Kudler Fine Foods is synonymous with quality at its finest. The stores unique offerings of everything from bake goods to cookery have created a loyal customer base. Kathy Kudler is committed to ensuring satisfaction and has assigned a process improvement team to address the possibility of improving upon some of the existing processes. This paper will provide a description of the process targeted for improvement. Analysis will involve an As-is flow chart for illustration of the process as well as give an description of why analyzing a process can be useful in improving quality. The work will mention quality tools recommended for the purpose of collection and presentation of data for this type of process. An analysis of process variability will also be conducted based on the teams understanding of the process and data collection. Lastly, the paper will present improvement strategies for the selected process, which includes how the improved inventory strategy is linked to the strategic goals of the organization.
English: Flow chart of the decision-making process...
Prozessphasen CIP = Continuous Improvement Process...
English: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Oct. 17, 2011) Sailors...Targeted Process- InventoryThe pilot process improvement team has decided to improve the inventory process Kudler Fine Foods currently employs. The concern with the inventory is maintaining freshness of all perishable products, reducing the time all products remain in inventory, and maintaining a zero stock-out policy (Apollo Group, Inc., 2005). The customer's needs are given top priority, which requires store managers to maintain adequate levels of inventory on all items. The issue occurs when the adequate levels become excessive levels. When this occurs, too much money is tied up in the inventory, which requires more working capital to maintain.
The alternative to excessive stock with the current system is too little stock on-hand. This would create a situation where stock-outs may be common. The owner of the business, Kathy Kudler, has expressed to her managers stock-out are...