Task 1: Describe the orga nisation and its operations Se lect an organisation of your choice and describe the its operations (approx. 1-2 pages). This may including e.g.:  nature of its operations (manufacturing, non-manufacturing, or combination, et c.),  type of customers, market segments, method of sales, after-sales service, et c.,  o rganisational size, locations, single or multi-site operati ons,  type of products and services ,  m ethod of product/service creation ,  p roduction, distribution, etc. Task 2: Design the Operations a) For the organisation you have chosen under Task 1, describe how to design a new product (or service using) De Bono’s Six Hats Thinking model. Each hat should have at least 4 items on it (a pprox. 1-2 page s). b) Deve lop a Design Review checklist consisting of minimum 25 questions distributed evenly over the vari ous aspects (minimum six different aspects) of your new product (approx. 1-2 page s). Complete DR che cklist by providing answers to the review questions and additional commen ts. Wr ite a brief summary on the DR outcome (approx. half page) . c) Con struct a value stream map (VSM ) for the new product developed under section a) and b) usin g a MS Office program. It should have a supplier at the one end and a customer at the other end, an information flow with minimum one core activity, a mate rial flow with at least five core activities, at least three inventory locations. You should also enter the value added and non-value a dded times for al l core activities and inventories, and determine the ratio of value added and non-value adde d times. (approx. 1-2 pag es). d) As pa rt of the VSM that you created earlier, pick at least four different waste forms and identify at least two examples for each of the four waste forms (all together eight examples ). De termine at least one root cause for each waste example and recommend at least improvement action for each of the root cause (all together eight root causes and eight improvement action s). (a pprox. 1-2 pages). Task 3: Manage the Operations a) De velop a Supply Chain consisting of at least five elements/modules/functions for your product or service. Describe specifically how these elements/modules work together to ensure a seamle ss sup ply chain operation for your product or service. Gene ric descriptions will not be accepted; they should be specifically related and relevant to yo ur pr oduct or service (approx. 1-2 pa ges). b) Determine the Inventory Reorder Point (ROP), Safety Stock and Economic Order Quantity (E OQ) for you r product or service based on the following parameters (approx. 1-2 page s). Demand (D) per week = (pick a number t hat is relevant to your assignment ) Le ad Time during replenishment (L/T) = a number between 1 and 4 weeks Sta ndard Deviation of demand during replenishment (SD) = 10 %. Carryin g cost (H) per week = a number between $0.50 and $3.00 Fixed cost of order (S) = a number between $5.00 and $20.00 Service Level = a number between 80% and 95 % c) For the process that you picked earlier for value stream mapping, construct a production (layou t) floo r plan (with at least five core activities) usi ng a MS Office program. Determine the location of eq uipment, personnel, inventory, etc. as well as the flow of materials/goods with their proper name s. (a pprox 1-2 page s). d) For your pro duct, construct a JIT production flow based on a Kanban Pull system. Label all th e ele ments and activities within the layout, and describe how the pull system works (approx 1 page) . e) For o ne of the production equipment, determine its reliability based on a fictiti ous MTBF and calculate the proba bility of a failure to occur afte r a certain time of its intended operation ti me (a pprox. 1-2 pages) . f) For the same equipment, calculate the OEE (which should be less than 85%) and de termine at lea st five actions to improve its OEE (approx. 1-2 pages) . Task 4: Improve the Operations a) Pick a 2-step process that is relevant to your operations. Then assume a certain output for the step 1, and that you have produced a small number of defective items, say between 3-5% at step 1, an d b etween 5-7% at step 2. For defects, assume a number that must be larger than the de fective items o bserved at each step . No w, determine the performance metrics Yield (defec tive), RTY (defective), Yield (defect), and RTY (defect) for this process, and provide a brief interpretation of the results (approx 1-2 pages). b) In one of the operational processes of your choice pick a particular problem. Identify its ro ot cau se(s) by using the 5-Why methodology (apply at least 5 x Why). Determine a suitable action to e liminate/reduce the root cause(s) (approx. 1 page ). c) Assume a fictitious constraint (bottleneck) in your operations. Describe what specific actions you could take to overcome that constraint using the TOC’s Five Focusing Steps. You ca n use the he adings of the Five Focusing Steps, but the actions (details under the headings) should be specif ic an d relevant to your constraint (approx. 1 pag e).