opmt 620
AMSN_1234
GroupProject2020Summer.pptxGroup Projects – 2020 Summer
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Topic for Group Project
To study the following retail branch operations in the areas near to place you live
Walmart
Costco
Save-On-Foods
T&T
Urban Fare
Safeway
Each project group will study one branch
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Project Outline
The students are expected to the approach as recommended below:
Part 1
Introduction
about the company; what challenges the company is facing
Operations data collection & analysis
4V: demand volume, variety, variations and visibility
Process & layout: outlines
Service performance: throughput time, cycle time, WIP and resource utilization
Impact of COVID-19 on the operations performance
Part 2
Operations performance objectives
What do they mean to the operations, how well the company has done to achieve them
Areas for Improvement
What need to be done to address the issues or problems being observed in Part 1 data collection.
Conclusion
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Submission mark: the submission is graded according the general grading criteria as discussed previously.
Final mark: the mark given to each of team members may be different, subject to the following adjustment:
Final Mark = Submission Mark (+ or -) Variance
Variance reflects an individual’s contribution to the group assignment. It is up to + or -10% of the submission mark, based on:
My own rating based review and feedback from group members
Inter-group rating (1 to 5)
Leadership
Participation
Research contribution
Contribution to the writing
Grading criteria: Bonus Marks
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