Modernisation of a conveyor and sorting logistics system for...
Modernisation of a conveyor and sorting logistics system for health equipment and products
project
PMO of a project portfolio for vaccine production sites
Project management Life Sciences France
Context and challenges
The client, the Vaccine Division of a leading pharmaceutical group, groups together several production sites in France whose engineering, maintenance and manufacturing technology departments required project management support on different project portfolios.
The scope included projects to revamp existing manufacturing facilities or increase production capacity, the construction of new buildings (tertiary or manufacturing), digital and data science projects, as well as international multi-site project portfolios.
In this context, this client mandated Assystem to provide PMO assignments for cost and schedule management on project portfolios.
Project scope
Cost estimation & control
- Building the reference budget
- Establishing engagement curves
- Proposing a budget breakdown
- Analysing specifications and offers in line with budgets
- Tracking expenses (hours, orders)
- Processing of requests for changes (estimates, budget transfers, etc.)
- Re-estimating the cost to completion
Planning
- Building the reference schedule
- WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) proposal
- Detailed planning
- Processing of requests for changes
- Monitoring of the progress of deadlines
- Managing the revision of schedules
- Supplier Advancement Challenge
- Participating in the coordination of the work
- Setting up a visual communication
Results
- Harmonisation of project management practices within the different scopes and sites
- Continuous improvement of the project management methodologies and tools deployed (e.g. performance management, risk analysis, planning, etc.).
- Building a structured and sustainable project management partnership between the client's teams and Assystem
