Microsoft Project empowers Aston Martin and other customers

A major Spanish financial institution, ABANCA wanted to improve project management and remain adaptable to market trends. Already using Microsoft Project Server, they deployed Project Online to further centralize management of its corporate portfolio and improve the ease of reporting.

The A.C. Camargo Cancer Center is an integrated diagnostic, treatment, education, and research center, internationally recognized in fighting cancer. The Cancer Center needed a platform to manage the projects in a way that supported team collaboration.

The National Agency for Infrastructure (ANI) is part of the Ministry of Transport in Bogota, Colombia. Simultaneously managing more than 75 highway and infrastructure projects, they deployed Microsoft Project Online to improve project portfolio management and collaboration.

Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, with satellite offices in Toronto, the United Kingdom, and Luxembourg, Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) relies on Microsoft Project Online to enhance collaboration and increase transparency.

Based in Chile, Arauco is one of the largest forestry companies in the world. Needing a centralized system to manage IT and research projects and improve collaboration among its teams, the company sought updated tools for planning, timesheets, and calendars.

Brookdale Senior Living is the leading operator of senior living communities in the United States. After strategic acquisitions, it deployed Microsoft Project Online as a scalable, cost-effective enterprise solution to streamline its large and decentralized IT environment and gain insight into resource capacity management.

Instead of relying on a variety of systems and methodologies, Cardiff University chose Microsoft Project Online to standardize project management and reporting.

Cascades Canada produces, converts, and markets packaging and tissue products composed mainly of recycled fibers. The company wanted to provide its PMO a centralized solution to encourage best practices and strategically approach its company-wide Project One Cascades initiative.

As the largest municipality in the province of Saskatchewan, the City of Saskatoon is committed to providing quality governmental programs and services. The number and diversity of project requests for the IT division were more than its existing infrastructure could handle effectively.

The City of Stirling has the largest population of any local government in Western Australia. The city needed to its streamline project management efforts while running simultaneous projects that included input and feedback from many different business units.

Comptel is an international software company. Its mission is to perfect digital moments by delivering digital content right the first time. The company deployed Microsoft Project Online to increase project efficiencies, gain visibility into projects statuses, and better resource talent.

DT Group is the largest retailer and distributor of building materials in the Nordic region. The company deployed Microsoft Project Online to reduce manual Excel inputs, promote more transparent financial management, and be better equipped to prioritize projects.

e+CancerCare offers high-tech healthcare to patients in rural communities across eight states. The company adopted Microsoft Project Online to gain cloud-based project management capabilities and streamline its frequent software upgrades.

Effectory International is Europe’s leading employee survey specialist, providing innovative HR tools and solutions to drive employee engagement. Using Microsoft Project Server 2003 and in-house applications, the company upgraded to Project Online to standardize on a cloud-based solution.

The Israeli Ministry of Construction and Housing initiates and implements national government policy in housing and residential construction. The ministry helps residents through subsidized mortgages, rental payment aid, and public housing.

Medipass specializes in diagnostic imaging and cancer-treatment facilities and provides tech solutions to the medical industry, including financial, engineering, and management services. To standardize project management in a consolidated environment, the company adopted Microsoft Project Online.

Enterprise Commerce (EC) manages the commercial licensing operation at Microsoft and generates approximately 47 percent of the company's annual revenue. Using the Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) Extensions tool, EC integrated Microsoft Project Online to create one task repository and tracking structure.

Pegasus is a private airline in Turkey committed to using technology to help provide outstanding customer services. The company deployed Microsoft Project Online to improve its project portfolio management and find a cost-effective solution for project management.

The South Australia Power Network (SAPN) builds and maintains a network that delivers power to around 850,000 customers. SAPN deployed Microsoft Project Online to create a seamless, standardized way for its IT department to manage all active and future projects at the same time.

As the global leader in designing and manufacturing water parks, WhiteWater is committed to providing first-class experiences to their clients. The company needed a cloud solution to drive operational efficiencies and increase collaboration between teams.

YunZesc, based in Fuzhou, China, manages a 200-unit incubator business park that supports startups with office space and funding from the local government. YunZesc deployed Project Online to prioritize the projects and applications of the many startups vying for space—and share the results with stakeholders.

Chip developer Arm upgraded their on-premises Microsoft Project Server solution to Microsoft Project Online with Power BI. It can now deliver more actionable insights to company leadership in real time and more precise data to governmental bodies, resulting in larger research and development tax credits.

DJO develops dozens of medical devices each year and has many internal business groups operating their own development pipelines. With Microsoft Project Online, DJO reduced operating costs, shortened delivery times, and strengthened its development pipeline.

When accounting and advisory firm BDO Canada LLP was ready to transform the management of its internal IT projects and resources, it integrated Microsoft Project Online into IT department workflows and brought stakeholders along to ensure a successful journey.

With its rapid growth and a recent merger, Fluidra, a world leader in the pool and wellness industry, needed an improved, enterprise-grade project portfolio management solution. It chose Microsoft Project Online for its flexibility and seamless integration with Microsoft Office 365 tools.

Fulton County Schools (FCS) is one of Georgia’s biggest school districts. Envisioning a solution to provide easy portfolio visibility and reporting, the FCS Project Management Office and consulting firm Aptude creatively blended Microsoft apps to realize that vision.

Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., offers products and solutions that help customers store, enrich, activate, and monetize data. The company replaced siloed systems with Microsoft Project Online to streamline and optimize project portfolio management.

Hyster-Yale Group is a wholly owned operating subsidiary of leading lift truck manufacturer Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. It manages product development–related projects across the enterprise and stays on track with a solution based on Microsoft Project Online and other Microsoft apps.

The Itaú Social Foundation, part of financial conglomerate Itaú Unibanco, spends USD35 million on social programs yearly. Implementing Microsoft Project and Power BI has led to savings that have helped the foundation add 30 more projects to its profile each year.

Prospera Credit Union plans to be Canada’s best business banking institution by 2025. Using Microsoft Project Online to standardize reporting, it can prioritize portfolio elements that best align with its business drivers, resulting in faster modernization and greater agility.

The Saudi Aviation Information Technology Company provides IT services to the General Authority of Civil Aviation in Saudi Arabia. Organization executives use Microsoft Project Online along with Power BI to make data-informed decisions to evaluate organizational efficiency.

Sicredi is a financial cooperative based in Brazil. Using Microsoft Project Online, the company has replaced multiple project management solutions, and in concert with Yammer and SharePoint Online has realized an increase in productivity and collaboration.

VLI is a young Brazilian logistics company with an aggressive growth strategy. With Microsoft Project Online, VLI saves USD65,000 in annual licensing and server costs while improving collaboration and gaining real-time visibility into its project portfolio.

With a third of the world’s tropical forests, the Amazon helps stabilize local and global climate—and the World Wide Fund for Nature works to protect it. Microsoft Project Online helped the nonprofit replace inefficient and outdated spreadsheet-based processes so it could focus on its mission.

Automotive giant Scania adopted Microsoft Project Online across its European businesses. This new project and portfolio management solution empowered project leaders and resulted in three times more projects successfully completed.