Standardize Manufacturing Processes with Templates
Configurable Project Templates for Manufacturing Teams and PMOs on Microsoft 365 platform
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Built-in Templates for Manufacturing Projects
BrightWork 365 Project Management Templates.
Project Templates
Choose from the five starter templates and configure them as your projects change or mature. BrightWork 365 templates bring the best of the Microsoft 365 ecosystem together, so you get full control over your project portfolio.
Content Templates
Content templates copy over key data from the original project, including information like Stages, Deliverables, Issues, and Risks. This way, you get a quick head start using the best-practice templates from other successful projects.
Form Configurator
Customize your templates using form configurators to hide or show project Tabs, Sections, and Columns with point and click ease. Adjust the amount of process in projects to focus on the most relevant project elements.
Choose from a Range of Brightwork 365 Templates
From Light to Structured – our templates are designed to support varying levels of project complexity and processes based on our Start-Evolve Approach.
Project Management Templates on Microsoft 365
Manage tasks, track progress, and increase collaboration, with one tool!
Project Light
A starter template for managing projects that are at the low end of the complexity spectrum for projects that require small amounts of project management.
Project Standard
Placed in the middle of the complexity spectrum, this template provides a semi-structured process that is useful for a range of business departments to run their projects including sales, marketing, engineering, finance, etc.
Project Structured
This starter template is for managing projects that are in the high end of the complexity spectrum.
New Product Introduction
A series of project management tabs, fields, and a Business Process Flow (BPF) that relates to the submission of a new product idea and managing the delivery of the new product.
Product Update
Request projects for complex support issues. It follows a gated approach with approvals required to move from the Charter stage into Execution, and to close out the project.
Portfolio Management Templates on Microsoft 365
Get an immediate view of how projects, programs, and portfolios are performing!
Portfolio Reporting
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Create and share dynamic, real-time reporting on any program or portfolio in Power Apps or Power BI.
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BrightWork 365 integrates with Microsoft Apps to enable you to set up interactive reports so you can track progress on project tasks.
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Analyze data and share data-backed insights using the business intelligence of Power BI-enabled reports.
Program Management
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Programs allow users to group related projects together to manage and report on them in an organized way.
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Create a set of real-time cross-project dashboards for managing project programs in one place.
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You can easily view all Projects, Documents, Issues, Risks, and Program Settings that are related to a selected Program.
Portfolio Management
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Portfolios are the highest parent level within the BrightWork 365 hierarchy.
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Set up your different programs and projects within your portfolios.
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Create real-time cross-project dashboards for managing project portfolios in one place.
BrightWork Deployment Approach: Start-Evolve
Apply the proven approach to design your project management success journey.
BrightWork 365 Services
Start
Start quickly with foundational templates to gain immediate standardization, greater control, enhanced visibility, and stronger team alignment.
Evolve
Adapt and extend workflows, dashboards, and governance over time as your PMO capabilities mature. Our expert services support every stage.
Keep Evolving
Keep evolving with advanced customizations and integrations, and enhanced practices for sustained growth with improved outcomes.
Why use BrightWork 365 Templates for Manufacturing?
- Rapid Standardization: Get started fast with manufacturing-specific templates – no coding required.
- Enterprise Security: Leverage Microsoft 365 compliance and data governance.
- Fully Configurable: Tailor templates, workflows, fields, dashboards with no or low code.
- Scalable Design: Start with basic project tracking and evolve into full PMO governance.
- Executive Power: Use portfolio dashboards to improve prioritization, ROI tracking, and decision making.
Common Use Cases Across Manufacturing
- New Product Development (NPD): Seamlessly intake, track, and stage-gate innovation pipelines.
- Multi-Plant Capital Projects: Consistently manage budgets, risks, and timelines at scale.
- IT and Support Requests: Handle break-fix and improvement work with the right level of oversight.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Standardize how engineering, operations, and compliance work together.
PMO – Innovia
“The ‘live’ project Dashboards allow the user to visualise the shape and health of the Portfolio, drilling down into detail if required, and with individual Status Reports the Project Leads can share progress with those outside the project team.”
– PMO Manager, Innovia
See BrightWork 365 Templates in Action
Explore how BrightWork 365 Templates can transform your manufacturing projects – from the first request to final delivery.