Topic:- Food Wastage Problem in 7- Eleven stores in Canada Executive Summary Introduction: Seven Eleven Biography, Starting-(Who started, when, why)…,,,, Progress-Investment to current Turn Over, Sites-Locations, Worldwide-Number of stores, Services Provided , Employment- employee in Canada worldwide Statement of Problem: Worldwide problem, Canada Problem, Big Picture- Describe 7-Eleven problem with Statistics examples How to tackle this problem? 3 Recommendations References APA Style Assignment 5: Proposal Report (20%) The Task: Prepare a 1,200 word proposal for a project based on research that will end in a recommendation report, which is the last assignment in the course. Proposals can be fun to write, as long as you have a topic that truly engages your interest and you can locate materials for research. The psychology is like this: you skate out over thin ice, but you are confident because you have done enough research already to know you can do the job. Getting Started: Your first step will be to locate a topic that will serve for both the proposal and the recommendation report. The topic should be researchable, problem based, and directed toward workable solutions to issues and concerns in the workplace. You will need a main idea (like a thesis statement for an essay). Suggested topics might include: a) harassment, sexual discrimination, and racism at work (descriptions of situations, definitions of terms and problems, and ways to deal with and prevent occurences); b) shrinkage in retail outlets (definitions, examples, systems to track it, ways to prevent it) c) motivating employees in challenging workplaces (ways to handle potential downsizing, closures, firings, unfair promotions, negative attitudes, and depression/discouragement in workers) d) weight watchers or recovery groups at work: a good idea? e) community violence as it impacts workplace (for example, employees being attacked en route to places of employment) f) bad weather conditions and jobs that require driving or flying ( how to deal with situations of lost revenue or vehicle/aircraft mechanical failure) g) secrets of the best customer service (is this a lost cause? Have businesses forgotten the need for courtesy?) As with any research tasks, you will need to start with a few basic research questions relating to the topic and then search for information that will help you to answer these questions. Describing situations and then analyzing problems will be your focus in this task. Make best use of both academic and practical research skills. Your own experience is also relevant. Understanding the Need for Research for the Proposal: 1. This proposal is not a RFP (Request for Proposal); instead, you are choosing a topic and trying to persuade your reader that you have the qualifications and abilities to do a research task. 2. Imagine that you are doing on site research (looking around in your workplace, talking to friends and associates, a ...

1. Topic:- Food Wastage Problem in 7- Eleven stores in Canada
Executive Summary
Introduction:
Seven Eleven Biography, Starting-(Who started, when,
why)…,,,, Progress-Investment to current Turn Over, Sites-
Locations, Worldwide-Number of stores, Services Provided ,
Employment- employee in Canada worldwide
Statement of Problem:
Worldwide problem, Canada Problem,
Big Picture- Describe 7-Eleven problem with Statistics
examples
How to tackle this problem?
3 Recommendations
References APA Style
Assignment 5: Proposal Report (20%)
The Task:
Prepare a 1,200 word proposal for a project based on research
that will end in a recommendation report, which is the last

2. assignment in the course.
Proposals can be fun to write, as long as you have a topic that
truly engages your interest and you can locate materials for
research. The psychology is like this: you skate out over thin
ice, but you are confident because you have done enough
research already to know you can do the job.
Getting Started:
Your first step will be to locate a topic that will serve for both
the proposal and the recommendation report. The topic should
be researchable, problem based, and directed toward workable
solutions to issues and concerns in the workplace. You will
need a main idea (like a thesis statement for an essay).
Suggested topics might include:
a) harassment, sexual discrimination, and racism at work
(descriptions of situations, definitions of terms and problems,
and ways to deal with and prevent occurences);
b) shrinkage in retail outlets (definitions, examples, systems to
track it, ways to prevent it)
c) motivating employees in challenging workplaces (ways to
handle potential downsizing, closures, firings, unfair
promotions, negative attitudes, and depression/discouragement
in workers)
d) weight watchers or recovery groups at work: a good idea?
e) community violence as it impacts workplace (for example,
employees being attacked en route to places of employment)
f) bad weather conditions and jobs that require driving or flying
( how to deal with situations of lost revenue or vehicle/aircraft
mechanical failure)
g) secrets of the best customer service (is this a lost cause?
Have businesses forgotten the need for courtesy?)
As with any research tasks, you will need to start with a few
basic research questions relating to the topic and then search for
information that will help you to answer these questions.
Describing situations and then analyzing problems will be your
focus in this task. Make best use of both academic and practical
research skills. Your own experience is also relevant.

