1. Project Spear
8/6/2013

2. Executive Summary Business Problem:
Project Spear is a grouping of business and IT process changes it comprises of:
Finished Goods Integration (FGI)
SET, Future buys & Promo Database replacement
And automation of the Stock Request Form (SRF)
The project impacts several groups in Sales Operations & IT
Project aims to realize the true benefit of the original Playbook implementation

3. Proposed Solution Spear Demand Phase (SET /Future Buys / Promo DB)
National Goal to Published Account Estimate
Initial Ship Volumes
Fixture Placements Information
Allocation process input
Price Ticketing
Spear SKU Request Phase (SRF Replacement)
FGI – Finished Goods Integration (SKU Setup in Prism)
All SKU’s (Generic, Variation, Corrugates, Specialty, Third party SKU)
Full integration of item request in Playbook
Request retail exclusive SKU’s
Design and Request Corrugate
Across All Phases
Updates & Modification to Horizon Reports
Error Handling

4. Financial Summary

5. Benefits Total Year 1 Total Year 5 Category $ Benefit Description
Cost Avoidance
$ 146,147
Year 1 Benefits
An estimated 0.2% of an inventory adjustment can be achieved for year one based on current inv value $73,146,449
Cost Efficiencies
$ 162,822
The project will not result in a head count reduction but a reapportion of a minimum of 40h per week which equates to This saving would come from Sales Comms & Planning, Customer and Product Operations groups
Total Year 1
$ 308,969
Total Year 5
$ 1,737,863

6. Competitive Analysis Fox – Siebel Warner Brothers – SAP
Fox capture all goals and estimates in Siebel these are then approved and sent down to Operations
Warner Brothers – SAP
WB leverage Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) to capture there sales goals and execute against them
Other – Unknown

7. High level Scope sign off
Project Spear a Program of Change /23/2013
June
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
April
IT Track
Key
Req
Dev & test
UAT
31st
Go Live
FGI
Hyper care
Spear Demand
6th
High level Scope sign off
SRF
Detailed Req
Dev
1st April
Street Date
UAT
29th
Go live
Planning for Street Date
1st April
Cutover
SRF - Detailed Req
Hyper care
Dev
Integration testing
UAT
14th
Go Live
Cutover
Hyper care
CRP Prep
CRP
Business Track
Doc business
Process change
Training
Process change
Review
Document business
Process change
Training
Process change
Review
Document business
Process change
Training