Browsing Master of Business Operational Excellence for Industry-Wide Capstone Projects by Title
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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 ...