What can Pat do to create a culture of continuous improvement at Zel-loft?
What can Pat do to create a culture of continuous improvement at Zel-loft?
July 30, 2020 Comments Off on What can Pat do to create a culture of continuous improvement at Zel-loft? Uncategorized Assignment-helpPat Lewis has been a senior manager at a warehouse store – Zel-loft’s for the past 2 years. Walking through the store one day he noticed that some of the departments needed to be straightened, some need to be reorganized, and some are running very well. And then he sees something he shouldn’t. There are unopened cases of products blocking the aisle, creating commotion, and looking very unprofessional. There is also a very long line in the electronics department. Pat decides to talk to Jennifer, the sales clerk.Pat said “Jennifer, what is the hold up here”? Jennifer replied “I am waiting for our assistant manager to arrive with the key to the electronics cabinet. A customer wants to look at one of the cameras in the cabinet. She has been waiting for half an hour for me to help her. Then I have to ring up the 4 customers that are waiting in line to make purchases.” Pat interrupted her “OK, Jennifer, I can help out for awhile”. And he did.Two hours later Pat exited the electronics department and he was not happy. This was no way for a senior store manager to spend an afternoon. There were many other things that needed his attention. There must be a logical way to solve the problems he had seen in electronics. As he walked to his office, he wrote down the things he had seen:Customers pay for their purchase in the electronics department and then have to walk through the regular checkout lines to leave the store.It takes an average of 10 minutes for the assistant manager to come to the electronics department to bring the key to the electronics cabinet.Because of cost concerns, the store has no money to hire another manager or assistant manager.Store clerks must monitor the locked cabinets and stay with a customer who wants to view an item from the cabinet. (By the way, it may help to visit a department store and observe the process there – but that is not required.)What can Pat do to create a culture of continuous improvement at Zel-loft?


