¶ … STUARATA INC.
DESCRIPTION
The project proposed is one creating a start-up company to make the product available for installation at customer sites in ten months from the start date. The production operation is planned for being in place at the same time so that fifty units per week and one control station per week are produced. This project is a $12 million dollar project involving the design and development of autonomous mobile vehicles for use in warehouses pulling and delivering orders to work stations, which are then processed and packed before they are shipped. Reasons that consumers invest in the Kiva-type system include those stated as follows:
(1) Increased stocking and order picking productivity and rates;
(2) Increased order accuracy, order fulfillment rates and speed of order turnaround time;
(3) Inventory Accuracy and Security:
(4) Flexibility and Scalability;
(5) Electricity Savings;
(6) Quality of Life;
(7) Reduced Training Time
(8) No downtime and built-in redundancy; and (9) The 'Wow' Factor. (MWPVL International Inc., 2013)
Involved in this project is a proposal for an acquisition of a company in Tokyo, Japan, and specifically Ryoichi comprised by 13 engineers and the team with the skills and expertise that are needed by Stuarata, Inc. In this proposed project if the project is to reach a high level of success. There are however, concerns associated with acquisition of this company in regards to communication and language differences. Issues identified related to the project include the issues stated as follows:
(1) The product needs to be extensively tested in a live warehouse environment before it can be rolled out or even before performing test installations on potential customer sites.
(2) Safety regulations must be met because the mobile vehicles will work in warehouses together with human workers. These safety regulations are different for different states in the U.S.
(3) The project team needs to be assembled. As the overall project is of significant size and challenging in multiple dimensions, you need to employ staff quickly and the team members you recruit need to start contributing as soon as they are hired. On the other hand, as the project is at the "idea level" at this point in time, it will take some time before work can be assigned. Therefore, employing staff should be done accordingly.
(4) The project consists of two phases, work on which must continue on an on-going basis:
Phase A - Research, Design and Development; and Phase B - Production.
Although production will lag the first phase, the infrastructure needs to be ready before production begins and therefore production planning should start very early during the first phase.
PART II - FINAL PROJECT OUTLINE
i. Project Introduction & Description
ii. Product Price Range by Operations Size iii. Acquisition Process & Methodology
iv. Project Timeline for Design, Development, Simulation, Implementation and Meeting Goals of Production
v. Stuarata Inc. Infrastructure
vi. Project Issues vii. ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND PLAN
VIII. INTERFACE DIAGRAM DEPICTING STAKEHOLDERS AND THEIR INTERACTION
IX. PLAN TO RESOLVE POTENTIAL CONFLICT WITHIN EXECUTIVE TEAM
X. A LIST OF CROSS-CULTURAL BEHAVIORAL ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS IF OFF-SHORE CONTRACTING COMPANY ENGAGED
XI. METHODS OF MANAGING LEADERSHIP AND TEAM MEMBER STRESS
X. CODE OF ETHICS
PRELIMINARY LIST OF REFERENCES
PART THREE -- PROJECT DELIVERABLES
I. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
The project proposed is to create a start-up company so that the product is available for installation at customer sites in ten (10) months from the start date and that the production operation is additionally in place by that time so that vehicle development will result in 50 units per week being produced and control stations at one per week. This project involves 12 million in business funding and is an innovative system for warehouse and order fulfillment. The autonomous mobile vehicles move throughout the warehouse pulling orders and delivering the picked orders to the workstations to be processed and packed prior to shipping. Stuarata, Inc. is an organization where employees are encouraged, enabled, and expected to work effectively as a team.
II. DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCT
The vehicles to be developed are autonomous mobile vehicles and other technical systems, which are to be designed in-house although an estimated 100 suppliers will supply necessary components during the first phase and throughout other phases. Production is needed to begin with the supply chain in place for production needs by the end of...
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