Process Improvement Project - Target Corporation, Inc

Process Improvement Project - TARGET CORPORATION, INC

Kaplan University

Graduate School of Business and Management

GB570-05 Managing the Value Chain – Unit6 Assignment

Prof:  Jerry Haenisch

By

Ajeeth Pingle 08/30/2010

Contents

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3

2. OVERVIEW 4

3. PROBLEM STATEMENT 5

4. DATA AND MEASUREMENTS 8

Figure A: Current pre-constructions process 9

Figure B: Additions to constructions Plan Approval process 10

5. CAUSES AND EFFECTS 10

Figure C: Fishbone Diagram 11

6. COSTS/BENEFITS SUMMARY 11

Costs 11

Benefits 11

Figure D: SWOT Analysis 13

7. CONCLUSION 14

8. REFERENCES 15

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Going green in construction is on the rise and environmentally friendly building standards known as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) are helping to pave the way. Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the LEED rating system designates a building as Certified, Silver, Gold or Platinum according to how many green features are incorporated in five categories:

1) Sustainable site development

2) Water savings

3) Energy efficiency

4) Materials selection

5) Indoor environmental quality

In addition to benefiting the dwellers of green buildings, implementing a LEED program benefits

Contractors in three ways:

• Improved working conditions for contractor’s employees. Primarily due to enforcing green friendly processes, i.e., using cleaning-burning diesel and electric vehicles to lower harmful engine exhaust, properly storing drywall and insulation to prevent issues with mold, etc.

• Positive publicity for the contractor. Journals are running more articles about going green and are receptive to informing their readers about those who are making positive contributions in this area.

• Opportunity for...