Mercedes Benz Operations Management

This essay will entail a field project, consisting of 5 pages of text, double-spaced plus additional exhibit pages. Each group submits one write-up. Consider companies you have visited, been employed by, or observed. When visiting a company, observe their operations and interview several people. Include a flow diagram of the process as it is currently performed. Analyze the process to determine opportunities to eliminate waste, redundancies, and unnecessary activities. Explore improvements to the process by simplifying, combining, or eliminating tasks and/or resources. Examples of improved processes are ones that provide the same output at a lower cost per unit, provide the same output with a shorter throughput time, provide a higher hourly/daily capacity at the same or lower cost, or provide improved service. Develop a flow diagram of the improved process reflecting the improvements. The report should include a brief description of the company and the industry environment in which it competes, before and after flow diagrams, the problems identified and analyzed, recommendations, and supporting data analyses. The company used in this essay should be Mercedes Benz, a German automobile company