Overview:The
final project of this course will allow you to demonstrate your ability to
analyzeHaas
Automationthat
is preparing to add a new product to its existing operation. You will be tasked
with developing strategies to mitigate risk regarding the new product launch.
Prompt:For
the final project in the course, you will be tasked with identifying the
manufacturing requirements, product feasibility, production
constraints,profitability, and overall risk associated with introduction of a
new product. For this milestone, you will analyze your
selected company and offer guidance on how to address potential risk factors
associated with the introduction of its new product and how to address the
overall financial impact the new product will have on Haas Automation.
Additionally, you will create a draft of management strategies—an analysis of
your selected company—including guidance on how to form and appropriately
manage the launch of a new product as well as the team that will be involved in
its launch.
Specifically,
the following critical elements must be addressed:
III. Risk and Financial Impact:In
this part of the project, you will analyze your selected company and offer
guidance as to how to address potential risk factors associated with the
introduction of its new product and what the overall financial impact of the
new product will be on the company.
A. Identify potential risks to the company associated with the new
product introduction.
B. Develop a risk mitigation plan to address the previously identified
risks associated with the introduction of the new product.
C. Explain how your proposed risk mitigation plan will account for and
address the previously identified risks.
IV. Management Strategies:In this part of the project, you will analyze
your selected company and offer guidance as to how to form and appropriately
manage the launch of a new product as well as the team that will be involved
with the launch of the new product.
A. Describe the key aspects and characteristics of the team that you
would build to support introduction of the new product.
B. Select the stakeholder from the company that you would include on a
cross-functional team to support the introduction of the new product.
C. Explain how your proposed team is cross-functional and how that
assists them in supporting the introduction of the new product.
D. Develop a strategy you would use to manage the cross-functional team
tasked with supporting the introduction of the new product.
E. Explain how you could apply principles of total quality management
(TQM) in managing the product introduction.
F. Describe how you could utilize the total quality management (TQM)
approach for fulfilling customer expectations associated with the new product.
G. Explain how each department in the company would approach assessing
customer expectations of the product.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Milestone Three must be 4 to 6 pages in length (plus
a cover page and references) and written in APA format. Use double spacing,12-point
Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Include at least five references
cited in APA format. Use the template to answer the question.
