Enjoy the Holidays!

MERRY CHRISTMAS / HANUKKAH AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!

Muahahaha

I am not sure why it has taken so long...but I have finally "defaced" the class wiki
: )
Wikis are a great invention!

We have transformed from Muda into Six Sigma

Everyone in our class has very much improved their presentation skills and ideas about how to drastically improve a business process over the course of this semester. I thought that the presentations today were well done and I heard some great ideas that companies should definitiely implement. Some of them more common sense than others, but all were improvements that should be implemented.

In a way, I am very glad that we do not have any more group projects, but I am also sad to think that we only have 1 more class together. Well, I have actually been ready to graduate since August, but I will definitely miss my fellow HCPers : )

Good Job Everyone!
Good luck on Friday.

The American Marketing Association Presents...

Guest Speakers:
1. Ellie Sanchez - T3 (The Think Tank)
2. Kristian Schwartz - Tribal DDB
3. Karen A. Bell, Executive Director- Fisherman's Wharf Community Benefit District
4. Mike Sanchez, Senior Brand Strategy Manager - Cisco Systems, Inc.
5. Lesley Beatty, Director of Marketing - Spongefish.com

Happy Cyber Monday

The fact that there is such thing as a "Cyber Monday" in addition to "Black Friday" goes to show how much of a trend e-commerce really is.

Google group pic + HTML

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Thank you to JP for teaching us HTML, I am proud to announce that I made my first Web page EVER during our last class : )

Org SIM

Today Clarissa, Stephanie, Bank, Mai, and I joined HCP '08 in a business simulation.
As I read the materials for "FoodCorp International," I realized how I could implement some of the concepts we have learned so far in JP's class. As President and CEO of the company, I decided to focus on areas that were filled with muda including the distribution process. I saw a lot of potential use fo JIT and 6 Sigma, but did not have enough time to go over these aspects of the company because we only had 5 hours to solve multiple problems ranging from employee turnover, to acquisitions, to sales mix.
I failed to implement any plans for databases, but I will admit that Mai, being on the other team, introduced a great idea for one. I especially liked the idea of having something that send e-coupons to phones when people get in a certain range of the grocery stores and products.
It was great to see how we might utilize our classroom knowledge in the real world.
Well done Sim participants! Thanks for making it a successful day.
PS- even though my team won, we would have kicked ass if we had all been on the same team : )