conduct a critical evaluation of the process with the particular emphasis of lean principles and prepare a report for senior management

Assessment task
details and
instruc�ons
The Concept of the Assessment.
The assessment has been developed as an integral part of the module and
as one of the principal drivers to learning. The assessment has been
designed to align to the learning materials in being innova�ve and related
to the student’s workplace and/or profession. In all assessment ac�vi�es,
students are encouraged to apply what they have learnt to their own
(project or business) organisa�on (if available). The assessment will be on
the basis of the extent to which a student has been able to apply subject
material to gain new insight and create or envisage the start of new
innova�ons within the organisa�on or profession.
It is the inten�on of the module team that as much flexibility should be
allowed within the specifica�on of a project to allow students to nego�ate
a project brief that meets the academic requirements of the module. These
nego�a�ons should take the form of a discussion between the student,
Module Tutor and, where appropriate, the student’s employer.
Specifica�on of the project
Background – The Toyota Produc�on System and deriva�ve approaches
such as lean produc�on have contributed towards sustainable compe��ve
advantage for their adopters. New understanding and prac�ces for
designing, controlling and improving integrated design and produc�on
processes are at the heart of the Toyota Produc�on System.
Scenario – In rela�on to your own workplace and a project, with which you
are familiar, iden�fy a specific process. If you have no access at the
moment to a work context, please use scenarios given by the tutor as the
star�ng point – you can modify and expand these scenarios in such ways
that the applica�on of lean principles can be considered in more depth.
The process could be the requirements capture process, the design
process, the process of structuring and managing the produc�on system,
or some other process system that is clearly iden�fiable within your
business. For the iden�fied process system conduct a cri�cal
evalua�on of the process with the par�cular emphasis of lean principles
and prepare a report for senior management that addresses the following
issues:
• Rehearsal of the lean principles
• Critical evaluation of the current process
• Development of a target process / system based on consideration
of alternative approaches