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This assignment will have you differentiating typical actions and potential modifications to improve activities, and assessing the overall impact of those improvement efforts. 1. Recall a work task, hobby, or other activity that you perform regularly. 2. In a Word document, name the activity and list sequentially the actions you do to complete the activity. 3. Describe the main differences between doing your activity as you perform it regularly and any variations to those steps you would make to improve your activity. 4. Reflect on the complexity of your list and the number of steps needed to complete the activity: · Did variation affect your activity? · If so, did the variation cause your activity to be easier or more difficult? 5. Submit your document. Note: 1. Select your activity. 2. Write down the steps and measure the time you take to complete each step. 3. Reflect on your first attempt to review if you wasted time or can improve the steps. 4. Complete your second attempt, write down your steps and measure the time again. 5. Did you improve the time? Eliminated steps? 6. Calculate your data average and standard deviation for each attempt and compare the calculations to analyze if the standard deviation increased or decreased. 7. The standard deviation is a measure of variation, the higher the value the more variation exists in a process. When we talk about variation in Business Statistics, we use the standard deviation as the measure of variation to analyze the data. For you to do well in this homework assignment, follow the example attached here. Also, to learn how to calculate the standard deviation and the average of your data in Excel, please watch the video located under the class media gallery. EXAMPLE Assignment 1 This assignment will have you differentiating typical actions and potential modifications to improve activities and assessing the overall impact of those improvement efforts. Recall a work task, hobby, or other activity that you perform regularly. Examples: grocery shopping, preparing a meal, a workout, completing an assignment, etc. 1. In a Word document, name the activity and list sequentially the actions you do to complete the activity. 2. Describe the main differences between doing your activity as you perform it regularly and any variations to those steps you would make to improve your activity. 3. Reflect on the complexity of your list and the number of steps needed to complete the activity: Did variation affect your activity? If so, did the variation cause your activity to be easier or more difficult? Example for Assignment 1 Description of activity: One of my hobbies is cycling. I participate in fund raising events throughout the year. These events require proper cycling attire and resources such as special drinks to help with hydration and special snacks to maintain endurance and eliminate the chances of my bonking during the ride. Below is a description of my steps before and after attempts taken to improve the amount of time each step took. 1. Name of activity: Preparing for Cycling event upon awakening. Below is the list of the actions I did on two consecutive days to see the improvement from doing and improving. On my first attempt, I recorded the steps and time, and once the task was completed, I reviewed it to assess the amount of time and steps that took me to complete it. I noticed that some of the steps took too much time, so the next time I did the same task, I was prepared and improved the amount of time from the previous attempt. STEP Time (1st attempt) Time (2nd attempt) Difference Step 1: Finding a matching pair of cycling socks 10 minutes 0 minutes Located matching pair of socks 10-minute reduction Step 2: Putting on cycling clothes 5 minutes 5 minutes Clothes laid out and ready 0-minutes difference Step 3: Locating cycling shoes 2 minutes 0 minutes Loaded shoes in equipment bag 2-minute reduction Step 4: Preparing drinks and snacks for long ride 15 minutes 0 minutes Prepper drinks and snacks day prior – just grab and go 15-minute reduction Step 5: Packing all needed supplies 2 minutes 0 minutes Packed helmets, gloves, and shoes in bag and placed in car day prior 2-minute reduction Step 6: Fill bicycle tires with air 18 minutes 0 minutes Prepped bikes day prior and also used maintenance area at the event 18-minute reduction Step 7: Put Bike rack on the car 5 minutes 0 minutes Loaded bike rack day prior 5-minute reduction Step 8: Loading bicycles onto bike rack 4 minutes 0 minutes Loaded bikes day prior 4-minute reduction Step 9: Unloading bicycles and equipment needed during the ride 14 minutes 14 minutes 0-minute change Step 10: Checking in and getting the riders packet Varies depending on arrival time. Earlier the faster processed 20 minutes Varies depending on arrival time. Earlier the faster processed 10 minutes 10-minute reduction Total time 95 minutes total 29 minutes 2. Describe the main differences between doing your activity as you perform it regularly and any variations to those steps you would make to improve your activity. According to Hoerl and Snee (2012) the doing activities are represented by the steps the process follows to produce a service or a product as depicted on Figure 1.4. The improving activities are represented by the collection of data as shown on the table above. The first column shows the steps I followed during the cycling preparation, the second column represents the time each step took to be completed, and the third column represents the time it took to complete the same task but with improvements made after analyzing the process and cycle time on the first attempt. 3. Reflect on the complexity of your list and the number of steps needed to complete the activity: Did variation affect your activity? If so, did the variation cause your activity to be easier or more difficult? Based on the explanation provided by Hoerl and Snee (2012) about reducing variation (standard deviation) and improving the average value, the data collected on the first attempt shows an average of 9.5 minutes and a variation of 6.8 minutes that in comparison with the second attempt the average is 2.9 minutes and the variation is 5.1 minutes. The analysis of these two values reflects that preparing ahead of time the tools needed to get ready for completing the task improved the overall average minimizing the time and the variation as reflected on the second attempt. Indeed, variation affects the productivity in completing the process due to the amount of time wasted when there is a lack of preparation.
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Aarti answered on Jan 13 2021
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STEP
    Time (1st attempt)
    Time (2nd attempt)
    Difference
    Step 1: Make a list of food items & beverages to be prepared for the
guests
    15 minutes
    15 minutes
Make a list of food items & beverages to be prepared for the guests prior (New List)
    0-minute reduction
    Step 2: Going to the nearby market
    5 minutes
    0 minutes
Going for online orders prior day
    5-minutes difference
    Step 3: Purchasing the related items needed to prepare the meals.
    20 minutes
    10 minutes
On call ordering prior day
    10-minute reduction
    Step 4: Coming back from the market
    5 minutes
    0 minutes
Online orders prior day
    5-minutes difference
    Step 5: Washing the grocery & Chopping the vegetables and fruits
    15 minutes
    0 minutes
Prepped the same prior day & in preservation
    15-minute reduction
    Step 6: Preparing the meals
    60 minutes
    60 minutes
Preparing the meals
    0-minute reduction
    Step 7: Garnishing and presentation of the items prepared
    7 minutes
    7 minutes
Garnishing and presentation of the items prepared
    0-minute reduction
    Step 8: Preparation of the drinks
    10 minutes
    10 minutes
Preparation of the drinks
    0-minute reduction
    Step 9: Placing everything on the dining table for the guests
    8 minutes
    8 minutes
Placing everything on the dining table for the...
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