Pharmacia Completes Construction in 6
weeks with Critical ChainSträngnäs, Sweden―While
others were vacationing over the holiday period, Pharmacia was putting the
finishing touches on a remarkable construction project. Initial plans for
new facilities construction for one of the company's key bio-tech products,
quoted 18 months to complete the work. Numerous other efforts suggested the
project might be done in as little as 6 months, before the company turned to
The TOC Center and Critical Chain.
Using TOCC's breakthrough approach to managing
complex projects, and with the Concerto software from Speed-to-Market, the
team was able to make a quantum leap in reducing the project time. During
the planning phase Critical Chain and Concerto enabled the team to identify
the critical chain of activities and resources dictating the duration of the
project. With the guidance of TOCC the team was able to use this information
to slash the project time to just 6 weeks.
And the execution came off without a hitch.
Construction teams worked very closely together in defined areas so that
work, previously done sequentially, could be done in parallel. Pharmacia's
mandate of safety first insured that the plans created no dangerous
situations, and the construction finished injury-free.
The teams worked exceptionally well together both in
challenging assumptions and developing innovative approaches during the
planning stages, and while scenic Strängnäs may appear to be a sleepy little
Swedish town to the casual visitor, the people there know they are on the
leading edge when it comes to managing projects.
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