Executive Summary CanGo is a small-sized company that retails a variety of products and services, ranging from books and videos to online gaming services. CanGo has had problems in the past with market strategies and formal planning. Liz, the founder of CanGo, and management would like to expand into the online gaming market. Our company, Quality Management Solutions, is writing a business plan on how to assist them the planning process of implementing a storage and retrieval system for online gaming. We will go over the features and benefits of the companies that we have researched and give them the recommendations on which one we believe will best fit their needs. We will also be assisting them on how to implement this system to get help them to make sure that their company will be competitive when they open into this new market segment. The Quality Management Solutions consultants working on the CanGo project will be implementing a reliable and cost-effective ASRS system for the CanGo firm. Working on the implementation process consists of effective communication from our consultants and their brainstorming, recommendations and ideas, of which we will combine with our client's requirements and expectations for a new ASRS system. The initial phase of this implementation is to focus our priorities on implementing this new technology at CanGo and to present a quality product, which will entail our coverage and research into the flexibility, costs, maintenance, capacity, space and the long-term benefits of CanGo investing in an ASRS. In addition, we will be reviewing and comparing the firm with other small firms and their utilization of their ASRS system and how a highly advanced system will bring flexibility, productivi... ... middle of paper ... ...tions. One main deciding factor was the total net present value (NPV) of the ASRS, the amount was $6,981,110.76; this is almost three times the NPV of the vendor Hanel. Quality Management Solutions has designed a flow chart to present to CanGo that explains the step-by-step procedure of the Mega Star Automated Retrieval and Storage System. This ASRS will reduce our labor force by a projected 8 employees. The cost of saving this large amount of wages alone is a main factor in implementing this machine for CanGo. References Boss, R. (2002). Automated Storage/Retrieval and Return/Sorting Systems. http://www.pla.org/ala/pla/plapubs/technotes/asrsystems.cfm. Retrieved May, 2007. Zollinger, H. (2001). AS/RS Application, benefits and Justification in Comparison to Other Storage Methods. http://www.mhia.org/PSC/pdf/asrswhitepaper2.pdf. Retrieved May, 2007.
Star Appliance is looking to expand their product line and is considering three different projects: dishwashers, garbage disposals, and trash compactors. We want to determine which project would be worth doing by determining if they will add value to Star. Thus, the project(s) that will add the most value to Star Appliance will be worth pursuing. The current hurdle rate of 10% should be re-evaluated by finding the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Then by forecasting the cash flows of each project and discounting them by the WACC to find the net present value, or by solving for the internal rate of return, we should be able to see which projects Star should undertake.
The project will bring several changes to the company; it will first expand the current physical IT environment. It will provide the ability to increase the storage capacity of the current storage requirement and expected growth of data, while establishing a new data warehouse and business analytics applications and user interfaces. The project will also improve security by establishing security policies and it will leverage newer cloud based technology to provide a highly redundant, flexible and scalable IT environment while also allowing the ability to establish a low cost disaster recovery site.
CanGo is an experienced company within the internet industry, books, videos and CD’s have proven well with consistent growth. In relation to CanGo’s fast growth, their motivation to expand and diversify into the online gaming industry would improve the company’s overall business opportunity. According to Park Associates (2010) their research has shown a steady growth of invested time playing online games through several media’s. This increase would support CanGo’s venture in the online gaming industry. Other companies are already operating successfully within the online gaming industry. CanGo’s competitive analysis will be needed to determine their strengths and weaknesses against their competitors. This analysis will assist CanGo on determining their best business strategies to become a large competitor in the industry. We at Reliable Consulting Inc. have researched three strong competitors within the industry Cango currently operates along with their future expansion of online gaming. Those three major competitors are Amazon, XBOX and STEAM, they all have established similar products in the industry that CanGo has interest in.
