Manufacturing Portal

Global portal across 7 sites; high-availability, secure access.

Systems Analysis Project Leadership

Project Impact

Key metrics and outcomes from this global deployment

$11M
Annual Cost Avoidance
Licensing savings per year
5.4M
Annual Downloads
Documents accessed
7
Global Sites
Manufacturing locations

Project Overview

Partnered with teams to create a centralized portal for work instructions and associated docs, providing real-time, role-specific access while eliminating per-seat DMS licensing costs.

Our Strategic Approach

Challenges

  • • Costly per-user licensing for document access.
  • • Need real-time updates from master DMS.
  • • High availability & failover requirements.
  • • Robust security for critical IP.
  • • Simple, fast UI for manufacturing floor.
  • • Complex multi-site cutover sequencing.

Solutions

  • • Scalable architecture for incremental site additions.
  • • Decoupled viewing to avoid per-seat license costs.
  • • Distributed HA design with three redundant instances.
  • • Encryption, RBAC, audit logging.
  • • Floor-friendly UI and training/support.

Benefits

  • • Operational efficiency (paper → digital).
  • • Timely access to latest approved revisions.
  • • High business continuity with minimal downtime.
  • • Substantial cost avoidance (no per-seat licenses).
  • • IP protection through auditable security.
  • • Higher user satisfaction & productivity.

The Bottom Line

Launched across 7 locations; supported ~5.4M annual document downloads; estimated ~$11M/yr licensing cost avoidance.

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