Avertim : Innovation & Management

The Challenge

• The project covers different domains of the client business: Business extranet, SOA, Asset Management and Maintenance, Incident Risk and Safety
• The client needs overall vision of the links and dependencies within its project and application portfolios, across budget lines and business units
• The client needs to streamline and standardize the way EA is internally promoted
• The client needs advisory on EA solutions assessement

Avertim's approach

• Pragmatic approach developed in order to adapt existing EA frameworks to the client needs (different projects, large and widespread application domains, different budget lines)
• Complete mapping of the As-Is Application portfolio
• Development of a unique transversal overview of the client's project and applications portfolios
• Pragmatic communication and demonstration of EA's added value towards business units

Impact and added Value

• Development of a Reference Architecture for the project and application portofolios
• Update and simplification of the client's EA Blueprint with different perspectives on the organisation's perspective: business, application landscape
• Promotion and awareness around EA's added value towards business units
• Organisation of Architecture Boards within the client's organisation

The Challenge

• Our client, a global pharmaceutical company, has been through a series of acquisitions at global level. Due to these acquisitions and the global pressure on costs, global leadership launched rationalization and cost cutting programs.
• For the production lines and the formulation department in particular, this translates into the need to implement a continuous improvement culture which will be done through a lean 6 sigma approach.

Avertim's approach

• Implementation and use of 6 sigma tools, eg. 5S; SIPOC; DMAIC; A3 report; ...
• Train operators and supervisors to 6 sigma
• Lead Lean 6 sigma projects
• Support production lead to develop its strategy (objectives, deadlines, vision)
• Improve alignment with other departments

Impact and added Value

• Long-term change within the formulation department where the culture of continuous improvement is now taken into account at all stages of the process.
• Successful project is now serving as a pilot within the production department.