Sunday, January 25, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
LA LA LAND
In a world where animals form unspeakable bonds...
And things are not what they seem...
Comes the remarkable true story of a girl who is BALLIN OUTTA CONTROL...
The excitement became difficult to contain. Her face lit up brilliantly as smiled and pointed, "Look, we're here, we're here!"
As the ship approached the island and the captain looked for an open space to dock, the landscape began to reveal itself through early morning mist and dawn's light. The island's beach was a lush, green environment with gigantic rolling hills in the distance that were unlike anything she had ever seen before; it seemed like they were as tall as the sky, but behind them one could see massive buildings. She proclaimed, "Those must be the hotels!" The buildings resembled ancient egyptian architecture that while clashing with the environment on the surface, still gave forth an effect of extreme extravagance that made it unique enough to expand the definition of perfection. The beach itself was very small and it was only twenty feet from the neatly trimmed grassy area.
Upon arriving on shore and unloading, she noticed what she thought were oddly-shaped rocks in the grassy area. She prodded at them with her foot and began kicking them amusingly like an innocent child, completely lost in the moment. Further away, there were raccoons and sheep that made a circular formation by holding hands. She thought this was strange. Raccoons and sheep don't mix together, and why are they in a circle, dancing, she thought to herself. It was then that she looked around and saw camels grazing. These objects at her feet were not rocks. She cringed but refused to let the situation affect her happiness. It was her much-needed, long-awaited vacation. The raccoons and sheep began to scatter, revealing what was inside the circle. It was her suitcases. The animals had ravaged her belongings.
Frustrated at the unfortunate events to begin her vacation, she screamed,
"FUCK!!!!!!!!!! CRACK A BOTTLE!!!!!!!!!! BLAZE A POUND OF WEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
And things are not what they seem...
Comes the remarkable true story of a girl who is BALLIN OUTTA CONTROL...
The excitement became difficult to contain. Her face lit up brilliantly as smiled and pointed, "Look, we're here, we're here!"
As the ship approached the island and the captain looked for an open space to dock, the landscape began to reveal itself through early morning mist and dawn's light. The island's beach was a lush, green environment with gigantic rolling hills in the distance that were unlike anything she had ever seen before; it seemed like they were as tall as the sky, but behind them one could see massive buildings. She proclaimed, "Those must be the hotels!" The buildings resembled ancient egyptian architecture that while clashing with the environment on the surface, still gave forth an effect of extreme extravagance that made it unique enough to expand the definition of perfection. The beach itself was very small and it was only twenty feet from the neatly trimmed grassy area.
Upon arriving on shore and unloading, she noticed what she thought were oddly-shaped rocks in the grassy area. She prodded at them with her foot and began kicking them amusingly like an innocent child, completely lost in the moment. Further away, there were raccoons and sheep that made a circular formation by holding hands. She thought this was strange. Raccoons and sheep don't mix together, and why are they in a circle, dancing, she thought to herself. It was then that she looked around and saw camels grazing. These objects at her feet were not rocks. She cringed but refused to let the situation affect her happiness. It was her much-needed, long-awaited vacation. The raccoons and sheep began to scatter, revealing what was inside the circle. It was her suitcases. The animals had ravaged her belongings.
Frustrated at the unfortunate events to begin her vacation, she screamed,
"FUCK!!!!!!!!!! CRACK A BOTTLE!!!!!!!!!! BLAZE A POUND OF WEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Using Process Charts to Analyze and Optimize a Process
What is a Process Chart?
The process chart is an operations management tool that specializes in providing the guidelines for a thorough but simple breakdown of any given process. It breaks down a process into different tasks, each attributed with their respective roles, distances and steps required, and time estimations on completion.
There are five possible roles that a task can be categorized into1
Figure 1.1 - Empty process chart
Filling Out the Chart
To illustrate how this useful operations management tool works, take a simple process like preparing a unit of airline food:
Figure 1.2 - Process chart being filled out.
Afterwards, fill out the summary to generate a brief synopsis of the process. This will provide the grounds for an accurate analysis which in turn allows relevant insight on how to improve the process.
Analysis and Optimization
In this example, analysis of the process can lead to a conclusion that the distance traveled is a very inefficient part of the process. It is a far distance to travel and uses quite a bit of time comparative to the other steps. By identifying the problem area using a process chart, it can shed light on which area requires fixing. In this case, optimization of the process can be done in a simple way--just move the fridge close to the station where the other steps take place.
The process chart is an operations management tool that specializes in providing the guidelines for a thorough but simple breakdown of any given process. It breaks down a process into different tasks, each attributed with their respective roles, distances and steps required, and time estimations on completion.
There are five possible roles that a task can be categorized into1
- Operation - an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- Transportation - moving from one place to another.
- Inspect - to examine with the intention to make sure standards are met.
- Delay - a momentary pause in the process, whether mandatory or unforeseen
- Store - to temporarily hold in place
Figure 1.1 - Empty process chartFilling Out the Chart
To illustrate how this useful operations management tool works, take a simple process like preparing a unit of airline food:
- Obtain tray from basket (10 seconds - Transportation - 5 ft)
- Obtain food from refrigerator (1 minute - Transportation - 25 ft)
- Place food in the tray (1 minute - Operation)
- Make sure the it is not overflowing or undersized (20 seconds - Inspect)
- Place aluminum foil over tray (1 minute - Operation)
- Store tray for the airline to pick up (1 minute - Transportation - 25 ft)
Figure 1.2 - Process chart being filled out.Afterwards, fill out the summary to generate a brief synopsis of the process. This will provide the grounds for an accurate analysis which in turn allows relevant insight on how to improve the process.
Analysis and Optimization
In this example, analysis of the process can lead to a conclusion that the distance traveled is a very inefficient part of the process. It is a far distance to travel and uses quite a bit of time comparative to the other steps. By identifying the problem area using a process chart, it can shed light on which area requires fixing. In this case, optimization of the process can be done in a simple way--just move the fridge close to the station where the other steps take place.
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