MGT655 Grand Canyon Process Improvement Project based on phase 1 need to do phase 2 and 3 and if possible, make powerpoint presentation based on phase 1,2,

MGT655 Grand Canyon Process Improvement Project based on phase 1 need to do phase 2 and 3 and if possible, make powerpoint presentation based on phase 1,2,and 3 you don’t need to do fix phase 1 but can fix idea for powerpoint. Process Improvement Project
For this assignment select either your own organization or an organization about which you
know enough to review the supply chain processes and identify a process that can be improved in
your sphere of influence.
Phase I: Improvement Opportunity
Write 500-750 words on improvement opportunity in your sphere of influence. Address each of
the following sections:
Quality Tool Analysis
Identify your problem statement and complete a root-cause analysis. Identify which quality tools
you used to identify and vet the problem. Explain the quantitative and qualitative tools you used
and provide a summary of how you arrived at your problem.
Stakeholder Analysis
Complete the interactive “Stakeholder Analysis: Winning Support for Your Projects,” located on
the Mind Tools website. In Step 2, select the “Interactive Screen App” hyperlink. Provide a
Power/Interest Grid of your completed chart (using either a picture format or a handwritten
document). In addition, provide a summary that includes considerations for all stakeholders.
These considerations will form your communication plan in Part II.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the
Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.
Phase II: Planning and Implementation
In Phase II of the Process Improvement Project you will be creating a project timeline to help
you implement the proposed solution to the problem statement defined in Phase I. As a project
leader, you will need to consider several things before you start the project. The project leader
must preplan, plan, and kickoff the project.
Planning of the Project
As the project leader, write 500-750 words that address these items:
1. Identify which methodologies and strategies you will implement to meet your goals.
Provide rationale for why you did not select some of the other methodologies and
strategies.
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2. Which business functions will be impacted by your action plan? What tactics will you use
to manage implementation across business functions? What can you do to enhance
collaboration/cross-functionality to ensure the success of your plan?
3. Timeline: Create a timeline to implement the proposed improvement to the problem and
identify the critical path components.
4. Communication plan: Using your completed quality tools analysis and stakeholder
analysis, create a communication plan for disseminating your action plan to all of the
stakeholders. Which strategies do you plan to utilize and why? Your plan should
demonstrate how you plan to use formal and informal communication channels to
implement the plan. In addition, explain how the communication plan addresses what you
are hoping to achieve with your goal.
Project Kickoff and Implementation of the Project
Successfully improving the value chain requires the willingness of required stakeholders to
participate. Imagine you are presenting your project plan in a meeting to all the essential
stakeholders for approval. Effective oral communication is essential in the business setting so
you will need to present your project plan logically and comprehensively to the stakeholders.
Create a PowerPoint presentation (7-10 slides) specifying the problem statement, stakeholders,
proposed solution, timeline, and communication plan to implement the project. Record yourself
presenting the plan and then post your video using YouTube, Vimeo, or any other video site that
allows you to post your video. Be sure to address the “why” and “how” in your narrative. Refer
to the materials section of Topic 8 for privacy settings when using YouTube.
Phase III: Evaluation
In the final step for your plan, state in 250-300 words the metrics you will use to determine
project implementation success. Please justify why you have selected those metrics. Include
specific metrics that will be used to evaluate the success of the implementation. How long will
the project team monitor project implementation?
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.
General Project Requirements
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is
expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines,
which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.
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Benchmark Process Improvement Project: Phase 1
Haneol Yoo
Grand Canyon University: MGT 655
January 30, 2019
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In now days, lots of business is in the world and most of company are under supply chain
management. Supply chain management is management plan that control and can see product
flow, from raw materials to delivery to customers in cost-effective and simple way. Good supply
chain management can increase profits, lower cost, and efficiencies (Rouse, n.d.). Bad supply
chain management can reduce customer and it can hurt brand image and eventually business will
fall down. This paper will talk about retail store specifically dollar store organization’s supply
chain management processes and identify a process that can be improved supply chain
management.
Quality Tool Analysis
The main problem for the dollar store is some customers are not happy about our
supplies. Reasons why they are not satisfy our products customers want to buy high quality
product in cheap price. Root cause analysis is problem solving method that used for continuous
improvement. One of the tools for root cause analysis is 5 whys. The root cause of dollar store’s
problem is customer’s view point and retailer’s view point are different. For using 5 why
company can start first why. First why can be why some customer is not happy our
merchandises?
Company can find out what customers’ willing to pay. However, they cannot satisfy high
quality products. Why 2 can be why company can’t fulfillment quality of products that customer
want? Many of dollar stores are using private company because they are cheaper than major
company. So they order merchandises from them. Third why can be why company cannot find
well-known brand in cheap price? Major companies have lots of loyal customers and they will
buy major company’s item no matter how much they are cost. And price for major companies’
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item is expensive because of brand loyalty. So retail store need to find private company to fulfill
customer’s willing to pay price. Fourth why can be why customers are not content private
company’s item even though it is cheaper than major company? Customers cannot trust private
company because cheap merchandise might include toxic chemicals. In addition, for instance,
when customer buy small company’s make up, it might cause allergy or skin trouble because
merchandises is lack of information or not enough information. Final why can be why small
companies’ products are not have enough information? Because they might not have enough
budgets to advertise or to reduce their product cost, they skipped or minimize their
advertisement.
