Quality Best Practices

QSO 635 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric Overview The final project in this course will consist of a comprehensive location justification r eport. As organizations expand, project managers apply supply chain management concepts to inform their recommendations specific to international initiatives. Factors such as location constraints, manufacturing and warehousing strategies, and quality best practices are all considerat ions that drive an international expansion project forward. This course will cover supply chain management concepts that align with the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM). Your goal in t his assessment is to deliver a location justification r eport that recommends the location of a new facility for an organization seeking to expand internationally. In addition, you will be recommending the most appropriate su pply chain management processes for the new facility in both manufacturing and warehousing and defending those recommendation s. For this final project , you will select one organization from the following three options:  Caterpillar (CAT)  Walmart (WMT)  Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) The organization you select is seeking to expand internationally to either Russia or South Korea . You are tasked with recommending one country that will house a new manufacturing/warehousing facility. It is presumed that the warehouse will be at the same site as the manufacturing fac ility. Note that for this project you should use the exis ting product that the organization you select currently offers . (Y ou do not need to come up with a new product). Since these organizations may offer a variety of products or services, narrow it down by selecting a high -level product line (e.g., food produc ts, industrial equipment, electronics, communications, etc.). If you select NTT Group, which provides a service, focus on the product required to provide that service. The project is divided into three milestones , which will be submitted at various poin ts throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Three , Five , and Seven . The final submission is due in Module Nine . In this assignment you will demonstrates your mastery of the following course outcomes:  Analyze current business planning functions of an expanding organization for informing organizational logistics that reduce c ost and increase delivery across the supply chain  Recommend an international facility location for an expanding organization based on the application of the factor rating method  Determine various constraints associated with international facilities for promoting continuous transition of manufactured pr oducts through supply chain management systems  Recommend appropriate warehousing strategies that promote cost savings and meet customer needs in an international organizati on  Recommend best practices to effectively manage logistics within the international supply chain of an expanding organization Pr ompt For this assessment, you will create a location justification r eport that recommends the location of a new manufacturing and warehouse facility for an organization that is expanding internationally. In the report , you will recommend and defend manufac turing and warehousing supply chain management strategies for this new facility. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: I. Organization Analysis: In this section , you will analyze an organization ’s current business planning functions to hel p inform the logistics of a new international facility. A. Identify the material requirement planning system being used by the organization, and explain how this system is currently being utilized to reduce cost and increase delivery across the supply chain. B. Explain how forecasting , capacity planning , and scheduling are being used as planning functions within the current system mentioned above, using specific examples. C. Explain how the organization can use current planning functions to reduce investments in preparation of an international expansion , using specific examples. II. Facility Location: In this section, you will recommend the location site for the organization ’s new international facility. You will use the factor rating method to support your recommendation. A. Determine the most important factors that will affect your location decision, and explain why each is important from an international supply chain management perspective. B. Assign a weight to each factor according to its priority to the organization, and explain why you ranked each factor in this manner. C. Recommend the preferred location of the new facility and support your recommendation with findings from the factor rating m ethod . III. Constraints: In this sect ion, you will consider various constraints associated with your recommended location. In addition, you will identify the most appropriate system to help minimize the impact these constraints will have on the operation of the new facility. A. Determine pote ntial bottlenecking issues within the selected system, and explain how these could be avoided. B. Determine transportation constraints that may exist in the recommended facility location, and explain how the organization could minimize the impact of these constraints. C. Determine if a push or pull system is more appropriate for operating the new facility, and explain how the previously identified constraints influence this decision. IV. Warehousing Strategies: In this section, you will recommend warehousing strategies that promote cost savings of the new facility and will meet customer needs in your recommended location. A. Recommend ind ustry standard methods that the organization should use to efficiently operate its warehouse, and explain how this approach can promote cost savings for the organization. B. Explain how the recommended methods meet customer needs at the new facility locati on , using specific examples. C. Explain the benefits of having the warehouse in the same location as the manufacturing facility, including how this will help to promote cost savings and meet customer needs. V. Quality Best Practices: In this section, you will recommend best practices aimed toward effectively managing logistics of the new international facil ity that will ensure process quality. A. Determine appropriate quality best practices that should be used to manage logistics rela ted to manufacturing , and explain why this is appropriate for the new facility. B. Determine appropriate quality best practices that should be used to manage logistics related to warehousing , and explain why this is appropriate for the new facility. C. Def end how these combinations of best practices promote process quality across the entire facility , using specific examples. Milestones These assignments will ensure timely and effective progress toward the completion of your final project. Milestone One: Organization Analysis and Facility Location In Module Three , you will respond to questions regarding the organization ’s current planning systems and potential international facility location. This is intended to help you get started with the critical elem ents for the final project. Responding to the guided questions will help you begin to develop ideas about course concepts in relation to the Organization Analysis and Facility Location critical elements within your final project. This milestone is graded w ith the Milestone One Rubric. Milestone Two: Constraints In Module Five , you will respond to questions regarding the constraints associated with bottlenecking issues and transportation. This is intended to help you get started with the critical elements for the final project. Responding to the guided questions will help you begin to develop i deas about course concepts in relation to the Constraints critical elements within your final proj ect. This milestone is graded with the Milestone Two Rubric. Milestone Three: Warehousing Strategies In Module Seven , you will respond to questions regarding potential warehousing strategies. This is intended to help you get started with the critical ele ments for the final project. Responding to the guided questions will help you begin to develop ideas about course concepts in relation to the Warehousing Strategies critical elements within your final project. This milestone is graded with the Milestone Th ree Rubric. Final Submission: Location Justification Report In Module Nine , you will submit your complete location justification report, which includes Quality Best Practices critical elements. =t should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. This project should reflect the incorporation of feedback you have received throughout the course. This final submission will be graded using the Final Project Rubric. Deliverables Milestone Deliverable Module Due Grading One Organization Analysis and Facility Location Three Graded separately; Milestone One Rubric Two Constraints Five Graded separately; Milestone Two R ubric Three Warehousing Strategies Seven Graded separately; Milestone Three Rubric Final Submission: Location Justification Report Nine Graded separately; Final Project Rubric Final Project Rubric Guidelines for Submission : Your location justification r eport should be 12 to 15 pages in length (not including title or reference pages) and use 12 -point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one -inch margins. It should follow the most recent APA guidelines for formatting and references. Instructor Feedback : This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Stude nts can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions . Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value Organizational Analysis:

