Management Process Improvement Paper

Select a company with which you are familiar, preferably one where you have been employed, and consider a process within that company that could be improved. This could be a business process, a manufacturing process, a distribution process, or a service process that you have observed or been involved with during your career. Prepare a recommended process improvement proposal that incorporates tools and methods learned in this course.

Your paper should:

Describe the company and how the selected process fits into the overall framework of the company.
Create a step-by-step description of the current process incorporating a process flow chart.
 Analyze the current process for inefficiencies.
Develop a process improvement recommendation including a detailed plan incorporating business process engineering theory and including benchmarking the reengineered process to a close business competitor. The process should be designed to be more efficient, using appropriate tools and methods learned throughout the course, including capacity utilization improvements and statistical quality control models.
Explain possible challenges in implementing the process changes.
Assess the expected benefits of the improved process and the potential benefits.

The Process Improvement paper

— Must be five to seven double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages and formatted according to APA.
— Must utilize academic voice.
— Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper
— Must use at least five scholarly sources
— Must document any information used from sources in APA Style