Week 12 Progress Report

Weekly Report

Subject: Discussion for final presentation
Date:26th September 2007
Day:Wednesday (5pm)-After BPR class
Venue:COIT
Description:
- Discuss regarding Final Presentation. The content during the discussion includes:-
a) Work progress
b) Introduction
c) Business process
d) Business Flow
e) Part to reengineering
f) Template
g) Idea (System and MyKad)

- Update and improve our blog. Suggestion:-
a) Includes more pictures related to our subject

Next Step:
- Keep updating blog and improve the environment of the blog based on the ideas and suggestion given.
- Prepare for final presentation

Week 11 Progress Report

Weekly Report

Subject: Tutorial on Case Study
Date:19th and 20th September 2007
Day:Wednesday and Thursday (4-6pm)
Venue:COIT (class)
Description:
- Each members need to read and summarize about the Case Study in Small Business in North-West Tasmania
- Make some discussion regarding this matter.
- Divide the question (each member have been given the specific question by group leader)
- After members complete on their task, the result and answer need to be submit to group leader to be combine for overall conclusion based on the question given.
- Submit the answer to Puan Rosnafisah
Next Step:
- Keep updating blog and improve the environment of the blog

Week 10 Progress Report

Weekly Report

Subject: Preparation before presentation
Date:12th September 2007
Day:Wednesday (12-2pm)
Venue:Murni
Description:
- Divide the slide (each member need to present based on their own slide that have been divided)
- Do some correction regarding the slide presentation (the content)
- Discuss the assumptions, challenges and ideas (final discussion)
Next Step:
- Present the progress in class



Subject: Presentation
Date:12th September 2007
Day:Wednesday (4-6pm)
Venue:Class
Description:
- We present our project progress includes process flow, template and weekly report
Remark (Suggestion/Comments/Feedback from Puan Ros):
- the re-engineering process must be specific
- after choose the process, the assumption,challenges and also ideas need to be explain based on the process.
For example:
-> If the assumption is in a marketing process, we need to tell that the matter
is in the marketing process. So, there is more clear and audience can understand
Next Step:
- Discuss again about the template and make some correction on that.



Subject: Discuss about the template
Date:12th September 2007
Day:Wednesday (6pm)
Venue:COIT
Description:
- Discuss about the template which includes assumptions, challenges and also ideas.
(Focus on the feedback and comments from Puan Rosnafisah during the presentation)
- Do some correction regarding the template(the content)
- Discuss the re-engineering process ( need to be explain )
Next Step:
- Submit template to Puan Rosnafisah before Friday 14th September 2007

RESULT from our discussion:-

Progress Report for Week 6-9

Activities done:

Week 6 : Chapter 3 - Business Process Redesign
: WHAT, WHERE, WHEN --> Tasya & Siti
: WHO --> Ayu
: WHY --> Omer
: HOW --> Atie

Week 7
: continue group activity on Chapter 3
: lecture on Chapter 4
: identified type of activity (value-adding/non value-adding)

Week 8
: Mid-term Break (No lecture)

Week 9
: Presentation 2

Sorry for not participating activities on Week 6

Dear team mates,

I'm so sorry for not joining you guys on our group activities during Week 6 as I was too busy in helping my family in organizing my brother in-law wedding which held on 12 August at Penang and 19 August at PJ...sorry guys...really can't wait to meet you in the class.

Week 6 Progress Report

Date:15th August 2007
Day:Wednesday (4pm-6pm)
Venue:Classroom

Weekly Report:
- Discuss about the template that cover in chapter 3
- Do the current process flow for the pet shop
- Do the assumptions, challenges and ideas to organize the list into meaningful groups of related ideas.

Week 5 Progress Report

PRESENTATION
Date: 9th August 2007
Day: Thursday (4pm-6pm)
Venue: Classroom
Objective: Update our lecturer(Pn. Ros) about our progress work and share the ideas with other audience and also to get feedback and comments from Pn Ros .
Content:To show and explain what actually we have done in few weeks before regarding our project such as company background, activities, project plan, problems and issues occur.

DISCUSSION
Venue: COIT Level 1
Date: 9th August 2007
Day: Thursday
Time: 6pm

Description/Activities:
a)Divide work to complete and fill up the template.

Remarks:
a)Each of us get their own task to be complete before Wednesday, 15th August 2007.
b)Planning to go for site visit again on 15th August 2007 at 8pm. This is because we need to get more information about this company and their system. Besides that, we paln to take a pictures for our collection if we need it in our next process.

