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Inventory Improvement

Fri, 01/25/2013 - 15:46 - boss
Project ID: 
146
Current stage: 
1_Proposal
Manager: 
ascobie
Unit: 
us-unit
What: 

Description: Ultimately provide an automated inventory solution that will monitor and track items accurately. In the first instance, we should evaluate the current system and identify areas where we need improvements e.g. tracking self-managed machines.

Deliverables:

Evaluation phase
A report on the existing system - covering both good and bad aspects.
Implementation phase
  1. A design for a replacement system.
  2. A replacement system.
Why: 

Customer:

Case statement: The current inventory system does not meet all our requirements and there is concern that tracking machines has now become unreliable. This is particularly the case for self-managed machines. We are not able to easily answer fundamental inventory questions - this is a particular problem for planning expenditure and machine allocation.

The current system is overly complicated with the flow of information difficult to fathom.

When: 

Status:

Timescales: Difficult to judge - depends on Alastair availability. Aiming to clarify and document requirements by mid T2 2012.

Priority:

Time:

How: 

Proposal:

Resources:

Plan:

  • Gain an understanding of existing inventory system
  • Meet all interested CO/CSOs to :-
    • Assess the current mechanism identifying areas where we consider there to be inconsistencies/failings.
    • Identify the positive aspects of the existing system so that these are not lost in any future system
  • Clarify and document our inventory requirements.
  • Design a simplified system
  • Implement new system
Other: 

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Risks:

Milestones

Proposed date Achieved date Name Description
2012-07-01 Requirements Aiming to clarify and document requirements by mid T2 2012.
2012-06-01 Capture Discuss existing systems with interested CO/CSOs