Project Management

Project Management Case Study : The Spares Distribution Center (SDC

In the article written by John McMichael and Lockwood Greene (1994 the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (BCAG ) started to design and operate the new Spares Distribution Center (SDC ) in SeaTac , Washington for the company 's Customer Services Division . With the project aimed at yearly growth rate in the areas of inventory and shipments , there were internal and external risks that BCAG faced in relation to the project . Internal risks had something to do with the control system 's project design and implementation . As indicated

in the article , Custom software development with extensive sophistication and complexity could have increased design costs and jeopardized the overall schedule (McMichael Greene , 1994 ,

.516 . There were risks also in material handling , in managing extensive user input , and in the use of outside consultants . Internal risks were more centered on technical issues which had to be solved through skills and correlation

When it came to external risks , however , these had something to do with political and social consent and acceptance . There had to be permitting by the new municipality , where the new project was to take place Environmental impacts of the project had to be also considered here More so , it was written that SeaTac was incorporated as a municipality only months prior to the start of the project (McMichael Greene 1994 ,

.515 , which reflected that the municipality was somehow alien to the processing of building permits and inspections . As for social acceptance , the new project of SDC would have had huge impact on the neighborhood , mainly because the project itself was huge . With the building to be extremely close to the SeaTac Airport , FAA 's rules and regulations should not be ignored

The new project of SDC posed some risks in the external and internal environments . However , these risks posed problems that could all be solved through communication , correlation , personal skills , and the procurement of knowledge and data . The most important thing , though was to come up with the best project design that had to nullify all these risks

Reference

McMichael , J .R Greene , L (1994 . Beoing Spares Distribution Center a world-class facility achieved through partnering . In [title of book] Place : publisher

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