Question

Jimmi-Jane Fitness has outgrown their current facility and you are looking for a new location for relocation. This must be done as soon as possible because the company is already behind on its clothing orders due to the lack of space to manage the production of its increasing inventory!

As the project manager, find a new location and plan out the company’s move to this new location. However, the company is on a limited budget with short timelines, as well quality real estate space for this purpose is hard to find.

Q 1 . How would you approach this type of project?

Q 2. What would your first steps be in planning out the project?

Q 3. There will be conflicting requirements for the new facility. How will you determine which ones are essential?

Answer 1

1. My approach would be a reverse approach, I.e. planning as per demand of customers.

2. Firstly, I would enquire regarding the budget of the project. Then, design an optimized layout of the factory. Lean manufacturing concept can be used in this step to utilize space wisely. After this, I would seek for a location which is of the desired size and well within the budget.

3. The essential requirements would be adding value to the product. While the non-essential requirements would not be adding or creating value for customer, neither for goods nor services.