A Reflection On My Learning Experience

Lean production and Six Sigma help a company to make the production and the workers work more efficient. The processes allow different types of programs to be put in place to ensure the workers and the production process operate at the optimal levels. The processes ensure that each element of the production and looks at each step to ensure that the process is working in a more efficient way (Wisner , Tan, & Leong, 2012).

The implementation of lean operations is one the most popular ways to improve efficiency and productivity in operations. This strategy has afforded many businesses the opportunities to streamline processes that resulted in improved systems and efficiency. However, many businesses face obstacles with implementing lean practices for various reasons such as unclear directions, employees that are resistant to change, and poor planning. Businesses that encounter issues with lean implementation must identify performance metrics to improve operational strategies. This paper will examine the obstacles businesses experience with lean implementation.

Reflection is thought by linking recent experience with early experience to promote more complex and interrelated mental models or patterns. The thinking involves looking for commonalities, differences, and interrelations beyond their superficial elements. The goal is to develop higher order thinking skills.

One of the challenges linked to efficiently participate in incessant service enhancement or even the preliminary mission of detailing processes, strategies and roles is that it forces us to take an extended deep look at the current situation. This is where classical progress models can be used efficiently to transfer us into the discipline of self-evaluation and highlighted perfections. This is where Lean Principles can be used to drive a discipline of assessment and improvement. It means there is a need to understand steps and processes of Value Stream. Here the process inputs are

Today’s business environment is fundamentally the same as it’s always been. An individual gets into business to provide goods and/or services in exchange for a premium. That could be many things ranging from other goods, services, money, or an agenda. In the article, The Necessary Art of Persuasion, the author, Jay A. Conger, attempts to illustrate to the readers that one must learn and become fluid in the art of persuasion in the business environment. I believe this argument in favor of persuasion is relative now more then ever.

Before we go any further, let us reflect on what we have learnt so far. In this book there have been exercises for you to complete to apply the learning to your own personal or professional goals. Have you completed the exercises and the action points at the end of each chapter or are you putting them off to complete at a later date?

The role of the nurse is becoming more difficult nowadays, especially when dealing with patient safety. Patient safety risks can lead to several adverse effects. According to Van Rosse, de Bruijne, Suurmond, Essink-Bot, and Wagner (2016) there is a connection between a language barrier and patient safety that is affecting the health and improvement of the patient. During my practicum I have experienced many different situations where the difference in language has been an issue from both parts. The following situation made me realize the importance of patient safety and how language barrier can affect or delay the positive outcome of the patient.

My educational experience is one amazing thing I would never forget. My parents gave me an experience of a lifetime that I would never let go and continue to expand. It was a gift of a great education I could have tossed away but instead I took advantage of it and it expanded my intellect and made me more independent. As a young girl my parents always told me, they wanted a great educational experience for me. They said no matter what it took to get me into good schools, to have a great education they will do it. My parents worked very hard to give me the opportunity to be in private school my whole life since pre-school. They always told me to work hard, be bright and be bold. The educational level I had being in private school my whole life was amazing. What was amazing about my education level is that I was able to take all college prep. classes, I took an AP Spanish class, my teachers were always on top of us to hand in work in time, essays in my English class were based on a college level writing. It was amazing because my school expanded my mind more on a college based level.

Lean Six Sigma approach is recognized widely and has been implemented predominately in manufacturing rather than other industries. To illustrate the point, this paper draws attention to the adoption of Lean Six Sigma in various industries with a case study. The combination of Lean tools and Six Sigma methodology is used to improve the process and quality by eliminating the variations and creating workflow in a process. The hypothesis of this study was that the Six Sigma technique can be used along with lean tools in order to improve process and quality in any area of industries. The review of case study discovered the use of

This course like my entire first semester of university have provided me with both many challenges as well as taught me many lessons not only for my university career, but for the rest of my life. As I reflect back on the semester, I recall telling myself at least once a week that I wanted to drop out of school, followed by many breakdowns, crying fits and calling defeat. The past few months, haven’t been at all easy for me, I have thought many times I wasn’t intelligent enough to be in university, I was disappointed with some of the grades I received and I was constantly engulfed in a swarm of stress. Despite all these tough times, I have had many good one’s as well, I have made new friends which are now integral to my everyday life and I have enhanced my knowledge to a new degree. Some of the many lessons that I’ve already learned in my short university experience include how to manage my time, the importance of meeting deadlines as well as the continuous struggle of balancing the various different facets of life.

Construct a fully referenced literature review to compare and contrast theoretical strategies for business process improvement and successful change management. All reports must include references to Six Sigma and Lean.

Many companies attempt to advance through Six Sigma, Lean, or other initiatives. However, some studies have been reported that two-thirds of other initiatives fail to meet the expectations of the organization leaders (Ghodrati and Zulkifli 2013). Learning about the certain methods of the different systems is not the issue when putting these into play, but putting them into their daily organizational actions is. Some of these situations where they fail to put these into play is process improvement, continuous improvement, and the procedures of the initiatives not being long-standing.

This section comprises of the research aim and objectives of this research proposal along with the literature review on Lean, Sig Sigma philosophies, their critical success factors and barriers and ends with summarizing the literature on the aspects of business and operational performance.

This fall semester of Modern III has been challenging, but also very rewarding for myself. Pushing through this obstacle has allowed me to find and create a new movement vocabulary. Stated in my letter at the beginning the semester, two of my main goals for this class was to focus on my breath and to regain strength in my right leg. I worked outside and in the classroom to gain strength as well as focusing on the movement phrases finding the inhale and exhale. At midterms, I felt a huge difference focusing on these goals than I did when I started in August. However, I wanted to keep pushing myself after midterms so that I could continually to improve.

Lean Six Sigma can be termed as a program of process improvement that incorporates two ideas which are lean, and six sigma. Lean comprises of techniques for minimizing the time required to deliver services or products. Six Sigma comprises of techniques for refining the quality of services and products, significantly contributing to amplified satisfaction of the client. By incorporating them, Lean Six Sigma can be seen to be a proven strategy of business management that assists organizations in operating more efficiently. Many quality improvement experts and business analysts believe that this program is the most prevalent business performance methodology in corporate developments history (Taghizadegan, 2006).