Material Requirement Planning System Meets “Proficient ” criteria and explanation demonstrates a complex grasp of how the current system reduces cost and increases delivery across the supply chain Identifies the material requirement planning system being used by th e organization, and explains how this system is currently being utilized to reduce cost and increase delivery across the supply chain Identifies the material requirement planning system being used by the organization and explains how this system is currently being utilized to reduce cost and increase delivery across the supply cha in, but explanation is cursory or contains inaccuracies Does not identify the material requirement planning system being used by the organization 6.33 Organization Analysis: Forecasting, Capacity Planning, and Scheduling Meets “Proficient ” criteria and explanation demonstrates a complex grasp of how forecasting, capacity planning, and scheduling are being used as planning functions within the current requirement planning system Explains how forecasting, capacity planning, and scheduling are being used as planning functions within the current system mentioned above , using specific examples Explains how forecasting, capacity planning, and scheduling are being used as planning functions within the current system mentioned above, using specific examples, but examples are inappropriate Does not explain how forecasting, capacity planning, and scheduling are being used as planning functions 6.33 Organization Analysis: Current Planning Functions Meets “Proficient ” criteria and examples provided demonstrates a complex grasp into how the organization can use current planning functions to reduce investments Explains how the organization can use current planning functions to reduce investments in prep aration for an int ernational expansion , using specific examples Explains how the organization can use current planning functions to redu ce investments in preparation for an international expansion , using specific examples, but examples are inappropriate Does not explain how the organization can use current planning functions to redu ce investments in preparation for an international expansion 6.33 Facility Location:

Important Factors Meets “Proficient ” criteria and explanation demonstrates a complex grasp into why important factors affect location decisions Determines the most important factors that affe ct facility location decisions and explains why each is important from an international supply chain management perspective Determines the most important factors that aff ect facility location decisions and explains why each is important from an international supply chain management perspective, but explanation is cursory or contains inaccuracies Does not determine the most important factors that affect facility lo cation decisions 6.33 Facility Location:

Ranking E ach Factor Meets “Proficient ” criteria and explanation demonstrates a complex grasp into why certain factors are more of a priority than others to the organization Assigns a weight to each factor according to its priority to the organization, and explains why each factor was ranked in this manner Assigns a weight to each factor according to it s priority to the organization and explains why each factor was ranked in this manner, but explanation is cursory or contains inaccuracies Does not assign a weight to each factor according to its priority to the organization 6.33 Facility Location: Factor Rating Method Meets “Proficient ” criteria and recommendation demonstrates a sophisticated application the factor rating method Recommends the preferred location of the new facility and supports this recomme ndation with findings from the factor rating m ethod Recommends the preferred location of the new facility but does not suppor t recommend ations using findings from the factor rating method , or findings contain inaccuracies Does not recommend the preferred location of the new facility 6.33 Constraints: Bottlenecking Issues Meets “Proficient ” criteria and explanation demonstrates a complex grasp of how bottlenecking issues could be avoided Determines potential bottlenecking issues within the selected system and explains how these could be avoided Determines potential bottlenecking iss ues within the selected system and explains how these could be avoided, but explanation is cursory or contains inaccuracies Does not determine potential bottlenecking issues within the selected system 6.33 Constraints:

