Service offering
Project management
Manufacturers are under pressure to bring new products through development and into production as quickly as possible. Although they often talk about 'time to market', the real concern is 'time to profit'. In many industries a large technical resource is needed during the development and transfer to manufacture phase, but very little required during manufacture.
When you need additional on-site resources, we can provide an interim manager through to a scalable, multidisciplinary team. Time frames are scalable too, from just a few weeks to several years…
The dilemma for many companies is that they will often lack the in-house resources to accommodate the varying workload. This lack can be manifest either in terms of skill mix or in terms of depth of resource. Recruiting and training an in-house team can take several months and will drain management time, assuming the right people can be found. The recruitment of permanent staff to overcome short term resourcing peaks is also an unattractive proposition for employers – what does one do when the demand has passed?
Faced with this dilemma, many companies have found the services of a specialist project management team to be the most effective solution. At Sagentia we have a 20-year track record of product invention and development, and in the transfer of products to manufacture. This rare depth of skill and experience lies at the heart of our project management service and enables us to offer the marketplace something genuinely different.
Operating across a number of industry sectors, including aerospace, automotive, consumer durables, pharmaceutical and medical devices, our project management service covers:
- product specification and validation
- product development
- development of test schedules and procedures
- vetting and management of third party suppliers.
The skill set of individual teams is driven entirely by client need and can be changed swiftly to accommodate new or unexpected project requirements. The inherent flexibility of our service means that we can offer solutions ranging from a single interim manager, who will undertake a highly specific task for just a few weeks, through to a scalable, multi-disciplinary team of engineers and technologists who may remain on site for several years. We are equally adept at working within existing systems or designing and introducing new process management systems. In addition to working on clients’ sites, our service extends to placing Sagentia specialists with our clients’ suppliers to resolve production bottlenecks, manufacturing delays and quality issues.
Our project management work is undertaken to the highest professional standards, with regular client progress review meetings and assessments built into the project management process. As you would expect, Sagentia is an ISO9001:2000 accredited organisation.