Summary 

The case explores how Exterran leveraged Wrench SmartProject to enable their strategic initiative to transform its multiple businesses to use a common standard for projects.   

Challenges 

• Avoid incurring additional costs by leveraging its global workforce specialized in multiple domains across multiple projects. 
• Extend its efficiencies in Product based business process to also support the project-centric execution model.  
• Bring visibility to each layer of Exterran management, the benefits from such transition with KPI’s on On-Time delivery, Deliverable quality, External Partner Efficiency and Resource Productivity.

Benefits of implementing SmartProject 

• Collaborative platform embedded with a uniform process across the organization. 
• Delivery management platform with real-time visibility to global operations. 
• Standard Management and Engineering Re-use- All organization has a common mode of planning, execution and monitoring.  
• Efficiently execute projects and maximize reusability of information which generated across each of these businesses.

Results

• Fast track creation of projects based on service requests from the sales department.
• Handling of multiple projects simultaneously in Wrench, Archiving and retrieving of projects for reuse made simpler.   
• Storage space conserved by avoiding unnecessary copies of a document with the standardized folder structure, automated version tracking and project reference to the standard.
• Improved searching and retrieving of documents/drawings, real-time modifications on documents/drawings conveyed to all users.  
• Better visibility and control in billing with Wrench online timesheet entry, submission and approval.  
• Real-time visibility to global operations at all levels.