4. Silver Fiddle Case
Risks and mitigations Not meeting the five-month time estimate is another risk that may be encountered. Lack of labor and equipment might be a problem because other houses are to be built. It will be advisable to evaluate the sequence in which these building activities will occur, and distribute resources evenly across each house. Silver Fiddle could apply Heuristics, or the rules of thumb to create a framework work for allocating resources in such a situation. A contingency plan will be to lease or hire additional equipment to augment the ones the company already has. A shortage of building materials is another risk that is possible. Supplies may run short due to the fact that Silver
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Exceeding the five month deadline ii. Shortage of building materials iii. Shortage of manpower(local trade professionals) iv. Lack of adequate personnel v. Overshooting of estimated budget.
4b. Risk Assessment Form | Likelihood | Impact | DetectionDifficulty | When | Exceeding the five month deadline | 3 | 4 | 2 | Towards the end of the project | Shortage of building materials | 4 | 2 | 2 | Mid way through the project | Shortage of manpower (Local trade professional) | 2 | 3 | 1 | Midway through the project | Lack of adequate personnel (Book keeper) | 4 | 4 | 1 | The entire duration of the project. | Overshooting the estimated budget | 3 | 4 | 1 | Towards the end of the project |
4c. Risk Response Matrix Risk Event | Response | Contingency Plan | Trigger | Who is Responsible | Exceeding the five month deadline | Use of parametric procedures to develop a time estimation plan. | Design and carry out project phase gates | Resource (time, manpower and cost) allocating measures are not successful at the beginning. | Project manager | Shortage of building materials | Make purchases in advance and informs stores of needed materials beforehand. | Look for multiple vendors for important items that may run out quickly. | Should be done with immediate effect | Foreman | Shortage of manpower (Local trade professional) | Inquire from subcontractors beforehand their available
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* Silver Fiddle routinely subcontracts build work to local subcontractors. As previously discussed, Silver Fiddle is scheduled to build eleven homes this year, and these homes will be built in a local housing market which can be described as “booming”. Since the Czopek home is scheduled to be built within five months, our concern is that there will be a lack of subcontractors available to work on the
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MBA graduate and pronounced retailer pioneered the first Staples office supply superstore in Brighton, Massachusetts. Tom Stemberg who was early rooted in retail after leaving school to his first job on the store floor of Jewel Corporation, bagging groceries, stocking the aisle and maximizing sales later to become the youngest vice president of the company at age 28. He was known for his aggressive marketing tactics which he used to successfully develop and launch the first line of generic foods sold in the US, After leaving Jewel Corporation Stemberg embarked on a similar adventure to run the grocery division of another retailer, he was later fired. Leo Khan a former rival in the retail industry approached Stemberg with and the idea of a new business venture and offered to back the venture with $500,000, Stemberg review options but none seemed viable at the time. The idea of Staples was born out of Stemberg interview for a top position at a Dutch-based warehouse club named Makro, Stemberg was astonished by the rate at which office supplies were being sold at the time at the company and contemplated whether or not a superstore for this merchandise would be worthwhile, pondering the idea he commenced an informal market research by garnering information from colleagues to which the responses where satisfactory. The idea was further
The participants include the client and appointed professional lead consultants for aiding in the assembling of the project team. A report by Sir Latham, M (1994) states the selection process of professional consultants is on the basis for recognition of quality as well as price " This selection model is important because in order for project success , a compatible team needs building . The mode of estimation that is suitable for this stage uses the approximation technique of functional unit rates. The ball park budget cost would be refined by using a past but similar project contract price whilst also taking into account its site locality and date. Appendix () shows an example. Approximate floor area = 114m2 Building cost £1, 122 /m2 = £127 '899 [2Q2016 TPI =282 (F ) / 4Q2008 TPI = 240 (previous )] x Building cost £127 '899 (See appendix ) . Projects estimated budget cost = £150 '281. Stage 2: Concept Design. Draft design sketches and a budget estimate are further refined with the aid of elemental cost plan techniques. Greenhalgh , B (2013 p 85 ) illustrates the element cost method within a hierarchy of estimating data used to cost per square meter of each element ( see appendix ) . An example shown below with reference to (appendix ) that illustrates approximated element cost per square meters / metered of the detached house . Projects estimated budget cost = £150 '281 has been firmed up by multiplying all the elements ' lowest cost value per square meter
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incorporated into the questionnaire. According to Gould and Joyce (2002) there are a number of risks which can be identified within the construction industry itself and those risks are evident in every construction project regardless of the project size or its scope. Tummala et al. (1999) has argued that oftentimes changes in design and scope in addition to time frames or schedules are considered the most common risks for the construction sector based on the study conducted. As the construction project progresses there 's bound to be changes in scope or design which are implemented causing the need for more resources, time and cost. Baker, et al. (1999) notes that if a project is completed ahead of its scheduled time, it may be as troublesome as one scheduled late. Karim et al. (2015) has argued that extremely quick completion maybe a resultant of planning which is insufficient or problems within the construction design which caused shortening of completion time. This may also lead to overall low quality of the final construction product and there may be an increase in the overall cost of the project (Karim et al. 2015). Gould and Joyce (2002) argues that setting a delay in a schedule garners a great cost that becomes the burden of both the contractors and the investors in differing ways. Zhang and Xing (2010) urges that there is great importance in keeping balance between the concepts of time-cost-quality trade-off which manifested over the past decade. This concept of
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ABC Company is a manufacturing firm that specializes in making cedar roofing and siding shingles. The company currently has annual sales of around $1.2 million, which is a 25% increase from the previous year. The company has a very aggressive growth target of reaching $3 million annual sales within the next three years. The CEO of ABC Company would like to begin a new project, using some of the shingle scrap materials to build cedar dollhouses, this opportunity could help ABC Company in reaching those growth targets. The new dollhouse product line would be able to leverage ABC Company’s existing manufacturing facilities and the current staff, but the project will add additional raw materials and be more time-intensive to manufacture than current products. As the corporate controller I have created this report that will provide the necessary details about the estimated product costs, the amount of sales that is needed to break even on the project, and what level of return this product is expected to provide.
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