Project Management
Project Management services will give you the guidance, coaching and tools you need to handle new challenges with skill and dexterity.
Firstly, establishing the needs of your new project and then scope out the resources required to meet and surpass the demands of the project.
Management of a wide variety of projects which have included children's, business, novels (fiction and non-fiction), travel guides and recipe books. Also, project managing an in-house operation to an outsourced supplier in multiple worldwide locations and from existing suppliers to new suppliers. Also, factory and office relocations.
Any project management service needs to inform you independently, in real time, how your contract is performing and whether there are further opportunities for savings or change. Quite often change is required as the original scope may not encompass areas discovered when the process goes live, or new routes need to be established.
Always looking for improvements in your projects managed, which can include cost savings, time, better productivity also where possible to streamline as well as automate the process.
Can also undertake other project management tasks for you which bring additional benefits and measures such as:
- Independent savings reports.
- Reports on contract adherence.
- Adherence to contract prices.
- Price matrix updates to ensure compliance.
- Full Management Information visibility for the client, ending reliance on the supplier holding the data.
- Bespoke item cost control such as re-engineering and leverage to controlled spend.
- Ongoing market measure.
- Market research for new technologies.
- Back up resources and suppliers.
Prince2, PMP, ITIL, Agile & SCRUM
Business Publisher;
utilising technology and an outsourced service helped reduce overall costs by 20%. Maintaining a high quality, cost-effective product, despite low print runs. Helping to deliver innovative ideas and processes to increase cost effectiveness and efficiency. Protecting the brand reputation for timely, well-presented business intelligence.
OPEN Golf media guide; after receiving the data - produced 1,000 copies of a 200 page perfect bound book in 24 hours. 250 copies delivered to the venue in the UK same day and balance the next day. Regular annual time sensitive project.
Learned Society, London
Fantastic job, extracted the members database from our ancient system, ready for importing into our new system!
Media solutions provider;
project managed the transition of an in-house facility to outsourced providers in 3 separate locations in major cities worldwide (London, New York and Toronto).
NY Advertising Agency;
InterPro successfully project managed our variable data application in New York, remotely from the UK, very pleased with the outcome".
Major training publisher; On boarding a major new account (producing 1,000 titles per month) in 6 weeks where it should have been done in 3 months, project managing the process throughout including 10 new staff, equipment and working practices.
Management Information System; after sourcing a suitable provider oversaw and project managed each stage of setting up the system which covered order input, estimating, production, stock control, purchasing and invoicing.
Manufacturing Co. Move;
Moved a complete manufacturing company to new premises and merged it with another organisation, whilst maintaining production and project managing the entire process.
City Corporation; conducted market research in surrounding boroughs to the City of London about availability of suppliers and employment opportunities within the printing and publishing sectors to develop local talent. A full detailed report was created and submitted.
Manufacturing Co. Move: Relocated a manufacturing company to completely new premises, the move happened over 4 days with no loss of production and planning over 3 ½ preceding months. Also redesigned all work flow processes to make the operation more streamlined and efficient in the new premises.
Financial institution;
One of the UK’s leading mortgage servicing companies, relies on its ability to send and receive 100,000’s of letters every year. But with demand increasing, it's existing print and mail operation could not cope. By using a Project Managed Service to outsource these operations, it has transformed the way it communicates with their customers, is able to meet regulatory requirements with less effort and has cut costs by more than 30 percent.
International Golf Tournaments;
created the concept of several specialised professional golf events, found suitable sponsorship and then delivered the projects in the UK, Europe and Asia.
BAT Golf Series.
Ladies Asian Golf Circuit.
Ladies Spanish Open.
World Cup Golf
CBC Television, Japan
Major PLC;
brought in to bring operation back into profit prior to the group being floated, when I joined the company was losing £250,000 per annum. Within 6 months and after putting in place a sound business plan, it was then in the black and on course to remain profitable. Re-engineered sales and marketing drive to increase the business by 30% per annum by establishing new value added customers with the right product mix.
