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Integrated Project Management Platform

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Idea

The idea is to build a digital platform for integrated

project management which can make collaboration
Quality
with stakeholders faster and seamless. Also, the
emphasis is on building a single moment of truth
and make available information to all stakeholders
as per their requirement Project Construction
SCM Management

Design

Integrated Project Management Approach

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Expected Benefits

Single Moment of Truth Document Management System

Avoid Multiple Excel Files Centralized Project Monitoring

Project Lifecycle Planning Cross Functional Communication

Constraint Identification Time Saving (reporting, analysis etc.)

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 Workflow – Free Issue Item

Package Enquiry floated to PO released to Inspection

Definiton suppliers the supplier Cleared?

Yes
Technical offer PO acceptance
Define package submitted to Design taken from supplier DI issued
Applicability by Azure

No Material taken
in manufacturing
Release technical Technical Material dispatched
specification Finalized? by supplier
Inspection No
Req?
Yes
Yes
Negotiation
Is it a free Inspection Call Material
Done with Supplier
issue item? Raised Delivered

Yes Inspector Assigned

by Azure
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Workflow – Contractor Scope Items

Package
Definition

Inspection No DI issued
Req? by Azure

Define package Yes

Applicability
Inspection Call Compliances to be Material dispatched
Raised by contractor done by contractor by supplier

Release technical
specification
Inspector Assigned Comments shared
by Azure by Quality
Material
Delivered

Is it a free Inspection No
issue item? Cleared?

Yes
No

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Business Requirements

Design & Engineering

• Sharing and updating documents like MDL, layouts, construction drawings, spare list etc. in a central document
repository accessible to users as per access
• Ability to refer to links of specific documents already uploaded in the platform in chats/messages within the platform
• Uploading BOM for the complete project and link them to sub-activities in a project

SCM
• Material Expeditor - Ability to track material status of individual projects with tagging of different stages like - PO
release, Under Manufacturing, Under Inspection, In-Transit, Received at site
• Integration with existing ERP system to fetch details like PO number, PO Qty, Delivered Qty etc.

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Business Requirements

Construction
• Project definition with all standard packages (like AC BOS, DC BOS, Transmission Line, Civil Infra etc.) with defined
weightage of sub-activities to form a standard project template
• The above template shall be used in any new project with minor changes basis scope of the project
• Project scheduling with mapping of dependencies on activities (Start to Finish, Start to Start, Finish to Start, Finish to
Finish) as well as material availability (which we will be tracking through material expediter mentioned in SCM section)
• System should have functionality to allow making a baseline schedule and entering revised schedules as we progress
into execution. System should not allow plan dates for execution if it is before material delivery date at site
• System should identify critical path dynamically basis dependencies mapped during scheduling and changing scenarios
as per actuals
• Highlight critical delayed activities which can delay the project
• Auto mailers and reminders to users defined for delayed activities

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Business Requirements

Construction

• Site team shall be able to update the daily progress both via app and via import of excel sheets
• Calculation of current rate, asking rates and estimated project completion timeline based on current rates. Also
highlight if any critical path activity is getting delayed due to current pace of work
• Monitoring of manpower as well as machinery deployed by contractors on daily basis

Quality
• Consolidated list of material in-inspection stage
• List of open NCs to be conformed by the supplier with ageing and escalation

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