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Module 03 · Future Trend, Course Summary, and Series Conclusion未来趋势、课程总结与系列结语

Graded Assignment: Engines-R-Us Case Project评分作业:Engines-R-Us 案例项目

The Feasibility Assessment:
可行性评估:

You've been hired as an Additive Manufacturing consultant by Tina, VP of Vendor Management & Strategic Sourcing, and Bill, VP of Manufacturing, to help determine the feasibility of additive manufacturing to solve their problem. They would like you to put together a feasibility assessment for the company leadership to consider.
您已被 Tina(供应商管理与战略采购副总裁)和 Bill(制造副总裁)聘请为增材制造顾问,帮助他们确定增材制造解决他们问题的可行性。他们希望您为公司领导层准备一份可行性评估。

Setup instructions:  设置说明:

Before you begin, you will need to be familiar with the Engines-R-Us case study:
在您开始之前,您需要熟悉 Engines-R-Us 案例研究:

📄 Additive Manfucturing Case Project - Learner Copy.pdf

Your feasibility assessment must include the following sections:
您的可行性评估必须包括以下部分:

A. Description of the Problem
A. 问题描述

B. Feasibility Assessment
B. 可行性评估

  • Explain why additive manufacturing is or is not appropriate for this situation. 
    解释为什么增材制造适用于或不适用于这种情况。
  • Explain the economic tradeoffs of choosing additive manufacturing over traditional manufacturing and why the tradeoffs support or do not support selecting additive manufacturing. Use the vendor’s proposal to justify the support for or against additive manufacturing.
    解释选择增材制造而非传统制造的经济权衡,以及这些权衡如何支持或不支持选择增材制造。使用供应商的提案来证明对或反对增材制造的支持。
  • Explain the risks and challenges of implementing additive manufacturing.
    解释实施增材制造的风险和挑战。
  • Explain whether additive manufacturing should be brought in-house or outsourced.
    解释是否应将增材制造引入内部或外包。
  • Make a determination of the feasibility of additive manufacturing.
    确定增材制造的可行性。

C. Implementation Plan and Timeline
C. 实施计划和进度表

  • Using the Technology Implementation Framework as a guide, select key activities from each of the 6 steps to create an implementation timeline based on a 6-9 month time frame.
    以技术实施框架为指导,从 6 个步骤中选取关键活动,根据 6-9 个月的时间框架制定实施时间表。
  • Be sure to identify ecosystem partners (Align - Step 4) that would be appropriate for this project and explain why.
    确保识别适合此项目的生态系统合作伙伴(对齐 - 第 4 步)并解释原因。

Submission guidelines for your feasibility assessment:
可行性评估的提交指南:

  • Your feasibility assessment must be a minimum of 500 words. No images.
    您的可行性评估必须至少 500 词。不得包含图片。
  • You should plan to compose your feasibility assessment in a word processing document (e.g., Google Doc or Microsoft Word). Limit text format options to bold, italics, first-level bullet points, and first-level numbered lists.
    您应计划在文字处理文档(例如,谷歌文档或微软 Word)中撰写可行性评估。限制文本格式选项为粗体、斜体、一级项目符号和一级编号列表。
  • To submit your feasibility assessment, go to the My Submission tab above and you will then copy/paste the text of your feasibility assessment into the text box provided for submission. Apply any formatting that may not have been transferred.
    为提交您的可行性评估,请前往上方“我的提交”标签页,然后您将把可行性评估的文本复制/粘贴到提交提供的文本框中。应用任何可能未转移的格式。
  • You can always save a draft before submitting your feasibility assessment.
    您可以在提交可行性评估之前始终保存草稿。

Peer review requirements:
同行评审要求:

  • You must also evaluate 2 feasibility assessments from your fellow learners in order to complete this project. Locate the Review Your Peers link in the left menu.
    您还必须评估来自您同班同学的 2 个可行性评估,以完成此项目。在左侧菜单中找到“评审您的同行”链接。