This strategy successfully persuaded older employees to adopt Box, a cloud-based storage platform for the company’s architectural drawings and financial documents. The organization’s adoption of the Box software grew out of a trial at one job site and just took off, caught fire, adoption-wise... And soon, what had started as a small group test grew intoalmost one hundred Box users within a few weeks. The reason for this growth was word-of-mouth testimonials that employees gave after using the software within the company. In addition to his cheerleader approach, Sarrubi also makes sure that working with the new technology is “as easy as using Amazon.” Cost, scalability, and return-on-investment are important factors the company considers when making IT decisions, but end-user preference is also a big factor in what technologies the company
The Consumer and Industrial Products, Inc a company where their headquarters is based in the United States , also doing business internationally with facilities in Europe, Asia and South America. They are a manufacturing company what produced well known products to individuals and industries. This company is experiencing a great deal of trouble with their internal Payable Audit System (PAS) and how it would purchase goods; receive goods and pays for them. They are challenged with the redundancy and the lack of productivity to their system. They were finding ways to lower costs and eliminating steps in how these processes are getting accomplished. They decided that they needed to change their system and the way they did things at their business. There are some people, their roles and departments that will be closely involved with the process of this project. Some of these important roles will come from Ted Anderson director of disbursements, Peter Shaw the user project manager and Linda Watkins project director for the Payable Audit System (PAS). In addition, the Steering Group and the IS management department will have some important roles to the project too. Finally, there will be several major problems with the development of the project and how the one person would deal with these issues.
...takes to set up information in the system. The level of understanding would improve through partaking or getting involved and henceforth could be adapted easily. All the bits and pieces of the project would rapidly increase or grow as per the workflow process. At the end, the overall CPOE system should be able to compare the manual method with the new electronic system and tell which is best and accurate to use and also tell how much time and money will be saved when using either system. At the end of the project the team should be able to come together and discuss whether or not the project met all of the company’s needs such as if it is reliable, efficient, safe and secure and also does it save time and money. Then, if the system has more advantages than disadvantages and it is worth all of the team’s time and effort it would be best to continue with the project.
...g system that supports the scalability of their data. The following is their input on their new proposal to create a new operational insight tool in order to provide a solution to their challenge:
The pace of the industry, where customer demands of a wider range of games is increasing and the threat of Sony’s leadership by a company like Nintendo, will definitively be interesting to follow as new technological features are unveiled to enhance customer experience. These features are the key to success within this sector.
GM uses this system by containment, disposition, separation, and classification. Such a system guarantees that any outcome that does not comply with specified requirements is restricted from unintended use, restrained, and dispositioned by the administrators. Accompanied by this quality control is the verifying position where first-time quality and process capacity is advanced (Drew, 2011). Every team member is informed about any modifications in the production process and who and when to summon for assistance in the event of any quandary. Every team is also included in the problem solving to reach any improvement in goals.
The team implementing the new system were required to do both functional and systematic requirements thus affecting the implementation of the new system
The biggest upside of the self-service system is the potential saving that often results in a wider margin of profit, however, the downsides are just as equally important and should not be ignored. A project manager must take all the risks into consideration prior to implementing such technology and address all complaint and concern. Business must take risk to grow and develop and for this reason, risk management must be included in every
Our goal for the Lige' is to establish a strong product in the over 6 billion dollar a year handheld gaming market. In order to be considered a success we hope to sell 1.5 million units in the first 16 months. However, as is traditional with gaming platforms the program will have to operate at a loss over this time before we can expect to see a profit. To minimize losses the Lige' will focus on function and content over technology and will initially only be sold over our website it is expected that 100 to 150 million dollars will need to be invested before the program starts turning over profits.
Make sure that their methodology is accepted by clients. Methodologies can be flexible enough to be adaptable according to customer’s demands. If the customer is not satisfied with the methodology, there is a great chance for failure in the project, and to lose the customer for further
Does the proposed equipment have the technical capabilities to hold the data which is required to use the new system?
Getting full support from management and employees is crucial for the success of the ISO 9001 quality management system. The earlier yo...