In this third milestone assignment for the final project, you will continue the process of creating a business development plan for your selected organization or company. To accomplish this, you will

QSO 690 M ilestone Three Guidelines and Rubric Overview: For the third milestone of your final project, you will evaluate current business operations for opportunities to utilize pro ject management, technology, and project management tools along with other techniques to reduce costs, increase production, incorporate sustainability principles, and deliver consistently superior products and services using quantitative tools and techniques. Prompt: To finalize this analysis , you will need to gather information about managing inventory, resource planning, and scheduling. Information can generally be found on the organization’s main website, in the annual report and mission statement, and in articles authored by the company or outside analysts, such as ThomasNet.com, buy/sell sites ( e.g., Jim Cramer), and investment companies ( e.g., Fidelity, TD Ameritrade, or Vanguard ). As operations management students and professionals, you are encouraged to use your own experience, understanding, and knowledge of business and industry structure to drive your analysis. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: IV. Technology for Competitive Differentiation A. Evaluate current business operations in one segment of the enterprise to iden tify performance gaps relative to cost, production, and delivery of products or services. B. Based on the performance gaps you identified, describe specific opportunities that would benefit from technology enhancement or technical solutions. Ensure that your response focuses on using technology to reduce costs, increase production, and deliver consistently superior products or services. C. How can the technology you described be utilized to mitigate the performance gap ? Ensure that your response focuses on using technology to reduce costs, increase production, and deliver consistently superior products or services. This analysis will be incorporated into the final project submission . Guidelines for Submission : This assignment should be submitted as a 5 - to 7 -page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12 -point Times New Roman font, and one -inch margins. You should use current APA style guidelines for your citations and reference list. Note that at least 10 outside information sources are required overall for this project, although many students might find that more are necessary to satisfy the requirements of the project. Please adhere to the SNHU Academic Honesty Policy as you develop this project. As necessary, copy and paste any data analysis from Excel into your Word document for su bmission. You may include your original Excel documents as supplementary material if you believe this will strengthen your contribution. Note that the grading rubric for the milestone submission s is not identical to that of the final project. The Final Project Rubric will include an additional “Exemplary” category that provides guidance as to how you can go above and beyond “Profi cient” in your final submission. Rubric Critical Elements Proficient (100 %) Needs Improvement (80 %) Not Evident (0%) Value Technology for Competitive Differentiation: Current Business Operations Evaluates current business operations in one segment of the enterprise to identify performance gaps relative to cost, production, and delivery of products or services Evaluates current business operations in one segment of the enterprise to identify performance gaps relative to cost, production, and delivery of products or services, but evaluation is cursory or inaccurate Does not e valuate current business operations in one segment of enterprise to identify performance gaps relative to cost, production, and delivery of products or services 30 Technology for Competitive Differentiation:

Technology Enhancement Describes specific opportunities that would benefit from technology enhancement or technical solutions, basing response on identified performance gaps and focusing on using technology to reduce costs, increase production, and deliver consistently superior products or service s Describes specific opportunities that would benefit from technology enhancement or technical solutions, but response lacks detail or clarity, is not based on identified performance gaps or does not focus on using technology to reduce costs, increase prod uction, and deliver consistently superior products or services Does not describe specific opportunities that would benefit from technology enhancement or technical solutions 30 Technology for Competitive Differentiation:

Performance Gap Explains how previously described technology can be utilized to mitigate performance gap, focusing explanation on using technology to reduce costs, increase production, and deliver consistently superior products or services Explains how previously described technology can be utilized to mitigate performance gap, but explanation lacks clarity, detail, or focus on using technology to reduce costs, increase production, and deliver consistently superior products or services Does not explain how previously described technolo gy can be utilized to mitigate performance gap 30 Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas 10 Total 100%