Project Planning and Scheduling

Most recently, as Verizon has continued to expand its corporation into a more customer oriented company, they have developed a portion of Verizon called, "Fios." This was a huge step for Verizon, and a huge project at that. There was much planning, and scheduling that went into this new aspect of Verizon. Planning refers to the decisions required in the beginning of the project. The planning is the groundwork for any major movement within the company, including Verizon. It helps to establish the direction in which the project will go. In terms of scheduling, this is where the project management must step up, and take control. The project plan is then specified in much more detail. When developing a project such as Fios, there is alot to take in to account. Customers are being presented with something brand new, and out of the ordinary. Verizon has developed a projcet that allows customers to have an all inclusize service of telephone service, television service(high definition) and others in one. Adding perks such as speed and convenience has to work together to benefit the customers in the best and most efficient way possible. After the planning and scheduling, the chapter is no yet closed. Project control is important in tracking the work as it is being performed within the particular project. Verizon Fios has been a huge step in the movement of Verizon as a company. Just the same, with any other project, Verizon will have to figure out the glitches and quirks along the way. As for now, Fios has been a huge stepping stone for Verizon as a company, and a customer oriented one at that.

Exercise 7

Supply Chain Management

Most likely Verizon follows a typical supply chain management system. The only difference is that they are buying finished goods, such as phones and modems, therefore they do not manufature anything. I would assume that their products are shipped to the Verizon warehouses from distributors or other companies such as Motorola. Then, they are shipped to the retail establishments, which is where they are purchased by the customers. All of this proves that it is a downstream flow of products.

As far as performance goes, I don't believe that there are any complaints. If you need a product from Verizon, most likely they will have it in stock. Therefore, they are consistent when it comes to supply chain management performance.