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Operations Management-Assignment 3

Operations Management-Assignment 3

Q Select a business you are familiar with which incorporates lean manufacturing or lean supply chains. Evaluate how this firm uses lean strategies and how much lean techniques has improved the firm's efficiency. Evaluate ways the firm can go even further to make improvements using lean techniques. Use the results you obtained from evaluating this firm to apply to your own business or a business you are interested in which currently does not use lean. Develop a 1,050-word report in which you describe your lean evaluation project.

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The assignment is based on Nike and its dealing with the lean manufacturing process. Nike is footwear and sportswear manufacturing company established by Phil Knight in 1964. Initially, the company has been named as “Blue Ribbon Sports” and has changed its name to Nike in 1972. Currently, Nike is one of the largest footwear manufacturers in the global scale. According to a 2018 report, Nike has enjoyed $36.4 billion revenue from their 1,182 global stores. Approximately, 73,000 employees work in the organization.