Management 14th Edition by Leslie Rue,Lloyd Byars ,Nabil Ibrahim

Exercise 25

Finding the One Best Way
Suppose you have been assigned the simple task of stuffing 1,000 two-page flyers (8½? × 11?) into a normal size envelope (4? × 9½?). The envelopes come in boxes of 250, and the flyer pages are in stacks of 1,000 each. The flyers must first be stapled together, folded, and then placed into the envelopes.
a. Get a stapler, a few envelopes, and several 8½ 3 110 sheets of paper, and determine how you might accomplish this task. Identify where each component will be positioned and exactly how you will perform the task.
b. After you have tried your first method, see if you can determine any ways in which it might be improved.
c. Compare your method with those of others in your class.
Questions
1. Were you able to improve your first method in step b ?
2. Did you pick up further improvements from others in your class (step c )?