Quality tools that dollar store can used to identify and vet the problem is cause-and effect
diagram which is fishbone chart. Fishbone chart is good for when company need to find out what
is possible causes for a problem (Jacobs & Chase, 2014). Company need to choose fishbone
chart because when problem is happening, company can see easily where the problem is and how
they can solve the problems.
Quantitative tool is forecasting model that company can predict for order and make it
better supply chain. For quantitative tools that company can use for solving their problem is time
series analysis. Time series analysis is forecasting tools that use it past data and predict future
data (Jacobs & Chase, 2014). For using time series analysis and make it improvement, they order
what customer want which is better quality model made form major company, and control
inventory order based on previous data. At first, company doesn’t know how many items they
need to order. However, when they have enough data can calculate, they can control the
inventory.
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Qualitative tools that dollar store can use is market research and panel consensus. Market
research can use for new idea whether customer like it or dislike about products that company
have in current situation. Firms can collect data in variety way like surveys or interview (Jacobs
& Chase, 2014). To using market research, company can do survey to their customer how they
like company’s goods. For example, company can make survey that they need to order better
quality item or not. Based on survey results, company can decide better decision to make it
better.
Panel consensus is similar as market research. Panel consensus is gathering data from
many people in variety position. They can exchange their idea freely (Jacobs & Chase, 2014).
Based on the collected data, company can decide to find better quality item.
Stakeholder Analysis
Stakeholders are person or group that can be Influence Company directly or indirectly by
business’s decision (Jacobs & Chase, 2014). Stakeholder can be employees, investor, manager,
owner, and customer. Stakeholder analysis is important because it can be identify and can
analyze what stakeholder need. The purpose of stakeholder analysis is figure out the relationship
between different stakeholders (Smith 2000). Power/interest gird for stakeholder is important
because firm can see what their roll is and how they satisfied their position (Thompson, n. d.).
Owner and manager have high power and high interest in their job, so they are located in manage
closely. Employees are not managed closely but they are keep satisfied but not as much as
powerful as owner or manager. For customer they have low power and middle interest in the
business because as long as business is often and they are satisfying company and they will come
back. Investor have interest that is high as manager and owner because they invest their money
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in their business. But investors are not running business; they have less power than owner,
manager, and employee.
(Mind tool Interactive screen
App)
Conclusion
In conclusion, this paper talks about what is problem of retail store specifically dollar
store and identify a process that can be improved. To improve their business, they need to figure
it out what is their problem and what is root cause of the problem. After that, they need to use
root-cause analysis to solve a problem. Also, find what is best for quality, quantitative and
qualitative tools can belong to the company and make forecast and prepare future. Finally,
knowing their stakeholder and stakeholder analysis is important for company to identify and
analyze company’s stakeholders.
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Reference
Jacobs, F. R., & Chase, R. B. (2014). Operations and Supply Chain Management. New York:
McGraw-Hill.
Larry, S. W. (2000, September 7). Stakeholder analysis a pivotal practice of successful projects.
Retrieved January 30, 2019, from https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/stakeholderanalysis-pivotal-practice-projects-8905
Rouse, M. (n.d.). What is supply chain management (SCM)? – Definition from WhatIs.com.
Retrieved January 29, 2019, from https://searcherp.techtarget.com/definition/supplychain-management-SCM
Thompson, R. (n.d.). Stakeholder AnalysisWinning Support for Your Projects. Retrieved January
30, 2019, from https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newPPM_07.htm#Interactive
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The purpose of this assignment was to identify a process that can be improved and complete a
process improvement project. Phase 1 was the design of the improvement opportunity. This
requires the completion of a problem statement, root cause analysis, defining the qualitative and
quantitative tools used to determine the problem, and a stakeholder analysis. You started with a
solid purpose statement. There are major issues with the problem statement. You went through a
5 why but did not include the chart I posted to the Questions to instructor Topic 7 Statement
information ***I AM IMPORTANT SO READ ME details about this area and attached the 5
whys diagram. You never include the specific problem statement which must have What is the
problem, Who does the problem effect, and A possible solution to the problem. The solution is
the process you want to improve in 1-2 sentences. You never specifically state the process but I
am gathering it is the decision-making part of the purchasing process. It would seem that this
decision making is not solid or does not take into account the desire of the customer to get high
quality goods at cheap prices. Since this is the DOLLAR store you can set the unit price at 1
dollar then use some source for high quality goods or some set of criteria to determine high
quality and thus improve this part of the process. You addressed none of these issues except to
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state they are problems but in phase II you need to set a strategy or find a methodology. Your
quantitative tool targeted forecasting which does not vet or support the problem or give you
something you can measure in the evaluation stage of the project. The stakeholder grid was
included but the summary was weak and needed more details so in the next assignment you can
develop a communication plan. I am concerned with the major flaws in your purpose statement
and the lack of a quantitative tool along with a process that I could not define. I suggest you look
over my feedback and if there are any questions you need to get with me immediately either by
email or preferably over the phone so that we can get you the details to aid in your understanding
to be successful in the final project. Please let me know if you have any questions.
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