cplace impresses at Pharma Conference on Project and Portfolio Management

From selecting the most promising research projects to efficient project and resource planning, including contract research organizations (CROs), to simplified stakeholder communication with meaningful reporting: the pharmaceutical industry can benefit from cplace in many ways. At least that was the main feedback we received at the industry meeting in Frankfurt in mid-January.

Creating regular project reports is part of everyday project life. Whether it’s a status report, milestone trend analysis, cost or risk report, a lot of time is spent compiling and updating the required information. Time that could be better spent by project managers. As soon as all the data is seeked and compiled in a locally saved Excel spreadsheet, it is usually out of date and of questionable value. Many visitors to our booth complained about this. 

At this point, cplace provides reporting with real-time data at the touch of a button. On request, companies can access a range of standard project reports on topics such as project effort, costs or working hours. At the same time, they have the option to independently create individual dashboards and overviews without any programming knowledge, which always access the current data status and can be exported with a single click. This saves project managers valuable time that they can invest in planning and managing their projects. 

As some of the companies pointed out, it takes a lot of effort to manage and coordinate cross-departmental initiatives. This is because of the need to align the different planning and working methods of different departments and teams. At the same time, a fragmented tool landscape with redundant systems contributes to the high management efforts of these projects. Finally, the integration of external partners such as CROs (Contract Research Organizations) is a real challenge. 

Once again, cplace was able to share best practices with the attendees based on existing customers in the pharmaceutical industry. From complete Solution Templates for the Product Roadmap, Lean Portfolio Management or Computer System Validation (CSV) to Risk Management and Cross-Company Planning, including agile, classic and hybrid methods, cplace offers best-in-class solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. 

“We already knew from our existing customers that cplace can make an important contribution to the success of research and development projects,” said Michael Gaksch, Senior Enterprise Account Manager at cplace. “In our discussions and demos with the highly qualified experts on site, cplace was perceived as a powerful and flexible platform solution for Project and Portfolio Management with a modern UX. Other use cases were quickly identified where cplace can help manage highly complex R&D projects more transparently and efficiently,” he added. “The individual adaptability for all user groups involved in the project and the single source of truth platform approach as a basic prerequisite for the use of AI were highlighted as future-oriented added values.” Michael Gaksch continues: “Pharmaceutical companies thrive on innovation and are usually driven by the desire to help others. To be able to contribute to this with cplace makes us happy and a little proud”.