MGT 449 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Quality Improvement

Learning Team Assignment: Quality Improvement Implementation Paper

Resource: Hartman Industries, LLC web page

Review the Hartman Industries, LLC web page by following the link on your student website. For the purposes of this assignment, assume your team has been selected to draft a proposal with recommendations to improve a process within the companys manufacturing business.

Write a 1,400- to 2,100-word proposal recommending a process improvement to the management team of Hartman Industries, LLC. Work together to complete the following in your proposal:

Identify the Hartman process or procedure for quality improvement.

Detail the steps of the chosen process and discuss how the quality system is applied to it. (As-Is) This can be done in a flow chart or written step by step.

Explain how your recommended quality management system will benefit the process of the organization. (Should-Be)

Define the variation you have identified from as-is to should-be. In other words, what part of the process are you fixing?

Detail the implementation plan for your chosen quality improvement process.

Provide examples of the quality tools you plan to use for identifying and reducing process variability. In other words, how will you measure the process to know that your improvement is working.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.