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  • mj386 replied to the topic "Design Transfer"11 months ago

    As others have mentioned before, I believe that having periodic meetings to validate the manufacturing team understands the requirements and process would be ideal. Due to the production process ramping up, many things can be overlooked such as the physical…   Read more»

  • mj386 replied to the topic "Lessons Learned"11 months ago

    Requiring a project team to report their lessons can also help in becoming familiar with the documentation. It can also help the team understand where everyone’s mindset was during the project process. It can also let overseers see where the…   Read more»

  • mj386 replied to the topic "Challenges PM face"11 months ago

    One challenge that project managers face when handling a project is making sure that everything stays on track. There could be numerous reasons why the project goes off track like an employee being transferred to another project and or losing…   Read more»

  • I would plan different routes in terms of executing the project as well as planning testing phases to make sure that the team is on the right track. If the team can understand the requirements beforehand, then the execution process…   Read more»

  • mj386 replied to the topic "Hiring team members"11 months ago

    I would rather employ workers that have a broad range of skills. If there were ever a time when a member of the project would have to leave suddenly, whether it be personal issues or the company moving them to…   Read more»

  • In my job, we have to deal with customer service appropriately or customers would have adverse reactions to our approach. It wasn’t known to us that the customer arriving at our facility wasn’t in the best of spirits and to…   Read more»

  • mj386 replied to the topic "Job Satisfaction"11 months ago

    While financial compensation is a driving factor, job satisfaction, and work-life balance play a bigger role in motivation and productivity. In my previous job, I was paid somewhat decently for my job position but that wasn’t as important given that…   Read more»

  • I believe that quality is the number one factor one should consider when placing a mass order. While the product might be cheaper, there could be an underlying reason why it was cheap, to begin with. While one is thinking…   Read more»

  • Having tunnel visions with these simulations, I believe, is unavoidable. The fact that you would like your current thought process to work out and try your best to do so is what anyone would want. Unfortunately, it could lead to…   Read more»

  • I don’t think that cost saving should be the defining factor in procurement strategies. Supplier diversity would open more opportunities for the company to branch out if its current supplier is unavailable. This situation is somewhat reminiscent of the latest…   Read more»

  • mj386 replied to the topic "Vendor Decision"11 months ago

    With every cytotoxicity testing that was performed and failed, we learned that the marketing manager was too fast to accept the coating from the company that didn’t properly prepare their solution. We also couldn’t figure out the factors that determine…   Read more»

  • mj386 replied to the topic "Changining staff"11 months ago

    As the departing employee is leaving, I would let them train their replacement if the company provides them. If possible, I would try to reach out to the company to see if there are any available employees to fill in…   Read more»

  • mj386 replied to the topic "What is retention ?"11 months ago

    The benefits of retaining talent comes the familiarity with the employee as well as knowing that you can rely on the end product being satisfactory. Companies should try their best to keep these types of employees as the company would…   Read more»

  • If it were possible, I would create the clinical trial with the intent of being good and cheap. Quality of the study should be held to the highest degree as if the study ends up being performed unprofessionally, the end…   Read more»

  • Project teams should learn how to better approach the project next time after a failed one. One issue could have been that the team wasn’t knowledgeable about a certain aspect of a product. For example, one of the simulations has…   Read more»

  • mj386 replied to the topic "Project Slack Time"1 year ago

    Slack time is necessary because not everything goes according to plan. For example, for a project, an order of electronic equipment might not arrive in time due to numerous reasons, therefore, the earlier the order of the product, the better….   Read more»

  • mj386 replied to the topic "Device Class Confusion"1 year ago

    I have theoretically worked on a device for a presentation in Biomaterials. The device would deliver sunscreen to people suffering from albinism through a monitoring process similar to a blood glucose monitor. The sunscreen would be delivered through patches on…   Read more»

  • mj386 replied to the topic "Dealing with failures"1 year ago

    The best way to deal with failures is to learn from the mistakes that occurred. For this week’s stimulation, it involved some knowledge of biochemistry and how to best deal with hydrogels in interaction within the human body. If one…   Read more»

  • mj386 replied to the topic "Project manager priority"1 year ago

    As others have said before, project managers should do their best to make sure that shareholders and the project team are both being considered. If the project manager loses the generosity of the shareholders, then the project will more likely…   Read more»

  • I think penalization should happen, although, it should be based on the situation. No matter how much preparation is put toward any possible scenarios in which things will not happen as planned, a monkey wrench will always be thrown in….   Read more»

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