Emikon for project management uses the cloud Advanta system

On November 2, 2018 the Advanta Consulting company announced system implementation of planning and control of projects of Advanta in Emikon company.

Projects of Emikon company are characterized by a difficult cycle of initiation and take from a week to several months. A seasonal overload of resources, delays in supply of equipment and materials, the shortage of up-to-date information about the project status caused project management system implementation based on the Advanta platform. In the company projects in several directions at the same time can be kept:

• development and production of import-substituting programmable logic controllers (including: for explosive productions, the built-in systems centralized and distributed by an APCS) for the enterprises of all industries;
• "turnkey" complex automation of objects of pipeline transport of oil, oil products and gas;
• production and delivery of software and hardware complexes for automatic fire-extinguishing systems, station and linear telemechanics, energy consumption accounting etc.;
• completion of the operating PT APCS, ACS complexes (including lifelong service);
• production of modules to order (functions of vendor);
• training of specialists of customers;
• research work.

Project Goals and Objectives

Need to increase efficiency and to lower project deadlines at the expense of system implementation of planning and monitoring of projects became a project objective.

Project Tasks:

• receive the instrument of monitoring of the relevant statuses by KT-projects;
• deliver on control the timely order and supply of equipment and materials;
• increase performing discipline of project participants.

Course and results of the project

"For Emikon Ltd basic processes of project management were configured. During the course of performance the project in addition to setup of a system and training in functionality of company management and ordinary users, a number of works of methodological and consulting character was executed. Also two command and staff games in the Queen and Moscow were held". Ilya Galkin, manager of projects of implementation of Advanta Consulting company

"At the time of system implementation our company was faced by the following purposes: increase quality of project management, receive operational online information on a projects status, systematize and store data on the project in one place, provide information transparency of projects. We managed to implement all these purposes with Advanta system implementation. The simple and clear system interface allowed to connect for short term to it more than 95% of the employees who are taking part in project implementation. Thanks to implementation all project information, since initial data and finishing with acts of the end of commissioning, it is stored in one convenient location, all history of the project became transparent". Evgeny Shustov, the deputy CEO on on economy and planning of Emikon Ltd

Project Results:

• Project portfolio management on control points is implemented.
• The project model is configured, several report templates are created.
• Templates of projects and approvals are created.
• Planning processes and forecasting are automated.
• Process of "approval of new projects" is started.
• Training of administrators, the management and users of a system is provided.
• Top managers received in use:
  • the instrument of involvement of heads of divisions and key contractors in work on planning of a project portfolio;
  • a reliable picture according to project statuses and planned loading of resources;
  • instrument of identification of "bottlenecks" and centers of "stagnation".

"According to the results of the project employees and heads can work in a system from any place in the world where there is an Internet. The opportunity for work of the employee who is in a business trip or at home both from the notebook or the desktop computer, and from the mobile phone is relevant for us. Heads of divisions had an opportunity to quickly control loading of the employees, results of their work. The performing discipline of employees and heads who provide reports in a system increased. If to operate with digits, then costs of the deputy CEO for control of terms of projects to system implementation made 80 hours a month, after implementation decreased till 16 o'clock, i.e. by 5 times. The project manager's costs for approval of technical solutions, documents (structures of the equipment, skeleton diagrams, etc.) were reduced by 6 times – from 1 to 10 o'clock minutes". Evgeny Shustov, the deputy CEO on on economy and planning of Emikon Ltd

For November, 2018 in a system 92 projects, 332 control points, 634 tasks are traced, 67 users work.