Next Steps:
a)Site visit - Dr Pets Cares and Services
Location: Bandar Baru Bangi
Date: 15th August 2007
Day: Wednesday
Time: 8pm

Week 4 Progress Report

We have met the owner of Dr. Pet Bandar Baru Bangi, Pn Ramlah and had a brief talk with her about the background of the shop. Besides finding out the core processes involve and the usage of IT in the business. From the meeting , we have discovered a few improvements which can be carried out to make the business more effective and efficient.

Finding the Subject

Today I've been to Dr. Pet Bandar Baru Bangi (pet shop) to ask for their permission to become our subject for the case study. The owner of the pet shop was willing to become the subject and agreed to meet us again in this coming Thursday's evening for the interviewing session. Each of us need to construct some of questions which going to be asked during the interview later. I was really enjoyed this new experience and really looking forward to do the interviewing.

Week 3 Progress Report

Discussion
Venue: COIT Lobby
Day: Thursday
Time: 4pm

Description/Activities:
a)Each of us have present the DFD/workflow diagram of our topic.It help us and others to understand the business better.
b)Select which topics is suitable.

Remarks:
a)After all members present their DFD/workflow from their research, all of us decided to choose Pet Shop and also Bakery Shop to explore n get more details about this two business because both business are really interesting and their system more efficient.
b)Siti Zubaidah proposed to include Clinic business system in our final list of topics.Its because she said that Clinic system is quiet systematic and have a lot of process for our case study.

Next Steps:
a)Draft a permission letter for site visit and request a signature from Puan Rosnafisah.
b)We decided to go somewhere area Bangi or Serdang for a site visit to get more information about every topics that we have choose.
c)Next meeting will be on
Day: Monday
Date: 30th July 2007
Time: 2pm
Venue: COIT Lobby

Research on laundry business process

The whole week try to find as much as I can to get some information about the laundry business process which includes their management process such as:
1)Operation with the customers
2)Goods suppliers
3)Products and services
4)Sales and marketing

After doing some research, here some of their business process that involve in Laundry System.
1)Laundry Services (Customer send their clothes )- Wash,Dry,Iron
2)Selling - Hanger, accessories, etc.
3)Ordering - Order equipments, accessories, etc.
4)Marketing - Promotion, supplier, etc.
5)Financing - Account management
6)Technical Services - Provide a technical services such as repair the washing
machine.

Business Process of Car Accessories

Some of the business transactions:

1- selling
2- ordering
3- marketing
5- car services
6- installing accessroies

Business processes of a pet shop

Parties involves in pet shop activities:

--> customer
--> shop's owner (veterinar,sales person)
--> suppliers

Some of business processes involve in a pet shop:

--> selling (food,accessories,pet)
--> marketing (advertise via newspaper,internet)
--> ordering (order product from supplier)
--> accounting (invoice,account statement,bill,stock)
--> pet vaccination service
--> pet diet and health consultation
--> pet sitting service
--> pet grooming service
--> pet day care service
--> pet photography service

Research on bakeries business process

Find some information on how bakeries manage their business process, including their operation with the customers, suppliers, products, sales and marketing.

Divide task among team members

Each member is given to a specific task. In which each of them need to do a research on certain topic. Here is the detail:

Norshafawati bt Kamarozaman (TT075869) – Pet shop
Syakirah Mohd Salleh (TT074318) - Bakery
Siti Zubaidah Mohd Hassan (TT074313) - Grocery
Nurul Ayu Abu Jalil (TT076747) - Laundry
Mohammed Omer (TT075134) – Car accessories shop

We need to come out with a list of business processes involve in the topic we've got.It helps us to understand the subject better then later we can make explain to other members.Besides that,we need to identify at least 2 locations of the nearest subject so that it will be easier to arrange an appointment and then ask for their permission to be the subject of our case study.

Research on business process of grocery

Do the research on grocery business process. Find out some information about how grocery shop manage their business process including their operation with the customers, goods suppliers, products and services, sales and marketing.

Create Blog

Group Name :PathFinder


Team Member's :

Norshafawati bt Kamarozaman (TT075869) - Group Leader
Syakirah Mohd Salleh (TT074318)
Siti Zubaidah Mohd Hassan (TT074313)
Nurul Ayu Abu Jalil (TT076747)
Mohammed Omer (TT075134)

Progress Report for Week 6-8

Activities done:
--> divide task among team members: create temlates

--> WHAT, WHERE, WHEN --> Tasya & Siti
--> WHO --> Ayu
--> WHY --> Omer
--> HOW --> Atie

--> group discussion in class: 15/8/2007

--> complete Chapter 3:
Business Process Redesign

--> prepare slides for Presentation 2: 4/9/2007

--> Presentation 2: 5/9/2007 - 12/9/2007