Colorado OPS400 The operations quality management

OPS400 Operations Management  

The operations quality management assignment content must include the following:

• Introduction: Explain the purpose or thesis of the paper and explain how the body of the paper is arranged to support the purpose of the paper.
• Provide a brief definition of operations quality management and identify why it is important in an organization’s operations.
• Provide a brief overview description of the quality management simulation.
• Describe your strategy for performing the quality management simulation.
• Describe at least three operations quality management methods, principles, or techniques experienced in the quality management simulation.
• Itemize at least three lessons learned from the quality management simulation.
• Conclusion: Present a recap of key points and summary of main emphasis without repeating verbatim and exclusive of new information.
• References: Include at least two current scholarly references (published within the past five years) in addition to the course text.
• Appendix: Quality management simulation results. The appendix page should be its own page after your reference page, with the header: Appendix—with your screenshot below.

Submit your Critical Thinking assignment document(s) to the module submissions area established for this purpose. Per the assignment rubric, a portion of your evaluation is based on your simulation results.

OPTION #1: OPERATIONS QUALITY MANAGEMENT PAPER

This Critical Thinking assignment option consists of two activities:

1. Performing the Pearson MyOMLab Forecasting Simulation, examining the results, and identifying lessons learned. Please adhere to the detailed instructions contained in the Common Instructions for both Options #1 and #2: Operations Quality Management
2. A written operations management quality paper.

• Your report will require a structure that includes a strong title, followed by an introductory paragraph which generates interest and includes a thesis and mapping of what is to come.
• Each of the sections should use appropriate APA headings, including a conclusion section.
• Make sure that the body sections address each of the previous bullets.

Submission Requirements:

• Your well-written paper should be three to four pages in length not including the required cover and references pages.
• Support your paper with at least three scholarly references (excluding all textbooks). Use current sources, not older than five years. The CSU-Global Library is a good place to find these references.
• Format your paper according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing & APA (Links to an external site.).

Please adhere to the detailed instructions contained in the Common Instructions for both Options #1 and #2: Operations Quality Management section above.

OPTION #2: OPERATIONS QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRESENTATION

This Critical Thinking assignment option consists of two activities:

1. Performing the Pearson MyOMLab Quality Management Simulation.
2. Creating a multimedia-rich operations quality management presentation.

• Your multimedia-rich operations quality management presentation must contain logically-cohesive flow including audio, video, and graphical content.
• The length of the presentation, in addition to the title and reference portions, should be 10-12 slides (must include speaker notes), or five to seven minutes of narrated presentation (must include a transcript).
• Please present your content clearly, concisely, and cohesively.
• The presentation may be submitted as a completely self-contained file (e.g., PowerPoint, Prezi, Screencast-o-matic, Knovio, or Loom) or as a link to a hosted internet site.