For this assignment, select a company familiar to you, preferably one where you have been employed, and consider a process within that company that needs improvement

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review Chapters 8 and 9 of your course text. For this assignment, select a company familiar to you, preferably one where you have been employed, and consider a process within that company that needs improvement. This could be a business process, a manufacturing process, a distribution process, or a service process that you have observed or been involved with during your career.
Please avoid naming the actual company or any person. Your experience and analysis of the situations are important, not the names.
For further guidance, review the Company Research in the UAGC LibraryLinks to an external site. tip sheet.
Using your course textbook and University of Arizona Global Campus Library research, prepare a recommended process improvement proposal that incorporates tools and methods learned in this course.
In your paper,

Describe the company and how the selected process fits into the company’s overall framework.
Create a step-by-step description of the current process, incorporating a process flow chart.
Analyze the current process for inefficiencies.
Develop a process improvement recommendation, including a detailed plan that incorporates business process engineering theory and benchmark the reengineered process to a close business competitor.

Design the process to be more efficient, using appropriate tools and methods learned throughout the course, including capacity utilization improvements and quality control models.

Explain possible challenges in implementing the process changes.
Assess the expected benefits of the improved process and the potential benefits.

The Process Improvement paper,

must be five to seven double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages ) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
must include a separate title page with the following in title case:

title of paper in bold font

Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.

student’s name
name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
course name and number
instructor’s name
due date

must utilize academic voice. Review the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.

Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions