Process Improvement Plan

Process Improvement Plan

Sean K. Kerr

University of Phoenix

OPS/571

Ray E. Mowery

September 17, 2012

Process Improvement Plan

There have been many approaches to process improvement planning during the last decade. Businesses frequently utilize teams to aid in the development of a plan by documenting tasks they perform daily then stride towards finding the fault in the process. The theory is if the present procedures are noted then the processes would be effortlessly distributed to all the developmental team members. Then the top procedures turn into what most business identify as the best practices. Most professionals that have been part of “best practice teams” usually can attest that the result is often a stack of ideas on multiple pieces of paper that is overlooked or ignored completely.

In essence, a process improvement plan should include a description of goals, responsibilities, and activities so a firm can move towards their mission statement. To fix any processes the team must understand the definition of process improvement. The definition of a process improvement plan will now be able to transform into a solution by being able to identify the faults in the daily morning routine. Establishing steps within the plan will aid the process so that outcome shows improvement. The process improvement plan is necessary to produce an environment, which will lead to getting up in a punctual manner and arriving on time to the workplace. This analysis will discuss the control limits used with calculations, the process performance with seasonal factors data collected each week, and the confidence intervals with usefulness based on the number of data points.

Control Limits

According to EHow education, on how to calculate upper and lower control limits, “A control chart is a chart used to monitor the quality of a process. The upper and lower control limits are two horizontal lines drawn on the chart. If data points fall outside of these lines, it...