The Project Group Successfully Integrated Microsoft Project With SAP/R3 at Israel Aircraft Industries
The Project Group, a leading German-based supplier of add-in products and consulting services for Microsoft Project, and its partner MATAN, a leading Israeli company for Enterprise Project Management consulting and Microsoft Project implementation services, today announced the completion of the integration of Microsoft Project with SAP based on TPG PSLink within the Israeli Aircraft Industry (IAI).
Unterhaching, Germany (PRWEB) June 30, 2005 -- The IAI implemented SAP and
the SAP PS module in the entire organization as an infrastructure for project
data. SAP holds the entire finance logic of the projects, thus very much
reflects the IAI's finance viewpoint on the projects. In the current situation,
and prior to the SAP implementation, most of the project managers of the IAI
manage their projects with Microsoft Project Enterprise Project Management
(EPM). During the years they developed their own EPM methodologies and best
practices in a relatively flexible and user friendly environment. The company,
therefore, was now seeking for a solution that will enable the co-existence of
both attitudes: SAP's financial and relatively strict and Microsoft Project more
flexible and user friendly strength.
The integration of Microsoft Project
EPM with SAP was done with the PSLink solution of The Project Group. PSLink
enables bi-directional synchronizing of both systems and assures the consistency
of data at any time. Double maintenance effort of data can be omitted and the
risk of mismatched schedules and resources is cleared. "With the flexibility of
PSLink platform we could implement specific customer processes and requirements,
like the break out of SAP PS projects in multiple Microsoft Project subprojects”
says Stavros Georgantzis, managing director and co-owner of The Project Group.
"During the passing year Elta, one of the leading divisions within the
IAI, assessed a few ways for dealing with the integration challenge” says Rami
Sartani, C.I.O & Director Information Systems & Technology of Elta. “In
recent months we made a study and recognize that PSLink is the most suitable and
trustworthy solution that exists in the market. Elta, The Project Group and
Matan had joined their experts and together we defined a solution that fits our
specific requirements. After having built a prototype of the solution at the
first step we understood that we have made the right choice when we chose PSLink
as a technological solution and both companies as the services providers. The
final outcome now indulges all our expectations."
Yuval Stern, VP for EPM
Solutions at Matan, adds: “Since we've started implementing Microsoft Project
Server we were seeking for a complete and mature solution for the integration of
Project server and SAP. After surveying solutions in the market we have reached
a clear conclusion that PSLink is the only candidate for our customers' tough
requirements. The work with TPG in Elta had proven our initial assessments.
PSLink's 'out of the box' capabilities had provided excellent solutions for the
majority of the requirements. A few specific features for Elta, were
professionally designed and developed by TPG's experienced team.”
The
advantages of integration
The integration of diverse software systems
provides a high potential for cost reduction in many companies. PSLink allows
the utilization of all advantages the leading project management software offers
to project leaders while all the possibilities for business management analysis
of the leading ERP-Software are available to the controlling and management of
the company. Thus the integration of both systems enjoys a high level of
acceptance of all affected users.
About The Project Group
The Project
Group Informationstechnologie GmbH (TPG) based near Munich, Germany, is a team
of internationally-recognized experts in IT solutions for enterprise-wide
project management. TPG develops Microsoft Project add-ons and offers
implementation services for Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM)
solutions to large and mid-sized enterprises. TPG places particular emphasis on
the integration of EPM in the financial controlling area as well as on IT
support for Project Management Offices (PMO). TPG’s range of services is
complemented by seminars for Microsoft Project users and developers.
The
Project Group is one of the leading Microsoft Premier Project Partners in the
German-speaking countries. The company’s management team, composed of
internationally-acknowledged specialists in EPM, collectively has over 50
man-years experience with Microsoft Project since Version 1 Beta appeared in
1989. The Project Advisory Council, an international advisory committee for the
Microsoft Project development team, counts two of The Project Group’s executives
among its total of twenty members worldwide.
The Project Group’s
customer base includes global enterprises like Agip, ATLAS, Audi, Cognis
Specialist Chemicals, DaimlerChrysler, Israel Aircraft Industries, Irish Rail,
Keiper-Recaro, MAN B&W, Microsoft, Miele, Roche, SAP, and
Siemens.
About Matan
Matan is an international Business Process
Consulting firm based in Tel-Aviv Israel with subsidiaries in the USA &
Europe. Matan offers expertise in Enterprise Project Management (EPM) consulting
services and solutions.
As certified Microsoft Project partner in Israel
Matan is the leader of the Israeli market in Microsoft Project Server
implementations. www.matan-consulting.com
Matan's experienced and
professional consultants assist the largest and the most influencing enterprises
in managing the cultural, methodological and technological change of
implementing an EPM solution. Matan's proprietary solutions include:
ProjectFlow™ a SharePoint advanced EPM workspace, MasterLink™ an advanced add-in
for management of links between Microsoft Project plans and VPB™ a Visio based
BPA Add-in.
Matan provides services to some fortune 500 organizations and
other global enterprises, like: Pfizer, Amdocs, Applied Materials, NDS and
others.
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Press contact: Mr.
Achim Schmidt-Sibeth
Phone: +49 (89) 61 55 93 – 51
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Imortant Note to
Editors:
The Project Group Informationstechnologie GmbH is a German-based
company and is not related to the similarly-named The Project Group based in
Houston, TX.
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