Husky Air Case
The Desired Area of Impact: First and foremost, our interest is in helping Husky Air in their Operational flow. Improvement of operations describes maintaining a system that will create a lowered cost and overall improvement in task completion. Since Husky Air's current system has proven to be less-than useful for the changing demands of today's electronic-focused world, our new system will focus on improving their operations. Our next concern is the improvement of the Strategic element of their business. To expand and grow, a company should move forward technologically regularly. Companies that don't use computerization in their business plan are prone to being market-starved against companies that will. Tying into this, improving the Strategic area will improve the financial area as well. With improved growth, a company would naturally see an increase in revenue. Plus with the reduced cost of maintaining a lower profile file management system, profit margin will also see an increase. Customer relations will likely improve with a more streamlined file system as entering and retrieving data will allow for quicker turnaround times and improved accuracy. Finally, we can examine the improvement for Social concerns. However, the focal point of this project is to improve the Operational concerns of the company as that is …show more content…
where we will see the largest benefit.
Desired Value of the IT Project: As the focus of the project is to improve operations, in general we are trying to lower time taken to handle requests for data entry or retrieval.
With a non-database system, much time and energy is lost in trying to maintain and use data. Using physical data storage requires a manual organization system and having to peruse through file cabinets or bookshelves of paperwork to find one piece of information or enter a new piece of information is inefficient in today's computerized society. As such, in the interest of making a more effective operation for Husky Air, computerizing their data storage will remove the
need to physically organize data. Database software like SQL Server and MySQL are designed to collect and manage data on behalf of the user, freeing up their time. In addition, time lost on inaccurate data entry due to errors in human organization of information can be averted with a computer data storage system as a computer data storage system reduces the number of variables a user must know about the data to organize it (organization on the computer level can be pre programmed and thus blunting the risk of erratic data entry). Time lost is money lost and in the business world, any gain in time improves the possibility for improved earnings.
Appropriate Metric: By implementing a pilot supply database it would be possible to increase productivity by at least 50%.This is due in part because of the ability to make certain tasks automated.For instance, when certain supplies become low, it would be possible to automatically order more to keep inventory up.It will also allow the workers to see how many items they have in inventory and be able to work accordingly.Also, by implementing a user-friendly interface the users will be more likely to adopt the system and make use of its beneficial qualities.
Set Time Frame for Achieving the MOV: Once the data is added to the database and set up then it will be possible for the workers to be trained to take advantage of the system and begin to feel the beneficial effects of the system at least 1-2 months after its implementation.
Summarize the MOV:By implementing this system, there will be a noticeable increase in operational efficiency.Workers will be able to access information more efficiently than was previously possible.It will also be possible to improve operations by automating inventory orders.The system will provide a productivity increase of at least 50% after the workers have been trained to use the system.The project will be successful if the users are trained and are willing to use the new system.
The Desired Area of Impact: First and foremost, our interest is in helping Husky Air in their Operational flow. Improvement of operations describes maintaining a system that will create a lowered cost and overall improvement in task completion. Since Husky Air's current system has proven to be less-than useful for the changing demands of today's electronic-focused world, our new system will focus on improving their operations. Our next concern is the improvement of the Strategic element of their business. To expand and grow, a company should move forward technologically regularly. Companies that don't use computerization in their business plan are prone to being market-starved against companies that will. Tying into this, improving the Strategic area will improve the financial area as well. With improved growth, a company would naturally see an increase in revenue. Plus with the reduced cost of maintaining a lower profile file management system, profit margin will also see an increase. Customer relations will likely improve with a more streamlined file system as entering and retrieving data will allow for quicker turnaround times and improved accuracy. Finally, we can examine the improvement for Social concerns. However, the focal point of this project is to improve the Operational concerns of the company as that is …show more content…
where we will see the largest benefit.
Desired Value of the IT Project: As the focus of the project is to improve operations, in general we are trying to lower time taken to handle requests for data entry or retrieval.
With a non-database system, much time and energy is lost in trying to maintain and use data. Using physical data storage requires a manual organization system and having to peruse through file cabinets or bookshelves of paperwork to find one piece of information or enter a new piece of information is inefficient in today's computerized society. As such, in the interest of making a more effective operation for Husky Air, computerizing their data storage will remove the
need to physically organize data. Database software like SQL Server and MySQL are designed to collect and manage data on behalf of the user, freeing up their time. In addition, time lost on inaccurate data entry due to errors in human organization of information can be averted with a computer data storage system as a computer data storage system reduces the number of variables a user must know about the data to organize it (organization on the computer level can be pre programmed and thus blunting the risk of erratic data entry). Time lost is money lost and in the business world, any gain in time improves the possibility for improved earnings.
Appropriate Metric: By implementing a pilot supply database it would be possible to increase productivity by at least 50%.This is due in part because of the ability to make certain tasks automated.For instance, when certain supplies become low, it would be possible to automatically order more to keep inventory up.It will also allow the workers to see how many items they have in inventory and be able to work accordingly.Also, by implementing a user-friendly interface the users will be more likely to adopt the system and make use of its beneficial qualities.
Set Time Frame for Achieving the MOV: Once the data is added to the database and set up then it will be possible for the workers to be trained to take advantage of the system and begin to feel the beneficial effects of the system at least 1-2 months after its implementation.
Summarize the MOV:By implementing this system, there will be a noticeable increase in operational efficiency.Workers will be able to access information more efficiently than was previously possible.It will also be possible to improve operations by automating inventory orders.The system will provide a productivity increase of at least 50% after the workers have been trained to use the system.The project will be successful if the users are trained and are willing to use the new system.