3. Understanding the Need for Research for the Proposal:
1. This proposal is not a RFP (Request for Proposal); instead,
you are choosing a topic and trying to persuade your reader that
you have the qualifications and abilities to do a research task.
2. Imagine that you are doing on site research (looking around
in your workplace, talking to friends and associates, asking your
boss questions, googling, using data bases in the university
library, and watching current events as reported in newspapers,
television, Facebook, and Twitter, and other social media.
Imagined scenarios are fine for this assignment also.
3. Unless you have some facts at hand, you will not be able to
persuade a reader to let you do the work.
4. Unless you show enthusiasm and a realistic plan for
completing tasks in a timely fashion, the proposal will not gain
attention.
Format:
Please note that you do not need a letter of transmittal or a table
of contents or a separate outline or an abstract/summary at the
beginning.
1. Title page
2. Introduction with background or description of situation and
problem question or statement; briefly review what you imagine
to be a potential reader’s situation, establish a need for action,
and explain how things could be better
3.
Solution

4. s outlined for the problem under discussion; highlight the best
solution; show the benefits of the key solution for your
potential audience or reader
4. Scope of what will be the boundaries of the research, what
you will and will not do
5. Survey of initial research, including the facts and evidence
for both the current situation and changes you have in mind
6. Approach to the research explained, in the best way you can,
with the information you have at hand
7. Work and time line: explain the steps you’ll take, the time
frame (when the work will being and how it will be broken into
stages, and when it will be completed)
8. Costs as appropriate
9. Summary of your own or your organization’s experience and
facilities to do this work
10. Conclusion that summarizes the key points, reviews the
benefits of the project for readers, and ends with a call to action
11. List of references (about six sources) of research to date and
research planned
Implementation Plan, Strategic Controls, and Contingency Plan

5. Analysis
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Implementation Plan, Strategic Controls, and Contingency Plan
Analysis
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Implementation Plan, Strategic Controls, and Contingency Plan
Analysis

6. Introduction
As technology changes the way we shop, specially millennials,
department stores need to reconfigure the way they do business.
Macy’s has had many months of continuous loss and is in need
of strategic implementation plan to realign or redesign the way
it does business (Wahba, 2017). The purpose of this plan is to
find ways to reinvent the store sales, improve its financial
status and assure the shareholders that Macy’s is still a leader in
the retail store industry. The implementation plan will need to
review its objectives, find functional tactics, plan and perform
action items along with the possible milestones it will need to
meet in order to meet the deadlines. Tasks required by each
major department of the organization will have the
responsibility to make them work or adjust as needed with the
resources given or allocating resources that will keep the
organization in line of the proposed plan.
Objectives
Macys needs to reinvent itself by revisiting the way it sells its
product, to include their store layout and marketing plans. The
organization is facing major financial setbacks to include the
closing of 100 stores. The main objective of this plan is to get

7. millennials back to the store, reinvent their marketing strategy
and make their product more appealing to the current consumer
(Wahba, 2017). In previous years, high end product was only
available at high end stores, but currently, you can almost get
anything on online stores such as eBay and Amazon
(Bradley, 2017).
Functional Tactics
The competitors have taken a large part of the market share
leaving Macys struggling for costumers. The product sold at
Macys its available almost anywhere in the online market. The
strategy for departments like marketing and finance department
have to interact as both departments will need the support to
manage each other from the financial part as well as for the
redesigning angle (Bradley, 2017). The functional strategy will
need to focus on the production of the organization’s products,
how and who are the supply chain and most important gain back
the customers by realigning and reinventing the way the
business currently handles its customer service.
Action Items
Some old tactics like having the same thing every year because
it has worked for many years is no longer the way stores can run
business. Macys must identify which items are important to
change so that it can take the organization back to reading in
the black rather than the red zone it has seen for the past few
years. Some of the actions items are:

8. 1. Presentation – Many millennials are visuals shoppers and for
the most want to buy what they like without the disturbance of a
sales person telling them what to buy from their display cases.
Currently, Macys has their product such as make up behind
glass displays and if you want to try a product, you must get
someone to help you, but to make it worst, the store associate
must stay in control at all times. They tell you which color you
are, what goes with you and what doesn’t and when you decide,
they apply it for you. Millennials want to grab the product and
play with it as they wish and then decide if it’s something they
want to buy.
2. Product – Previously department stores were relying on their
product as they were the only store carrying them, therefore, the
store could charge full price for them. Millennials now days
carry their phone with an application that allows you to take a
picture of the product, sku number or model number of the
product and do a search online for the best price available.
Within seconds consumers have a list of at least 5 stores that
have the same item for the same price or much less than the
current selling price at Macys.
3. Close Stores – Many online competitors do not have such big
overheads as Macys has today. For example, in 2017, Macys
had 125 stores in the State of California and these stores are
putting the organization in a budget crisis because they can’t
compete with online retailers ("Stores By State", 2017). Macys

9. will have to close down stores in the many States in operates
and will have to decide by reviewing where they are situated
and how well they performed.
Milestones and Deadlines
Macys has some adjusting to do and the importance to set
milestones and their deadlines are as crucial as it is to keep
their doors open. For this purpose, a redesign of their displays,
store front, how associates interact with the consumers is a
milestone that will include some marketing research and some
associate training. As stores begin to close and the business
structure gets realigned, associates that stay on board must be
familiar with the business improvement strategic plan as these
steps have to be met at the deadline set within the project
management. Short term goals and long-term goals will need to
be identified (Wahba, 2017). The process can take a year to
accomplish and a timeline can be very helpful to view what the
objectives of the short-term goals, such as retraining associates
or as complicated as the long-term requirements of the closing
of specific stores.
Task and Task Ownership
The objectives have been identified and the deadlines have been
put in place. Now the challenge is to assign the task to the
specific departments such as Human Resources who will take
ownership of matching the right associates with the proper

10. training and character to perform the redesigned job duties.
Resource Allocation
The Finance Department to guide upper management to identify
which stores are under achievers in comparison with others in
their perspective demographic locations. Upper management
will need to take ownership of this task in order to meet the
deadlines and match the set milestone of the strategic plan.
Reducing cost as well as reducing overhead will help to refocus
Macys energy back on track.
Organization Strategy Change
Analyzing Macys weakness and strengths are key factors to its
strategy to succeed in this major strategic plan to reinvent its
sales and image as a top retailer. A strategy formation is highly
recommended for this plan in order to enhance the successful
implementation of the specific action items needed along with
the deadlines and milestones that will keep the organization in
track.
Key Factors
Perhaps the over load of coupon using is a key factor that is
currently not working as it weakness Macys image and lowering
the prices so much that it is no longer a high-end retail store.
Because the end consumer is able to find brands sold at Macys
at many retailers now days, Macys needs to refocus its energy
in their own brand and market it that way. Discount store like
Marshalls, Ross and TJ Max have clearance racks and many of

11. the Macys brands are found at these store at major discounts.
Macys should concentrate also in setting up clearance racks so
that it captures all these lost sales. Another key factor in
budget managing will be to lower its staff per store and possibly
redesign the store layout so that there are fewer cashier
locations.
Risk Management Plan
There are several factors that can come up during the
implementation and for that reason a risk management plan has
been created.
Macys Risk Management Plan & Tracking
Risk #
Business Area
Description
Likelihood
Severity
Level of Control
Significance
Risk Strategy
Risk Mitigation Plan
1
Presentation
Remarketing

12. 4
3
3
10
Control
Outsource firm to redesign stores
2
Product
Rebranding
3
3
3
9
Control
Create a team to delegate new in house product
3
Close Stores
Closing doors
4
3
3
10
Control
Review lease contracts and hire law firm to quickly close
Conclusion

13. Macys has many challenges up ahead with extremely tough
deadlines, but some very positive milestones it can reach. This
plan has point out key action and objectives that it needs to
accomplish. Although, closing stores is not what any successful
retail store wants to do, it is crucial for the survival of the
organization and the way it will be view in the future. With the
help of the different departments and what it needs to
accomplish, the possibilities of making this strategic plan work
are high and promising.
References
Bradley, J. (2017). Functional Business Strategy. Retrieved
from
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/functional-business-strategy-
61991.html
Gaines, M. (2017). How to Develop Milestones for Your
Business. Retrieved from
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/develop-milestones-business-
25635.html
Stores by State. (2017). Retrieved from
http://www.macysinc.com/for-investors/store-
information/stores-by-state/default.aspx
Wahba, P. (2017). How Macys New CEO Plans to Stop the
Bleeding. Retrieved from

14. http://fortune.com/2017/03/22/macys-ceo-plan/