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Sanlam reduced costs by 40 percent by consolidating project portfolio management platforms with PPO

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Sanlam, one of South Africa’s largest financial services groups, has reduced project-related technology costs by 40 percent, by consolidating three different platforms for the management of its projects, enhancements, support, demand and supply management and timesheets portfolios, into one. As one of the largest financial services groups in South Africa, Sanlam provides a number of … Continue reading "Sanlam reduced costs by 40 percent by consolidating project portfolio management platforms with PPO"

Total fuels up IS division with PPO; reduces manual project reporting by 50 percent

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Energy company, Total South Africa’s Information Systems (IS) division implements Project Portfolio Office’s cloud-based project portfolio management (PPM) application, PPO, to slash the time spent on project management reporting, reducing it from two and a half days per week to instantaneous, real-time information at any point. “Total’s IS division took the decision to build a … Continue reading "Total fuels up IS division with PPO; reduces manual project reporting by 50 percent"

PPO injects a healthy dose of project portfolio management, reporting, accountability and delivery at national level

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The National Department of Health (DoH) has adopted a single source of reporting, which eliminates variances and ensures always-available, accurate project portfolio management information across national and all nine provincial levels. In early 2011, the department released its Medium Term Strategic Framework, also known as its 10 Point Plan. The programme was put together to … Continue reading "PPO injects a healthy dose of project portfolio management, reporting, accountability and delivery at national level"

PPO refreshes Coca-Cola Beverages Africa’s project portfolio management framework

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Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) has kicked off the roll out of Project Portfolio Office’s PPO, a locally developed, secure, cloud-based project portfolio management application, in order to help the operation realise project value as quickly as possible. CCBA began operations in July 2016 whenThe Coca-Cola Company, SABMiller plc and Gutsche Family Investments (GFI), majority shareholders in … Continue reading "PPO refreshes Coca-Cola Beverages Africa’s project portfolio management framework"

UCT Properties & Services division sees a new level of project management with PPO

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Founded in 1829, the University of Cape Town (UCT) has a proud tradition of academic excellence and effecting social change and development. The university employs more than 5,000 staff members across six faculties, including Engineering and the Built Environment, Health Sciences, Science, Commerce, Law and Humanities and the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED), as … Continue reading "UCT Properties & Services division sees a new level of project management with PPO"

PBT Group sees enhanced decision making and project visibility with PPO’s project management tool

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Provider of business intelligence (BI) and information management services, PBT Group’s MEA Business Unit benefitted greatly through improved decision making; thanks to the implementation of PPO, Project Portfolio Office’s secure cloud-based project portfolio management (PPM) application. According to Andreas Bartsch, programme manager at PBT, following PPO’s project management tool phase one implementation mid-2016, the company … Continue reading “PBT Group sees enhanced decision making and project visibility with PPO’s project management tool”

Profica and PPO ease project management within the African built environment

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Web-based document management, project management and collaboration tools are gaining traction within the African construction sector. So says Tim White, CEO of Profica, a construction and property solutions company that provides expert development, project and construction management services to high-profile clients across the African continent. Profica joined forces with Project Portfolio Office in 2007 to … Continue reading "Profica and PPO ease project management within the African built environment"

Vilicom strengthens customer focus with PPO

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Vilicom, an international supplier of engineering solutions to the communications industry, focusing on cellular and wireless solutions, has further enhanced its customer experience through the implementation of Project Portfolio Office’s online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, PPO.