> Planning and Organizing a Supply Chain Excellence Initiative
Understanding the business reasons for a project and then properly defining its scope are critical steps to a successful launch. The Fowlers executive team had already provided the go decision during an on-site briefing on March 11; now the members wanted to know who, what, when, how, and, of course, how much. During the onsite visit the SCOR coach, Brian, Jovan, and David organized webbased conference calls for the week of April 18, which would be used to review Phase 1 deliverables in preparation for the targeted April 25 project kickoff. There are three primary deliverables for Phase 1: (1) the business context summary, (2) a supply chain definition matrix, and (3) an approved project charter. A fourth deliverable in the first week of active project planning is to assemble a complete presentation of information to be used in the project kickoff meeting.