Case Study Background information . OpRail (OP) is a Public operator of transportation (metros, commuter trains, trams, buses) in the region of Paris . In 2005, OpRail signed a contract with Urban Transportation (UT) for the design, manufacture and Supply of 173 Metros for Paris. . Glass Industries (GI) supplies glasses/lateral windows (baies) and the window seals (joint de baies); . Urban Transportation is responsible for the assembly of these equipments (lateral windows/glasses + window seals) on carbodies. . Glass Industries is only specialized in window supply. therefore, GI has entered into a contract with a sub-supplier, Canaflex (CA), specialized in window seals, Glass Industries controls the seals coming from Canaflex and then delivers a complete package (lateral window + window seals) to Urban Transportation 35Case my Background information However, on Mav. 6'\Case m The Mission of the Project Wt Manager You are a Project Contract Manager/legal Counsel (PCM/LC) who works for Urban Transportation. You joined the Metr02000 project in January 2017 as the new Project Contract Manager (PCM). As PCM/LC, your role is to support the Project Manager and to protect the contractual, commercial and financial interests of the Metr02000 project. Since June 2017, a new Project Manager joined Metr02000 project. He discovers that this topic is the most critical of the Metr02000 project. This was conrmed by the customer Wduring the first progress meeting he had with them. This was also conrmed by the top management of Urban Transportation during the first internal review of the project. OpRail requires that Urban Transportation executes the retrot\" of the seals on the Metros fleet and refuses to grant the General Warranty exit of the last batch of Metros. In mid-September 2017, the Project Manager is under pressure from his top management who had an unpleasant management meeting with W in early September. The Metr02000 is a loss project, and the financial situation of the project is getting worse. The Project Manager is urged to significantly improve the situation of the Metr02000 project until the end of 2017. The Project Manager comes to see you, the PCM/LC, and asks you to present to him and to the project team a summary of the situation and to propose a strategy and an action plan to find a solution with Wand Glass Industries. Case My Objectives of the Project Manager Until December 31St 2017: > Close the dispute with the Supplier(s) by getting the highest financial contribution from them to the retrofit of the defective seals > Get cash from the Supplier(s) to nance the retrot / repair > Improve the nancials / Budget I \"EAC\" (Estimate at Completion) of the project, notably the risk provisions in the Register Tool (or Risk & Opportunity database) to cover this seals issue by at least 50% > Find agreement with Won retrot I repair of the seals and get warranty exit of the Metros which are still under warranty (currently, many Metros are under extended general warranty) Case m Guidelines for the Project 99% Manager Create a Contract Management Team ! Your Team ! Read carefully the case study and the other package documents, notably the document named \"General Information\" Present your proposed solution in anrmat (7-8 slides maximum); W and present the key contractual terms from a) the Customer I Master Contract between Wand UT and b) the Purchase contract between UT and Glass Industries; Present your analysis of key information, using the attached SWOT template; Identify 2 or maximum 3 scenarios I commercial strategies; Choose your preferred one and explaianustify your choice. Again, use any tool I information from the W1 presentations \"Managing Industrial Contracts"; \"Claims Management\" (example : the Decision Tree); - Remember, you must take into consideration the objectives of the Project Manager (see previous slide 38) !; Present the action plan (PDCA) which derives from your strategy and a realistic timeline I planning of your action plan; Present and explain your financial hypothesis and conclusions. To help you, do not hesitate to use any relevant tool from the presentations "Managing Industrial Contracts"; \"Claims Management\