Browsing Master of Business Operational Excellence for Industry-Wide Capstone Projects by Title
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Data Integrity at Instrument Manufacturer
Lisi, Gretchen ( 2012 )A medium size instrument manufacturer found many errors and missing information within their customer database. These gaps in information caused the sales force to disregard the data when making decisions on sales strategy. ... -
End to End Supplier Replenishment
McAdoo, Robert Allen ( 2012 )This large manufacturing firm has adopted a strategy of large scale outsourcing of machined components to focus on a higher value add business model of design/ assemble/test. Each operation has been challenged to increase ... -
Filling the Pipeline
Harp, Darren ( 2012 )My project was for a small fee-only financial planning firm to implement a new client on-boarding process. Our initial current state showed a great deal of re-work and waiting, due to errors. Most of this was resolved by ... -
Improve Performance of Open Mentoring System and Develop Effective Mentoring Process for Sales
Bookless, Brad ( 2012 )Project 1: Improve Performance of Open Mentoring System and Develop Effective Mentoring Process for Sales. Metrics and effectiveness of Open Mentoring (OM) tool are not on target. It is believed that re-launch of the system ... -
Improving Quality of Workshop Development & Delivery
Powers, Erica ( 2012 )In a time when K-12 schools are continually being asked to do more with less, organizations working with those schools must follow suit. This improvement project involves a not-for-profit organization working with a ... -
Managing the Shelf Life of Microorganisms through the Supply Chain
Radabaugh, Robert ( 2012 )Product with a 2-year shelf life needs to be returned to the manufacturing facility to be reworked / reenergized at a substantial cost to the company. Currently managing product with an expiration date is not one of the ... -
Performance Improvement
Ujvari, Nathan ( 2012 )From 1/5/11 to 12/20/12, Line 2 produced 968,695 pounds of scrap while incurring 29,026 minutes of unscheduled downtime which equated into an annualized lost opportunity cost of $4,988,793. The primary sources for these ... -
Prescriptive Approach to M&A: Information Technology Integration Framework for Merger and Acquisitions
Zuber, Aaron ( 2012 )Healthcare Co. has made 10 acquisitions over the last 2 years. The IT Merger & Acquisition Framework has averaged 9 months from "Day 1" to "Initial Integration Complete," exceeding its target cycle time of 100 days by an ... -
Productivity improvement
Kontely, Ken ( 2012 )A manufacturing plant increased top coat equipment labor productivity from \$21.83 per 100 lbs. to \$21.83 per 100 lbs. First pass yield was improved from 87% to 91% by creating problem solving A3's and eliminating the top ... -
Reducing Unnecessary Overtime Expenses
Goodwin, Charles J. ( 2012 )Company payroll overtime expenses are approaching \$1Million annually in a mature industry with flat demand growth and increasing competition. In an attempt to maintain a competitive cost structure, an effort to identify ... -
Reduction of Missed Payroll Deduction (PDs) Payments for Parking Privileges on a Large University Campus
Harris, Dale ( 2012 )Over 20,000 employees of the University (FY2012) use fixed payroll deductions to pay for annual parking permits, i.e. over $870,000 per month in parking permit fees, however, on a monthly basis, there are between 160 and ... -
Streamlining Triage During Peak Demand of 11A-11P
Moore, Cindi ( 2012 )The emergency department has experienced an increase in Left Without Being Seen rates and Length of Stay times, and a decrease in Patient Satisfaction scores. This resulted in a loss of over 2 million dollars of projected ... -
Sustainability Gate Review: Fulfilling Talent Needs
Lawson, J. Eric ( 2012 )Success rate on candidate searches for clients is only 35.7%. While the client benefits by seeing extra candidates, nearly 2/3 of our effort is waste. We are not being rewarded for all the value we provide. Firm is not ... -
XYZ Agency ADA/504 Transition Plan Creation Process
Johnson, Sarah ( 2012 )The current ADA compliance monitoring process currently takes over 16 weeks to complete, has a first time quality rate of 12%, an 88% defect rate, and a 54% late delivery rate. XYZ Agency has created rework reduction ...