Exec Summary
Assignment Steps
Concentrate on Ford Focus transmission problems
Create a 2 page executive summary 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.