You select a lean audit entity, which should be currently physically accessible by yourself and where value added activities are taking place. Your potential lean audit entity can be a manufacturing company, a restaurant, a supermarket, a cafeteria, a bubble tea shop, or even the kitchen in your apartment.
Apply any lean theories and tools that we have discussed to analyze your audit entity. It should be noted that the assessment of your lean audit report is mainly based on how you apply lean theories and tools discussed in the courses on the audit entity rather than the selection of audit entity itself. Thus, no matter what your selected audit entity is, a famous manufacturing company or a small family-run factory (for example), it will not affect your marking.
Your report needs to cover the following (Note: the percentages are the weights of marking for all topics and sub-topics):
1. Brief introduction of your selected lean audit entity 10%
Background
Key products or services
Turnover, target markets (if applicable)
2. Audit entity current lean status 40%
Value-added and non-value-added activities 10%
7 wastes assessment of the audit entity 30%
3. A discussion of the key issues (positive and negative) that you observed with reference to the theory you have covered in the lectures 50%
5S adoption (must discuss) 20%
Your proposed counter-measurements (other than 5S) for key negative issues and what audit entity’s lean practices enhance your understanding on the theories covered in the lectures (if applicable) 30%
The company selected is Costco, to be more specific, a Costco retail store.
