Case Study:

You are an analyst for the operations team at PlantFood, a nonprofit food rescue agency whose mission is to transport excess food from businesses to communities that face food insecurity. PlantFood is funded through a combination of donations and grants.Your manager is the Director of Operations at PlantFood. Your manager reports to the Chief Operating Office (COO). During a weekly team meeting, your manager tells you that the COO has discovered a big problem with the companys operations, which has been going on over the last three months. The cost of transportation and delivery for PlantFood is too expensive. The organizations grants and donations each month are not sufficient to cover the cost of transportation and delivery of food to communities.The COO needs to find a way to reduce delivery costs by 30% immediately. She has a couple of ideas to reduce costs, such as reducing the number of delivery trucks owned by PlantFood and creating centers where communities can pick up food directly. However, she isnt sure which solution will reduce costs the fastest and by the percentage needed.The COO is hoping that supplementing her subject matter expertise with analytics will help make a more informed decision for the organization. PlantFood would like you to find insights and provide a data-based recommendation to reduce costs. That data-based recommendation will be used in the organizations decision-making process.

Refer to the lecture notes and answer the below questions, provide clear explanation for each question:

WHO is involved in the project? List all those involved in the project.

WHAT problem needs to be solved?

WHAT would be an ideal solution for the problem?

WHAT happens if the problem is not solved?

WHERE does the problem occur?

Identify key people who you will need to communicate with regularly about the development of the project in order to ensure its success. These may be people you need to work with directly or just provide updates to through meetings or email communication.

Identify people who may have resources or expertise that you will need for project success.

Identify possible roadblocks or challenges in advance that may disrupt the project given the stakeholders that are involved.