Lean Systems and Amazon

Lean Systems and Amazon Order Description Amazon For this assignment, you will be given a busin" rel="nofollow">iness to perform an analysis. Your paper must be central to the topics of Operations Management and Lean Processes. By Week 3 of the course the in" rel="nofollow">instructor will provide the name of an organization to perform your research. The data in" rel="nofollow">in your study needs to be supported by acceptable references (Wikipedia, Motleyfool.com and Blogs are not acceptable references). You are to use your knowledge of Operations Management and Lean Processes as the basis for your study. Your study will be graded usin" rel="nofollow">ing the criteria noted in" rel="nofollow">in the rubric below. Please note that this is a short writin" rel="nofollow">ing assignment. This exercise will test your ability to provide a concise analysis that targets all the pertin" rel="nofollow">inent in" rel="nofollow">information to support a position/strategy. You will fin" rel="nofollow">ind it tough to limit the size of your paper to 5 pages total, but in" rel="nofollow">in busin" rel="nofollow">iness you will routin" rel="nofollow">inely be asked to provide concise reports. Gradin" rel="nofollow">ing Criteria Clearly stated (in" rel="nofollow">in the in" rel="nofollow">introduction) the primary area or areas student is providin" rel="nofollow">ing for his/her analysis on organization selected Provided detailed description of operations management and lean processes and how they tie to the organization under study. Provided an analysis of the current status of the organization specific to operations management strategies and lean processes. Identified key poin" rel="nofollow">ints and strategies that the organization took and or may have taken to better position their busin" rel="nofollow">iness in" rel="nofollow">in their market segment or segments. Analyzed the organization in" rel="nofollow">in a concise manner. Clearly in" rel="nofollow">indicated student’s alternate decisions/strategies you proposed that may have better positioned the organization for sustain" rel="nofollow">ined growth (performance, etc). Statements were well supported by peer reviewed or scholarly references. Research was thorough and appropriate for busin" rel="nofollow">iness analysis. Writin" rel="nofollow">ing style: concise, clear, master’s-level, APA format; Flawless spellin" rel="nofollow">ing, punctuation, grammar Formattin" rel="nofollow">ing guidelin" rel="nofollow">ines for written case analysis paper are as follows: • Submitted as an MS Word Document • Maximum 6 pages in" rel="nofollow">in total (excludin" rel="nofollow">ing Appendix), double-spaced, 12 font • Title Page- 1 page • Written Analysis - 4 pages total. The followin" rel="nofollow">ing headin" rel="nofollow">ings should be used: o Introduction o Organization’s Background o Operations Management and Lean Processes - Description of operations management and lean processes and how they tie to the organization under study. o Organizational Strategies - Strategies that the organization took and may take to better position their busin" rel="nofollow">iness in" rel="nofollow">in their market segment or segments o Alternative Decisions - Discusses student’s alternate busin" rel="nofollow">iness decisions/rationale and provides references/support for positions. o Conclusion • Reference Page – 1 page • Appendix – As many pages as required to support analysis • APA style and formattin" rel="nofollow">ing required. However, no abstract is required for this paper • Appendix page(s) to in" rel="nofollow">include relevant fin" rel="nofollow">inancial and key decision-makin" rel="nofollow">ing analysis relevant to the case analysis. Analysis of the fin" rel="nofollow">inancial data presented in" rel="nofollow">in the case is expected. S