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Case Study You are part of an operations team consisting of yourself as the Project Manager, an engineering technician, a Scheduler/Planner, a Production Engineer, a Purchasing officer and a representative from the finance department. The team task is to produce a new collapsible camp chair for the Scouts as per the preliminary designs supplied (see below). The project involves scoping what must be planned and implemented to be ready for manufacture, packaging and despatch of these chairs. Your company makes furniture, but have never made a collapsible camp chair before. The estimated time of completion for the project is 4 months and you are required to make 1000 items. Assume that the start date of the project is today. The Manufacturing department have advised that they require 2 weeks to manufacture the chairs and the Despatch department have advised that they require 2 weeks to have the items packaged and out of the warehouse

g) You now find out that the customer requires 2500 chairs instead of 1000. Determine what impact this has on: i. the costing (budget), - e.g. explain what costs might stay the same, increase or decrease and why. ii. delivery date - e.g. will you meet the current delivery date? Explain. iii. and supplies - e.g. what will the Supply Manager need to do? iv. Explain how you would determine the impact on the above (who would you need to consult, what information would you need etc.) v. Which members of the team will be involved with this change? vi. (Approximately 400 words)

Case Study You are part of an operations team consisting of yourself as the Project Manager, an engineering technician, a Scheduler/Planner, a Production Engineer, a Purchasing officer and a representative from the finance department. The team task is to produce a new collapsible camp chair for the Scouts as per the preliminary designs supplied (see below). The project involves scoping what must be planned and implemented to be ready for manufacture, packaging and despatch of these chairs. Your company makes furniture, but have never made a collapsible camp chair before. The estimated time of completion for the project is 4 months and you are required to make 1000 items. Assume that the start date of the project is today. The Manufacturing department have advised that they require 2 weeks to manufacture the chairs and the Despatch department have advised that they require 2 weeks to have the items packaged and out of the warehouse You now find out that the customer requires 2500 chairs instead of 1000. Determine what impact this has on: i. the costing (budget). - e.g. explain what costs might stay the same, increase or decrease and why II. delivery date - e.g. Will you meet the current delivery date? Explain. iii. and supplies - eg what will the Supply Manager need to do? iv. Explain how you would determine the impact on the above (who would you need to consult, what information would you need etc.) Which members of the team will be involved with this change? vi. (Approximately 400 words) V. ADLM203-1 CARE GRAM WON = DO NOT SCALE UNCLASSIFIED DALAMY REVISION CANTO APROVED ORLD MUVA 00110DLINES PENI Stiro SCAR TOAS 200 TYPE TAVA 00 04.10 1 .. - SAHTO AL 2050 TE 20 SECTION AA SCALE 15 SECTION BB CANVAS ONLY SHOW SEE NOTE 200 393 TUBE JON SECTION - JOIN CETAK SCALE DETAILE SCALE DETAIL D DETALE ANO CORNER NO SCALE 15 J 2 COMERCIAL 1 COMERCIAL 2 COMMERCIAL 5 2 COMERCIAL COMERCIAL AS RECO COOTERCIAL IA HOD COMERCIA 11 Eap coro TONOTY PARTNO RIVET, SEX TUBULAR OVAL HEAD, LO STEEL ZINC PLATED, LONG DA TUNG ALUMINUM ALLOY WALL THICKNESS TO AS/NZS 79.15 RIVET SEMITULAR OVAL HEADED STEEL, ZINC PLATO SONG DIA WASHER FLAT, ALUMINUM STIK WASHER FLAT, ALUMBO SD15TH THREAD, MPBER 1RY COTTON POLYESTER CORESPUN MOREAKING FORCE ON CLOTH DO COTTON POLYESTER CORESPUN IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPEC OPAUSTI SP280 TUALUR ALGY 2 GO 5 WALL THINGS TO ASINIS.IS DESERT PAUSE BENERATEL ONGAMATION ARMY DESIGN ESTABLISHMENT TUBE JON DIMENSIONS IN HELHETES GENERAL HISINGEN STATO WEISS DERED APR INGAR STOOL, FOLDING, LIGHTWEIGHT NE EGOW TO DEPAUSTI SOL. HAN ACTRESSE APPROVED HOROGRAM DEFENCE STOCK NUMBER. HOWANO YEAR OF MANUFACTURE RACED ON LORSIDE OF SNOW DARATERS WITH A COROLLY AVRARE GELE BLACK 2 ST STORTY NITOAS VITAE PER TUNGT PIVA COATED TO ASSUS, CATAGORT EBRD CAPOLARE GREEN LOW COSTOS ERA STARA wa LANG HAS BEEN DRAWIN SANGE 2 ANGLA MATERIALE TREATMENT SARD PARTS USI BARE APRO DCORE ADEM)203-1 SHEET SURER SI A3 DAPATKAN BE Goals for the Project Priority Goals Target Date Complete D Actions and Resources: Actions and Resources: 0 Actions and Resources: Actions and Resources: Actions and Resources: Actions and Resources: Actions and Resources: