Business Process Optimization

Professor
(8)
5
Timeline
  • September 9, 2018
    Experience start
  • September 17, 2018
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 22, 2018
    Midway Check In
  • December 3, 2018
    Completion of the project
  • December 4, 2018
    Experience end
Experience
5 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred Community Partners
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Any
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Information technology Operations Project management
Skills
organization business philosophy strategic data analysis digital marketing business consulting
Student goals and capabilities

Students will apply state-of-the-art techniques to assess an existing business processes of your choice. They will develop a proposal to redesign your chosen process for optimal productivity and efficiency.

Students

Students
Undergraduate
Any level
40 students
Project
30 hours per student
Students self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The final project deliverable is a 20-page report including:

  • An assessment of the present business processes and justification for the proposed redesign.
  • Process governance guidelines.
  • An explanation on how the process supports your organization's strategy.
Project timeline
  • September 9, 2018
    Experience start
  • September 17, 2018
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 22, 2018
    Midway Check In
  • December 3, 2018
    Completion of the project
  • December 4, 2018
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Students will be assessing potential opportunities within your organization to provide strategic recommendations. Given the data you will provide, the students will analyze what processes can be optimized to save your organization time, money, or anything else relevant to your business.

Project focus examples include, but are not limited to:

  • Production processes
  • Sales processes
  • Marketing processes
  • Order processing

Additional Community Partner criteria

Community Partners must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

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