Assignment: Lean Techniques
Select a business you are familiar with which incorporates lean manufacturing or lean supply chains.
Evaluate how this firm uses lean strategies and how much lean techniques has improved the firm's efficiency.
Evaluate ways the firm can go even further to make improvements using lean techniques.
Consider Goldratt's theory of constraints and its use in overcoming bottlenecks
Determine if there are improvements that can be made in scheduling and/or controlling techniques
Use the results you obtained from evaluating this firm to apply to your own business or a business you are interested in which currently does not use lean.
Develop a 1,050-word report in which you describe your lean evaluation project.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.