UNIT 4 IP : PART 2 DUE 01.08.2023

Key Assignment Draft

The Key Assignment first draft should contain material from Weeks 1–4 and should be 1,250–1,600 words.

For this unit’s assignment, you are to add the following section to your draft:

Quality Tactics and the Logistics and Supply Chain Functions (300–400 words) 

• Identify what tools are applicable internally and why
• Identify and explain what tools are applicable externally with vendors 
• Include your cited references from three new sources

Quality Control Manual

This first draft represents Part 1 of the Key Assignment. You should treat it as a finished document in terms of grammar, formatting, all necessary sections, and complete content. If you do a good enough job in the first draft, no changes will be needed for Part 1 in the Key Assignment final draft.

This course is comprised of a series of Individual Project assignments that will contribute to a Key Assignment submission at the end of the course. Each week, you will complete a part of a Quality Training Manual. You will select an organization and apply your research to the development of the Quality Training Manual that is meant for the logistics and supply chain management departments.

The project deliverables are as follows:

• Quality Control Manual

  Use Word
  Title page

  Course number and name
  Project name
  Your name
  Date

  Table of Contents (TOC)

  This should be on a separate page.
  This should be a maximum of 3 levels deep.
  If you are using an autogenerated TOC, be sure to update the fields of the TOC before submitting your project.

  Section Headings

  Week 1: Introduction

  History of the quality management evolution
  Why it is needed

  Week 2: The Role of Leadership

  Why it is a strategic issue
  Management as a role model
  New kinds of metrics

  Week 3: General Quality Strategies and Tools

  Establishing customer expectations
  Designing quality in
  Defining metrics
  Mistake-proofing
  Kaizen
  Six Sigma

  Week 4: Quality Tactics and the Logistics and Supply Chain Functions (300–400 words)

  What tools are applicable internally
  What tools are applicable externally with vendors