I want to know how you handle a project when it is approved and you basically have two months to get all equipment on site, ready to install and start up. There is much of the equipment existing all across the country, but will it fit our application? Saving Changes...
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Given your short time span you should make an inventory of the equipment, sort it by region or locale, and determine if any of the items can get shipped together rather than separate. Also find out how quickly teh items can arrive given their poing of origin. The list should also include priorities, such as what equipment do you need first? Do any dependencies exist? Expedite the priority items and get them in as fast as possible. Essentially, you need to get a big picture view and do some planning to ensure everything arrives on time. Also, make a plan for implementing everything up before (key word: before) it arrives. If you know everything you need, and hopefully you do at this point, then you can make a checklist or a process for implementing it while you wait for shipping. With such stringent time constraints, planning will make or break you. Saving Changes...
I will add to Ed's recommendation the need to measure the potential impact of not having that equipment in place on time and review any alternative solution to reduce that potential impact. And do not forget to communicate the risk to all stakeholders and team members, so everyone is aware of that risk, the potential impact and the alternate solution. Communicating this you may even have some internal hints to reduce the impact or accelerate the process. Saving Changes...
Ramakrishna CH PMPDelivery Manager| Value MomentumHackensack, Nj, United States
This is a Classic problem of OR (Operation Research). With parameters properly defined, one can find out what is the optimal route for an equipment to be shipped and also the decision gets influenced by when in the cycle it is needed. Saving Changes...
