Project Implementation for a Medical Device Manufacturer

29 MAY 2020

The Client

The client is a one of the top manufacturers in medical device industry, a healthcare surgical instrument manufacturer located in San Fernando, California. The client has developed several powered surgical instruments for orthopedic surgeon to operate on bones and joints.

The Need

The client was looking for a Portfolio Management and Project Management software to deliver high project value to its customers. An expanding customer base had made it challenging for the company to efficiently manage projects and resources as it lacked a tool that could enable easy tracking of multiple projects, their progress and execution.

The client was looking for a Microsoft Partner who can help them in implementing Microsoft Project Online – the web-based flexible online solution for Project Portfolio Management (PPM) that provides intelligent project management capabilities for planning, prioritizing, and managing projects as well as everyday work.

The client approached Star Knowledge to help them in implementing Project Online with required user training and support.

The Challenge

Portfolio management, resource management, time reporting and other project management processes had become challenging for the project managers. Rapid business growth required the top-level management to improve project visibility as well as the consistency of decision-making processes. The client’s way of tracking project progress required massive amount of customization to the environment.

The Solution

The Microsoft-certified consultants at Star Knowledge deployed Microsoft Project Online and created a collaborative framework that provided effective project management, resource allocation, and a global insight into the project milestones. With deep extensive experience in Power BI consulting services, the business intelligence consultants integrated Microsoft Power BI that provided global insight into project data and progress. Additionally, our team provided collaborative training to the users rather than individualized help-desk support.

The environment was architected as per the client’s project management processes that involved producing instant project reports, sharing documents with project teams, making project data accessible in a centralized location, cut time in meetings and entering project data.

Benefits Obtained

• A centralized project management solution that provides a global insight of the projects
• Employees now rely on a collaborative platform to find and share information, documents and manage projects
• Effective portfolio management
• Transparent resource management
• Project managers can instantly produce reports

Technology

• Microsoft Project Online
• Microsoft Power BI

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