Industry and manufacturing

Projects in industry and manufacturing

Projects in industry and manufacturing

Industry and manufacturing operations are shaped by a fast pace of change, international competition and pressure for a shorter time to market, and can range from product development and R&D to research and innovation projects, digitalisation of processes and systems, and investment in facilities and equipment. At the same time, resources must be prioritised carefully, and investments must create clear business value.

Many organisations run a large number of parallel development and improvement initiatives, where the right prioritisation and capacity balance are critical to profitability and delivery capability.

Industrial and manufacturing companies often manage planning, portfolio management, resources and performance monitoring across different systems and processes, which creates manual work, unclear decision support and limited strategic visibility, increasing the need for a shared platform that covers the whole chain.

How Antura supports organisations in industry and manufacturing with planning, prioritisation and performance monitoring

As a platform for project, portfolio and resource management, Antura brings the whole flow together in one place, from strategy and product plan to delivery and performance monitoring. This enables organisations in industry and manufacturing to:

  • Link projects to business strategy, the product roadmap and innovation objectives

  • Prioritise consistently between R&D, product development and efficiency initiatives

  • Gain a consolidated view of the entire project and development portfolio

  • Get visibility of capacity and workload in critical skill areas

  • Balance line operations, innovation and investment

  • Standardise reporting and reduce manual work

  • Produce decision support that strengthens management's prioritisation and investment decisions

 

When planning, portfolio management, resource management and performance monitoring take place on the same platform, the organisation speaks the same language. This reduces duplicated effort and strengthens delivery capability. Antura gives industrial and manufacturing companies structure, control and better decision support, without slowing down innovation.

How Antura supports collaboration between departments, companies and external partners

When development teams, suppliers and other external parties are involved in the same project, Antura makes it possible to control who has permission to see and do what.

  • Gather project information in one place

  • Control permissions and access by role and function

  • Ensure everyone follows the same project model and decision-making process

  • Share the right information with the right party, at the right time

  • Get a clear history and traceability of decisions and changes

  • Create transparency towards management and steering groups

 

When development teams, suppliers and other external parties work in the same project environment, the risk of misunderstandings and delays to time to market is reduced. This makes collaboration easier to manage even as more teams and suppliers become involved, without time to market suffering.

How Antura meets the requirements for security and regulatory compliance in business-critical operations

Industry and manufacturing organisations often handle business-critical information tied to product development, technology and innovation. Systems that support projects and portfolio management must therefore meet high requirements for integrity, availability and traceability.

  • Antura is certified to the internationally recognised ISO 27001 standard for information security.

  • Antura processes personal data in accordance with applicable data protection legislation, including the GDPR, with clear data processing agreements, technical and organisational safeguards, and access management and permission controls.

  • Antura's cloud platform is hosted in Sweden through a Swedish, ISO 27001-certified infrastructure provider. Data is stored within Swedish jurisdiction.

  • Antura works according to established principles for risk management, incident management and continuity planning, providing a resilient and secure IT environment even for business-critical projects.

This means Antura can be a trusted part of the company's digital ecosystem for governing innovation and investment.

A stable, long-term supplier

Antura has completed more than 400 implementations and is well established among global industrial and manufacturing companies with extensive development and investment portfolios.

 

This gives you:

  • Long-term supplier stability

  • Experience of project- and innovation-intensive organisations in a global market

  • Continuous product development

  • Stable support and a customer-focused organisation

  • A secure platform for business-critical project and portfolio management

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