Continuous Improvement Plan for PEW Organization

Leading Lean Project

Contents
A. Project Overview.............................................................................................................................2
Project Aim:.........................................................................................................................................2
Project Scope.......................................................................................................................................2
B. Identification of root cause analysis................................................................................................2
C. Application of tools and technologies.............................................................................................3
Assumptions.........................................................................................................................................4
D. Continuous improvement plan.........................................................................................................4
Problems identified..............................................................................................................................5
Action Taken........................................................................................................................................6
Resources Required.............................................................................................................................6
Follow-up action and status.................................................................................................................8
E. Competencies.................................................................................................................................12
Business and strategic management..................................................................................................12
Technical Management......................................................................................................................13
Leadership..........................................................................................................................................14
F. Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................14
G. References......................................................................................................................................14
H. Appendix........................................................................................................................................16

A. Project Overview
The PEW organization deals with the development and manufacturing of the plastics
moulding parts for the growth and development of the telecommunication industry. It is a
repute company and serving the telecommunication industry from last 30 years. The market
competition is increasing at a very high rate. The emergence of new suppliers has a direct
impact on the decreasing profit of the company which is about 45%. The suppliers are
provided the tools and equipment at better price. The owner of the company has decided to
improve the relationship with the customers and suppliers. The management team is looking
forward to analyse the root cause of the scenario and the solution to improve the turnover of
the enterprise. The purpose of this paper is to identify the root cause of the organization
failure, use of tools and technologies to understand the real situation of the company, and
develops a continuous improvement plan for attaining long term sustainability of the
enterprise.
Project Aim:
The aim of the project is to develop a continuous improvement plan for increasing the
turnover of the PEW organization.
Project Scope
The scope of the project is to analyse the problem domain which exist with the failure of the
organization working policies. The identification of the root cause for the inefficiency of the
operational plan should be clearly identified with the application of tools and technologies.
The continuous improvement plan should be developed for optimizing the profitability and
turnover of the organization with the deployment of project management methodologies.
B. Identification of root cause analysis
The study of the PEW project report helps in analysing the root cause of the project failure.
The case study helps in identifying the area of improvement for increasing the profitability of
the enterprise. The PEW organization is not having effective plan and process schedule for
developing and manufacturing of the products and tools. The limitation of the project activity
schedule results in overrunning of the cost which has a direct impact on the financial stability
of the enterprise. The internal and external stakeholders are not connected with effective
communication system. The organization hierarchy is not properly developed for managing

the flow of communication. The project owner and the top executives of the organization are
not actively participates in making good and healthy relationship with the suppliers and
customers. There is no medium undertaken for managing relationship with the global
customers (Owens, 2010). The sale of the product is limited to the local customers only. The
organization does not design an improvement plan for considering the feedback and reviews
of the customers (Otieno, 2014). The market analysis and the price fixed by the market
competitors are not taken under consideration during the setting of price and cost of the
manufacturing product. There is no technology indulged for promoting the product among
the customers. The organization do not sale out their manufactured product with a tag line or
a brand name (McClinton, 2013). The sale of the organization can be improved by
overcoming the issues and problems associated with the working architecture of the PEW
enterprise.
C. Application of tools and technologies
The tools which are used for identifying the root cause of the decreasing rate of product sale
are listed below:
Data Tables: The data tables are prepared for analysing the gaps and flaws which exist with
the working architecture of the organization. The development of the work matrix helps in
analysing the contribution of the stakeholders according to the salary provided to them. The
division of work should be according to the efficiency and capability of the stakeholders. The
data tables helps in analysing the status of work done by the stakeholders in the given period
of time. It helps in identifying the process of communication used for managing the flow of
information and resources among the member participants.
Pareto Analysis: The Pareto analysis helps in identifying the team management plan for
solving the problems and complexities associated with the operational plan of the PEW
enterprise. It is the visual format for identifying the limitation and problems. The progress
report of the enterprise can be analysed.
Cause and Effect Analysis: The cause and effect diagram helps in developing the graphical
representation of the problems and their impact on the working operational plan of the
enterprise. The limitation of the project charter, cost estimation, distribution of
responsibilities, system analysis, quality standards, stakeholder engagement plan, and others