7-1 Capstone Component 1: Product/Service Launch Strategy and Planning
Kayla C. Redding
Southern New Hampshire University
QSO-700: Project Management and Ops Capstone
Dr. Bruce Laviolette
July 25, 2022
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Project Overview
Conceived in 2006, but formally established in 2008, Husk Power Systems pioneered an
off grid power generation and distribution solution to serve rural customers in Bihar, India (Husk
Power Systems, 2018). With the notion to provide power generation, a four (4) man team with
experienced knowledge of India and its rural villages, developed an energy solution that would
provide a better quality of life that was desired by the locals. Currently, HPS is known for not
only providing solar biomass systems, but also providing constant alternating current (AC)
power because of these systems. HPS offers AC power at the lowest cost to households and
commercial customers. Supplying AC power to rural communities are giving customers the
opportunity to plug in any off-the-shelf appliances like TVs, refrigerators, and industrial
machinery (Husk Power Systems, 2018). The main goal for this project is to create additional
revenue to create funding for building more power generator plants over an allotted six (6)
quarters. My team is proposing a solution that will create revenue utilizing waste from an
internal source that can create a product that will also contribute to the innovation and increased
quality of life in rural Indian villages.
The future of Indian laundry is projected to take leaps in growth as technology has
provided villages opportunity to use computer-controlled wet machines, special dryers and
detergents and non-toxic contamination (Clean India Journal-Editor, 2018). I have selected to
place focus on generating a laundry detergent that can be manufactured by Husk Power Systems
(HPS), utilizing the rice husk ash from the burning of rice husk. In reading, Sinha mentions the
need to grow organically and increase utilization rates to more than 75%, while also pointing out
a better quality of life that extends beyond electricity. With the upcoming increase of we