All disciplines and tasks have scheduled checkpoints on each user interface. PMDb automatically compiles the actual data from these steps and compares it with the expected, creating a feedback loop. This feedback is used to optimize our processes and implement continuous Improvement.

The PMDb documentation module with integrated Solidworks EPDM (Enterprise Product Data Management) has helped to maximize documentation integrity and storage efficiencies. Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, standards, and other related business documents are quickly accessible and viewable from browsers across the company.

PMDb is a vast repository of automatically populated data. This data is valuable in analyzing how we are doing both on individual projects and as a business. The Project Management group has access to all project-relevant reporting tools and uses these in the weekly project team meetings.

Some of the more heavily used reports are Action Items, so all team members (PMD and the Client) stay on top of their responsibilities, the Shortage report, so that we know exactly what machine components are trending late (and target our vendor communications) and the PMD designed BOM structure. The BOM is packed with info-at-a-glance, allowing anyone the ability to take what they need from the color-coding or drill deeper to get granular information on parts, details, assemblies, or overall project info.