Cango Video Analysis Wk 3 and 4

Team DeVry D - Above Average Consulting Analysis Video Report

BUSN-460-12558 Senior Project

Team DeVry D Members

Yatin Akbari

Allen Kaauwai

Pari Lynda Bana

Jason Sissung

George Warr

DeVry University

Professor: Richard Atkins

September 27, 2013

Team DeVry D - Above Average Consulting Analysis Video Report

1. Lack of communication between departments

* Observations-Issues:

Lack of business planning and communication between CanGo departments were observed where the employees are not working together to give updates and status reports on which work has or has not been completed or which needs completion.

* Analysis-Recommendations:

Mandatory weekly meetings with each department managers, supervisors and key employees on project updates should be conducted. Communication is tremendously important to success of projects. Weekly meetings should include:

A. Project progress

B. Employee roles (includes managers and supervisors)

C. Constraints and how they were handled

D. Projected cost and current cost

E. Upcoming events in relation to the projects at hand

F. updated estimate of completion, cost, resources, and risks

Holding meetings with this minimum amount of information will keep everyone on track of where the project is at that moment. Email, phone, and even face-to-face communication should be conducted on an as needed or scheduled basis (if earlier than one week, aka. daily).

2. Lack of automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS)

- Observations-Issues:

Employee proposed new layouts that incorporate barcoding and automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS). The lack of inventory data control that are working and being used and available to the employees on a real-time data managing system has yet to be finalized.

* Analysis-Recommendations:

CanGo needs to develop a checklist instead of jumping into a new system without properly conducting a full analysis. Management needs to install...