1. P16702: ABVI Fabric Shredding Process and Facility Design
Burake Taye
Alexis Leshko
Steve Walton
Kristen Hennessy
Chris Haluszczak
Matt Babcock

2. Team Introduction Team Member Role Contact Chris Haluszczak
Project Lead
Kristen Hennessey
Facility Design Manager
Alexis Leshko
Documentation Analyst
Matt Babcock
Technical Specialist
Burake Taye
Simulation Manager
Steve Walton
Financial Analyst

3. Agenda Project Background Problem Statement Project Deliverables
Stakeholders and Use Scenarios
Prioritized Customer Needs
Engineering Requirements
Project Plan
What do we expect to get from the audience?

4. Problem Statement Current State Desired State Project Goals
Currently, the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ABVI) collects unsold textiles from Goodwill and sells them to other companies for revenue that goes directly to other ABVI projects and technology. This eliminates the possibility of generating additional revenue by processing the textiles in house, and then selling the newly shredded and sanitized material to companies for a higher revenue. Unfortunately, there is currently no facility or process in place where this is done.
The goals of this project are to increase the revenue stream of ABVI by developing a facility layout, a rework process, and logistical plan that would allow ABVI to rework textiles and sell them to other companies. The expected end result would be to have an accurate simulation model of the overall system, which would include a facility design, and would eventually turn into reality. Some key constraints are that the new process is monetarily efficient, meaning that it there is a high return on investment and short payback period. Also, the new design must fit the ethical model of the company, create as many new jobs for the visually impaired and other disabled persons as possible, and maintain a safe working environment.
Current State
Desired State
Project Goals
Constraints

5. Problem Statement - Summary
Goals:
Facility Design
Layout
Processes
Staffing
Financial
Payback period = 20 years
Salvage rate = $0.33/lb
Time Frame
Completion date = May 7th, 2016
Current State:
Gathering unsold textiles
Selling them to third party companies
Problem: Revenue is limited
Only $0.32 per pound of textile
Desired State:
Continue gathering the unsold textiles
Sort and upcycle the textiles
Sell them to other third party companies
Current State
Desired State
Project Goals
Constraints

6. Project Deliverables Project timeline Simulation CAD Facility layout
Cost model (systems design review)
Business case
Final report (introduction, goals, methodology, analysis/results, discussion/conclusion)

7. Stakeholders VP of Operations at ABVI
Director of Sales and Business Development at ABVI
Our team
ABVI facility workers
End product (upcycled textiles) customers

8. Use Scenarios Current State Goodwill ABVI Processing Company
Sends textiles barrels to be processed at outside company
Current State
Goodwill
Sends surplus textiles in barrels
ABVI
Processing Company
Deliver finished goods
End product customers
Future State
Goodwill
ABVI
Sends surplus textiles in barrels
Deliver finished goods
End product customers
Now processed in house
~Increased profit
~Decreased double handling
~Reduced cycle time
~More ABVI jobs

9. Customer Needs

10. Engineering Requirements
add the George Mason’s scope compared to ours... somewhere, not sure where

11. House of Quality - matt
add the George Mason’s scope compared to ours... somewhere, not sure where

12. Communication Plan - kristen

13. WBS - boo boo

14. Preliminary Schedule

15. Risks Technical Resource Safety Societal/Environmental
Incoming textile volume cannot support process
Process will not support individuals with barriers
New process will not result in higher profit
MSD scope doesn’t align with ABVI expectations
Resource
ABVI budget will not cover cost of project implementation
Facility design does not match facility ABVI chooses
Contact does not provide appropriate information on timely basis
Companies used for benchmarking are unavailable
Safety
Machinery injures staff
Process creates hazardous material for staff
Societal/Environmental
Process creates hazardous material for environment