gemba walk assignment and please do not plagiarize
Please, read carefully each topic and answer the topic individually with no plagiarism or from other sources such as course hero, etc. Include a citation of the article in your assignment.
Gemba walk link
Watch the Gemba Walk presentation created by Eve Krahe, PhD.
https://prezi.com/amjix_1cbt-q/gemba-walk/
Go to the Gemba: Deborah Adler at TEDxRVA2013.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_DGAGzyPEg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RvfQlx4cxE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6YXAQANfHc
Topic 1
Write a 175- to 265-word response to the following:
- What takes precedence for the organization: reducing waste, improving a product, or streamlining a process; or deliver on a brand promise? Defend your answer.
Include 2 citations in APA format.
Topic 2
Due Thursday (23 pts)
Write a 175- to 265-word response to the following:
- What has been your experience using the gemba walk? What does the research say about the gemba walk? Do you agree or disagree? Why?
Include 2 citations in APA format.
Topic 3
Assignment Content
Complete your Gemba Walk and document your observations. Please follow each bullet.
Write a 4- to 6-page report on your observations of your Gemba. Include the following in your report:
- Provide a summary of your organization.
- Provide context regarding the events and any industry.
- Note your Gemba observations.
- What was the goal of the Gemba?
- What did you observe during your Gemba?
- Provide a preliminary analysis of your observations.
- Did you observe any opportunities?
- Decrease inefficiencies
- Reduce waste
- Improve a product
- Streamline a process
- What were the key takeaways?
- Who were the individuals you spoke with?
- Who are they and what are their responsibilities?
- What did you learn from the people who work in the environment you observed?
- Detail the composition of your evaluation/interview sheet.
- Attach copies of completed evaluation/interview sheets.
- List two short-term and one long-term executable project ideas.
- How is your employer responding to your project?
Cite any resources you may have used in the Gemba.
Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.
Include3 citation of your article in your assignment.