Manufacturing system. Different manufacturing processes have different strengths and weaknesses

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Assessment task details and instructions: all this 9 points are very important.

Operations and Information Management

(Manufacturing system )

1- you are asked to take as an example a product or a service from an industry that you are familiar with (e.g., food, technology, health are, retail, services, automotive), and critically, and illustrate the operational process by using either a Flow Chart or Value Stream Map technique.

2- iscuss how implementation of Lean Principles and Just -in- Time (JIT) manufacturing may assist in achieving a more flexible and yet efficient process design. Justify your answer by referring to the 5 Performances model.

3- Please follow a report format. Therefore, you should have a title page, contents page, sections and sub sections, page numbers, appendix section etc.

4- Please use diagrams, illustrations, tables, graphics etc.

5- do not spend too much time describing a theory. While you must be explicit about the theories, models, techniques etc. that you use.

6- ( very important) You must cite all sources on which you have relied, for example textbooks, journal articles, web pages etc. using the Harvard Bibliographic referencing system. If you do not cite all sources, then you may be accused of plagiarism.

7- [ very important too) You will also need to take the following into account when completing your assignment:
• Quality of executive summary (does it give a brief complete summary of your paper for an executive to read?)
• Establishment of relevant theory
• Allocation of credit and sources used (have I included references and citations to the material I have used?)
• Clarity of argument
• Overall report presentation including spelling and grammar
• Adherence to nominated word limit (+/- 10%)
• Word processed (letter size 12, times new roman, 1.5 space), fully referenced (Harvard Referencing System).

8- The maximum word count is 3,000 words (+/- 10%). Your word count is from the introduction to conclusion sections. Therefore, it does not include title page, contents page, reference section, appendices etc. If the assignment exceeds these limits; the work in excess of 3,000 is not marked.

9- ( very important too) Assessment Criteria:
– Quality of executive summary [5%]
– Clear and focused introduction to the report [10%]
– Examine the current process design of a product or service in alliance with the 4vs model and illustrate the operational process by using either a Flow Chart or Value Stream Map technique. [45%]
-Discuss how implementation of Lean Principles and Just -in- time (JIT) manufacturing may assist in achieving a more flexible and yet efficient process design. Justify your answer by referring to the 5 Performances model [25%]
– Provide a brief but reasoned conclusion addressing what you consider to be the key operational findings of the report [10%]
– Evidence of a logical and well-structured and presented report structure with little or no grammatical or spelling. Also, good, frequent and consistent use of at least ten academic references and evinced through the Harvard Bibliographic referencing system 5%.