6 months previously are improving the Operations Competitive Advantage as the moved The COO instructions her cross functional Operations Management team to assess lean systems strategies processes and tools and recommend a strategy that will reduce waste in the production process and lower the cost of production who Ile enabling the Operations to continue to produce quality products.
? What are the lean Operations processes and tools?
? What are the lean processes for small lot sizes, manufacturing cells, quality improvement, production flexibility, and balanced systems for their abilities to eliminate waste and lower production costs while maintaining quality?
? What are the lean processes for value stream mapping, process improvement using 5W2H, lean and six sigma, JlT deliveries and supply chain, Lean and ERP, and their ability to eliminate waste by lowering production cost?
? What is an overall strategy with the combination of small lot sizes, set up time reduction, Value stream mapping, lean six sigma, lean ERP that will enable the operation to eliminate waste, lower production costs, and maintain the quality products including the overall role of each Operations management function , marketing and sales finance and operations has in implementing the strategy?
? What is the implementation of the proposed lean operations strategy to achieve the company's goal of improving its competitive advantage?
? What is the overall conclusion and summary of the key points?