Transportation Constraints Meets “Proficient ” criteria and explanation demonstrates a complex grasp into how the organization could minimize transportation constraints at the recommended facility location Determines transportation constraints that may exist in the recom mended facility location and explains how the organization could minimize the impact of these constraints Determines transportation constraints that may exist in the recommended facility location and explains how the organization could minimize the impact of these constraints, but explanation is cursory or contains inaccuracies Does not determine transportation constraints that may exist in the recommended facility location 6.33 Constraints: Push or Pull System Meets “Proficient ” criteria and explanations demonstrates a complex grasp into how constraints inf luence decisions around selecting the most appropriate operating system Determines if a push or pull system is more appropriate for operating the new facility and explains how the previously id entified constraints influence this decision Determines if a push or pull system is more appropriate for operating the new facility, and explains how the previously i dentified constraints influence this decision, but explanation is cursory or contain s inaccuracies Does not determine if a push or pull system is more appropriate for operating the new facility 6.33 Warehousing Strategies: Cost Savings Meets “Proficient ” criteria and explanation demonstrates a complex grasp into how industry standard methods can promote cost savings within an organization by efficiently operating its warehouse Recommends industry standard methods that the organization should use to eff iciently operate its warehouse and explains how this approach can promote cost savings for the organization Recommends industry standard methods that the organization should use to eff iciently operate its warehouse and explains how this approach can promote cost savings for the organization, but explanation is cursory or illogical Does not recommend industry standard methods that the organization should use to efficiently operate its warehouse 6.33 Warehousing Strategies: Customer Needs Meets “Proficient ” criteria and examples provided demonstrates a complex grasp into how the recommended methods meet customer needs at the new facility location Explains how the recommended methods meet customer needs at the new facility location , using specific examples Explains how the recommended methods meet customer needs at the new facility location , using specific examples, but examples are inappropriate Does not explain how the recommended methods meet customer nee ds at the new facility location 6.33 Warehousing Strategies: Same Location Meets “Proficient ” criteria and explanation demonstrates a complex grasp on the benefits to having the warehouse in the same location as the manufacturing facility Explains the benefits of having the warehouse in the same locatio n as the manufacturing facility and includes how this will help to promote cost savings and meeting customer needs Explains the benefits of having the warehouse in the same location as the manufacturing facility and includes ho w this will help to promote cost savings and meeting customer needs, but explanation is cursory or illogical Does not explain the benefits of having the warehouse in the same location as the manufacturing facility 6.33 Quality Best Practices: Manufacturing Meets “Proficient ” criteria and explanation demonstrates a complex grasp into why quality best practices related to manufacturing are appropriate for the new facility Determines appropriate quality best practices that should be used to manage logi stics related to manufacturing and explains why this is appropriate for the new facility Determines appropriate quality best practices that should be used to manage logi stics related to manufacturing and explains why this is appropriate for the new facility, but explanation is cursory or contains inaccuracies Does not determine appropriate quality best practices that should be used to manage logistics related to manufacturing 6.33 Quality Best Practices: Warehousing Meets “Proficient ” criter ia and explanations demonstrate a complex grasp into why quality best practices related to warehousing are appropriate for the new facility Determines appropriate quality best practices that should be used to manage logistics related to warehousing and explains why this is appropriate for the new facility Determines appropriate quality best practices that should be used to manage logistics related to warehousing and explains why this is appropriate for the new facility, but explanation is cursory or contains inaccuracies Does not determine appropriate quality best practices that should be used to manage logistics related to warehousing 6.33 Quality Best Practices: Best Practices Meets “Proficient ” criteria and examples provided demonstrate a complex grasp into how these combinations of best practices promote process quality across the entire facility Defends how the combinations of best practices promote process quality across the entire facility , using specifi c examples Defends how the combinations of best practices promote process quality across the entire facility , using specific examples, but examples are inappropriate Does not defend how the combinations of best practices promote process quality across the entire facility 6.33 Articulation of Response Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is prese nted in a professional and easy -to-read format Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas 5.05 Total 100%