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• Lessons Learned From Outsourcing R&D

  BNET - 2005-09-26

  The paper based on a survey depicts that most businesses can no longer go it alone when it comes to product development. R&D outsourcing (including co-development) has become one of the hottest items on the management agenda. Needless to say, it takes time to master the art and science of...

  Tags: PRTM, Outsourcing, Research & Development, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting

• The Smart Bet for Global Performance

  BNET - 2005-03-09

  As the pace of globalization accelerates, Fortune 500 companies everywhere are redesigning their internal organization and implementing various types of horizontal business structures to drive greater efficiencies. One of the most popular is the core operations unit COU. This organization typically cuts across geographic regions and business units to leverage...

  Tags: PRTM, Performance, Performance Management, Globalization, Research & Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Strategy, Management, Business Operations

• Boosting Sales Effectiveness through Standardized Economic Modeling

  BNET - 2000-01-08

  The article describes how PRTM worked with the manufacturer's staff to develop flexible and easy-to-use modeling tools that quickly conveyed the financial benefits obtainable from the company's products and associated services. It also describes how we concurrently helped the company establish a streamlined model-development process, in order to ensure that...

  Tags: PRTM, Sales, Modeling, Research & Development, Business Operations

• E-Business

  BNET

  This article explains that e-strategy is key to your growth -- it's how your global enterprise leverages the Internet, how your business model is thus created or recreated, and how your internal and external relationships are enabled. It also explains business process integration, implementation etc. Read on to know more....

  Tags: Business Process, PRTM, E-business, Operational Planning, Internet, Business Operations

• Strategic Portfolio Alignment for Greater Revenue and Profitability

  BNET

  A manufacturer of optical telecommunications systems needed a product development process that would help it to maintain its time-to-market advantage while increasing product quality and reducing overall development costs. The manufacturer faced product development challenges in four key areas: portfolio planning and management, product-line planning and management, project execution and...

  Tags: Revenue, PRTM, Portfolio Management, Product Development, Research & Development, Business Operations

• Significant Development Chain Advances for Automotive Manufacturer

  BNET

  A $20 billion division of a major automotive manufacturer needed to address overall competitiveness in the face of increasing globalization and accelerating technological change. A strategic assessment by senior management indicated several actions the company needed to take: invest in knowledge-intensive value-chain elements; execute an asset reduction strategy; and build...

  Tags: PRTM, Globalization, Manufacturing, Asset Management, Strategy, Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations

• Integration of $1.6 Billion Acquisition Saves $40 Million in Manufacturing Operations Costs

  BNET

  The $165 million North American division of a global $8 billion diversified manufacturer of industrial and automotive products had just completed a $1.6 billion acquisition of one of its key competitors. The acquisition thrust the division into a dominant market position with an expanded product portfolio, but also left the...

  Tags: Acquisition, PRTM, Manufacturing, Integration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations

• Project Portfolio Management Solution for a Multi-Billion Dollar Insurer

  BNET

  One of the largest mutual property and casualty insurers in the U.S. had grown rapidly, and now consisted of multiple divisions each operating autonomously. To effectively pursue continued revenue growth, the company knew it needed a way for its executives to view all development opportunities, make decisions, and execute large,...

  Tags: PRTM, Project Portfolio Management, Insurance Company, Insurance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance

• Portfolio Management Guides Product Development for Biomedical Technology Leader

  BNET

  A $300M developer of biomedical research technology was struggling to identify a long-term product road map that would raise company revenues to $1B. Building off the company's existing product development program, PRTM implemented a comprehensive portfolio management process for guiding decisions surrounding the company's five-year product road map. PRTM also...

  Tags: PRTM, Leader, Decision-making, Biomedical, Portfolio Management, Product Road Map, Product Development, Tools & Techniques, Team Management, Healthcare, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management

• New Product Strategy and Partnership/Acquisition Focus for Medical Products Company

  BNET

  This $200 million disposable medical device division of an international medical products company faced maturity in its present markets and limited R&D funds to allocate to next-generation products. PRTM was hired to implement an actionable product strategy so the company could realize its dreams of being a major player in...

  Tags: Acquisition, PRTM, Partnership, Medical Product, Medical Device, Product Development, Healthcare, Business Structures, Mergers & Acquisitions, Product Marketing, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Finance, Investment, Marketing, Management