Implementation Plan Generic Benchmarking
Our team has been studying and researching various companies to develop alternative initiatives for the Harrison-Keyes Implementation Plan and Defense. We have identified issues that connect to the concepts and can be compared with the Harrison-Keyes scenario. We have also explained how our comparison companies responded to their issues, and described various outcomes to the issues. The following information is a summary of our findings and we believe it will be of great value in our next step to finding alternative plans and solutions for Harrison-Keyes.
Company: Office Depot Inc.
The Situation
Office Depot, Inc. Founded in 1986, is one of the world's largest suppliers of office products and services. The company's selection of brand name office supplies includes business machines, computers, computer software and office furniture, while its business services encompass a wide variety of copying, printing, document reproduction, mailing and shipping services. The company sells its products through multiple distribution channels, including over 1,000 office supply stores, direct mail services, Internet websites, business-to-business e-commerce sites, and sales forces. An S&P 500 company, Office Depot generates revenues of over US $15 billion annually and has 52,000 employees worldwide. It is headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida (Office Depot, 2008). Shortening costs and schedules in the process of developing new stores is the main concern of the company management.
The Response
“In most cases the bottom-up approach (micro-estimating) to estimate is preferred and more reliable because it assesses each work package, rather than the whole project, section, or deliverable of a project. Estimat ...