Small-scale High Technology Product Manufacturing

1. DRAFT
Management of a Project
on Creation of Small-scale Production
of a High Technology Product
Student: Borisov D.A.
Argument Consultant: Fedin P.S.

2. Structure
Project Management
High Technology Products’ Manufacturing Context
Problems With Manufacturing
Possible Solutions
Plans for Academic project

3. What is Project Management?
“Application of knowledge, skills and techniques to
execute projects effectively and efficiently.”
-- Project Management Institute

4. Terms and Definitions
• Project
• Project Management
• Program
• Task
• Small-scale production
• Technical process
• Technical process chart
• Product specification

5. High Technology Products’
Manufacturing Context
Entrepreneur
Researchers Developers Manufacturers
Distributors (Retail) Customers
Finance Government
...
organizations regulators

6. Problems With Manufacturing
Plants rollout – competence in Russia is lost.
Production outsourcing doesn’t work as expected.
(see Boeing example vs. Apple example)
But production should be performed somehow.

7. Possible Solutions
Inspiration:
Experience at Apple — create small-scale manufacturing
within your own area of control (in the USA), then transfer
it to the outsourcer (Foxconn in China) and upscale it there.

8. Possible Solutions
Solutions for Russian high technology companies:
1. Create a small-scale production within your own range
of control (like Apple does).
2. But first, gain experience in small-scale production on
some pilot projects and spread this experience
throughout industry.

9. PLANS FOR ACADEMIC PROJECT

10. Goal and tasks
Goal:
Gain shareable experience in small-scale manufacturing
creation by taking part in a real business project.
Tasks:
Analyze current situation within the company under
consideration.
Undertake a project in small-scale production establishment.
Choose IT tools for project management automation.

11. Project Background
A small aircraft startup Sigma-TS:
• Possesses competence in design and development.
• Has a prototype plane with great market potential.
• Has production ambitions but doesn’t have required
competence.

12. Project Plan
1. Analyze manufacturing current situation. (Doesn’t work)
2. Realize process specification of the product.
3. Realize technical process chart.
4. Define necessary resources for technical process realization.
5. Define the procedure of getting necessary resources and extract them.
6. Organize technical process.
7. Run technical process.

13. Conclusion
1. As a result we are going to kick-start production.
2. Gained experience will be distributed.
3. This experience will support in future projects
and can provide benefit in this industry.

14. Thank you!
Presented by Dmitry Borisov