4.0. Assessment & Recommendations
4.1. Strategic Business Benefits of Navisphere
4.1.1. Application usage. According to Josh Goodmanson, the new system is only being used sporadically at this point. He states that with each release of the new system, they add a new set of features that are targeted at certain customers, each time adding new customers to the group of system users. Eventually, the system will be used consistently with all customers. As they are releasing the system in this way, everything is designed specifically for each customer, and they have been very successful in meeting the organizations’ needs. C.H. Robinson and its customers have been very satisfied so far.
4.1.2. Benefits of Navisphere. As a result of implementing …show more content…
Plans for further improvements to Navisphere. Navisphere benefits its users in many ways, including meeting existing compliance requirements. However, there are several further improvements that the organization intends to make on this system, such as follow-up projects. Planned follow-ups include integration with the inventory control system, adding EDI, and connection with online tools. As described by Baltzan (2014), electronic data interchange (EDI) is “a standard format for the electronic exchange of information between supply chain participants (p. 305). With the use of EDI companies in different parts of the world would be able to exchange documents electronically with C.H. …show more content…
C.H. Robinson met their project goals. According to Mr. Goodmanson, success of project execution at C.H. Robinson is measured by customer feedback. In terms of project execution, all users were pleased with the implementation and functionality of Navisphere (Goodmanson, 2016). Considering that C.H. Robinson met all of their major project objectives, all users provided positive feedback, and other users are interested in utilizing the system, the project should be considered a success. Essentially, everyone involved in Navisphere’s development is in agreement that the project was a success. According to Mr. Goodmanson, nothing went seriously wrong during the project’s execution and no problems were carried over to any future
4.1. Strategic Business Benefits of Navisphere
4.1.1. Application usage. According to Josh Goodmanson, the new system is only being used sporadically at this point. He states that with each release of the new system, they add a new set of features that are targeted at certain customers, each time adding new customers to the group of system users. Eventually, the system will be used consistently with all customers. As they are releasing the system in this way, everything is designed specifically for each customer, and they have been very successful in meeting the organizations’ needs. C.H. Robinson and its customers have been very satisfied so far.
4.1.2. Benefits of Navisphere. As a result of implementing …show more content…
Plans for further improvements to Navisphere. Navisphere benefits its users in many ways, including meeting existing compliance requirements. However, there are several further improvements that the organization intends to make on this system, such as follow-up projects. Planned follow-ups include integration with the inventory control system, adding EDI, and connection with online tools. As described by Baltzan (2014), electronic data interchange (EDI) is “a standard format for the electronic exchange of information between supply chain participants (p. 305). With the use of EDI companies in different parts of the world would be able to exchange documents electronically with C.H. …show more content…
C.H. Robinson met their project goals. According to Mr. Goodmanson, success of project execution at C.H. Robinson is measured by customer feedback. In terms of project execution, all users were pleased with the implementation and functionality of Navisphere (Goodmanson, 2016). Considering that C.H. Robinson met all of their major project objectives, all users provided positive feedback, and other users are interested in utilizing the system, the project should be considered a success. Essentially, everyone involved in Navisphere’s development is in agreement that the project was a success. According to Mr. Goodmanson, nothing went seriously wrong during the project’s execution and no problems were carried over to any future