Businesses today operate in a competitive, unpredictable world where valuable resources are in short supply. The landscape is crowded with companies who want your market share. Customers want more for less, and brand loyalty is increasingly hard to maintain. Resources are spread out geographically and spread thin logistically.

Companies that are first to market with successful new products have distinct advantages over followers. However, releasing products to market quickly, efficiently and on budget is a major challenge. Without a maximum visibility, decisions get made in the dark. Without knowing which projects are behind schedule or over budget, time and money are lost. Unproductive resources and unpredictable schedules are more than frustrating - they are a direct drain on the bottom line and a major obstacle to your company's financial performance. Create A Sustainable Competitive Advantage With Process Technology and Management Technology The electronic engineering industry has come to a mature stage of product lifecycle. The market at this stage is characterized by extreme outsourcing, product commodity and sheer price war. To succeed in this market environment, a firm must maintain a sustainable competitive advantage not only by product technology but also process technology and management technology. Today, process technology and management technology of a firm are mainly retained in human minds and written process guidelines and policies. EGI Product Release Manager (PRM) gives you the power to model, retain and refine process technology and management technology. A Web-based Solution To Streamline Product Introduction Process and Reduce Time-To-Market By modeling and retaining the "know-how's" of the product release cycle, EGI PRM enables your employees to leverage their skills and work together as one team in managing complex and simultaneous projects. It allows managers to focus on the high cost, high risk areas rather than simply going through a checklist of the product introduction process. PRM creates a powerful collaborative environment that makes it easy for your people to stay focused on the right tasks and easy for managers to identify, track and solve problems. Team members and project participants work together with a customized, up-to-the-minute list of detailed assignments. Members have the option to record time spent on projects and time remaining to complete their tasks. The system, rather than people, will alert project managers on potential issues and communicate new requirements. With simple views tailored for them, team leaders can quickly initiate new projects by using established best practices, defined deliverables and planned timelines. The project dashboard notifies the project team leader of critical activities, milestones and pending activities that are coming due.

Sample PRM Application Page. Using the patented FastPath/OMM technology, PRM can be customized to your unique requirements within days Click to Enlarge   EGI PRM is able to Model, Retain and Refine Process Technology and Management Technology that are unique to your enterprise Click to Enlarge

EGI PRM is designed specifically for scalability. The web-based application enables a small team or large organization to work together on critical product release activities, whether they are working locally or in remote facilities. PRM simplifies interactions and document exchange among people, groups and machines. It facilitates collaboration and provides maximum visibility into the hundreds or even thousands of activities that go into releasing a product to market.

A Unique Solution for a Unique Need

Electronic engineering companies manage the product release processes using their own methods as a way to gaining a competitive advantage. To maximize efficiency in the release process, a cookie-cutter approach for providing a collaborative solution will not work. EGI PRM uses a patented modeling technology called Object Modeling and Management (OMM) that supports customization of the online solution based on the unique way that each company performs its product releases. Process tasks and responsibilities are assigned based on flexibly defined roles. Team members within the company and outside parties are allowed to access only the information and documents that are authorized to them.

EGI PRM Enables You to Compete Successfully in a Rapidly Changing Market

EGI PRM is the most cost effective and strategic solution for your company to continually improve project performance in a rapidly changing market. Organized in an intuitive manner, it supports the release of multiple products simultaneously. Each product release may include a multitude of tasks consisting of hundreds of sub-tasks with designated owners. In this highly competitive market, best financial returns are likely to fall to the companies that can release the next generation of products smoothly and efficiently. EGI PRM creates a sustainable competitive advantage for your company based on the unique way you prepare a new product for release to market.

EGI PRM Functional Modules

EGI PRM uses building-block technology and object-oriented design patterns to provide plug-and-play functionalities to support product release project management. This approach enables us to introduce newer features and methodologies over time as we receive inputs from our customers and research partners. In addition, the plug-and-play architecture also enables us to configure the solution by switching on and off certain features based on customer requirements. As a result, we maximize the ease-of-use and application performance while minimizing the cost to our customers.

EGI PRM has four functional modules. The highlights of these modules follow:

Other features Include:

• Simultaneous, multiple product releases support
• Cross-funtional virtual product teams
• Product plan versioning control
• Project planning, analysis and review
• Task prioritization and assignment
• Product release process modeling and management
• Automatic Change Notification
• Central Documentation Repository
• Workflow Process automation
• Online report customization and generation
• Seamless database integration

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