rogress.4.Training programs should be chalked out for Ford’s employees, if the company is going online the employees should be skilled for the new technology.5.Call centres or information centres should be set up for suppliers, staff, dealers and customers. This will facilitate acceptance and understanding of the project. 6.The purchasing department holds considerable power at Ford. Top level people will need to redraw its functions and communicate the same to the purchasing personnel. Training them for the new job description is a must. 7.Details will need to be worked out and suppliers from tier one and beyond given the information they need to bring their dealings onto the Internet. 8.Incentives to adapt to the Internet backed by facilities to do so should be provided to employees eg free/subsidised net access. 9.We will need to partner with existing related sites like Carpoint, ISP’s for the web space and service and with PC manufacturers to get the best deals on equipment.10.The entire software solution should be outsourced. A joint venture with a company like IBM would be a good option.RESOURCES1.Cross-functional teams: These should comprise of members from different departments ie finance, marketing, sales, especially IS/IT department (or from the company it is outsourced from). 2.Hardware/Software: New modern hardware will be need eg fast server/ networks, computers to form the infrastructure.3.Training Personnel: Trained personnel will be required to familiarize and train the workforce for the new system 4.New Skilled Staff: New employees with web based background will be required. Eg system administrators.5.Dollars: will be need to be invested recurringly, in the project to ensure successful implementation (see costs)COSTS This will involve high initial investments but the benefits of lower inventory costs, manufacturing cost, less wastage, less or no paper shuffling, reliant suppliers. The entire project will roug...
