TERM PROJECT $($Due Week $8)$ Individual Project You are expected to:

Provide a short, written Midterm Report $($Due Week $4)$ one or two paragraphs with SIPOC

including a high$-$level flowchart stating the option that you have chosen and the process you

have chosen to analyze or design. Included should also be a preliminary project plan $($what you

are planning to do$!),$ and any concerns that you may have at that time. Do not hesitate to seek

further direction before submitting the midterm report! Due dates are on the course content.

The final report should be a complete PowerPoint slide presentation plus full$-$size process

flow charts and tables within the PowerPoint $($Note: you will use this report to present some

issue at your organization or company or a company of your choosing$).$ References Required.

The grade for the project will be based on:

Process Choice $($not too technical or too trivial, clear process flowchart, SIPOC,

measurement, improvement opportunities identified, project plan described $($what you

actually did!$).$ How relevant it is to your current job position. $.$

Process Analysis $($correctness of analysis, appropriate recommendations justified by

logical analysis and use of appropriate improvement methods and tools, thorough

analysis, appropriate measures collected and analyzed $-$ or at least carefully planned,

and originality of the analysis$)-$

Presentation of information: logical flow, clarity and ease of understanding, and

originality of the project

This course focuses on the management of process and supply chains that are used to deliver

the product $($either a good or service$)$ to the customer. This term project requires that a

processor supply chain $($organization$/$company of your choosing$)$ to be identified, flowcharted,

and analyzed. You may choose one of the following two options.

Option $1$: Choose an existing process for providing a company's goods or services, and then

flowchart the existing process. $($For example, a member of your group is responsible for

developing personal financial plans for their customers; map the process of preparing the

plans.$)$

Option $2$: Choose an industries or product's supply chain and then document, flowchart and

analyze the supply chain.

The project is centered on your analysis of the process. Your analysis of the process should

cover the applicable areas of process management. Including such items as:$-$

A detailed process flow chart including process inputs, process outputs, activities, activity times,

processing and labor requirements.

Capacity analysis of the process, including the strategies used to address expected customer

demand.

Suggested metrics used to measure the process or supply chains performance, and how a

changed process may improve them.

Address other relevant issues as appropriate, such as:

Customer demand and process capacity relationships

How production is planned, from customer demand to production schedules

Quality Management issues

Product delivery issues

Collaboration and coordination issues

The interfaces of the process with both the external and internal customers

Waiting line issues and related staffing decisions

Other applicable process or supply chain management issues or concerns