Maine at Augusta Truck & Transportation Business Lean Techniques Paper Purpose of Assignment The purpose of this assignment is for students to evaluate th

Maine at Augusta Truck & Transportation Business Lean Techniques Paper Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is for students to evaluate the lean techniques applied to business in today’s workforce.

Note: Students and Faculty seeking more information on this assignment can refer to Ch. 14 of the Operations and Supply Chain Management textbook.

Assignment Steps

Select a business you are familiar with which incorporates lean manufacturing or lean supply chains. (the business i need to write about it has to be about truck and transportation)

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.

Develop a 1,050-word report in which you describe your lean evaluation project. (word count cannot exceed more than 1100 words and cannot be less than 1,050-word)

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

Use in-text citations according to references used.

list all references used