A cardiovascular device company
On-time delivery went from 20% to 88%.
New product launches, on or before the date they committed to.
88%launches on time, up from 20%
30 daysearly on average
The situation
A device R&D organization where most projects ran one to six months late.
What changed
Every high-priority project team built a single integrated cross-functional plan. The steering committee stopped discussing any program that didn't have one.
The result
- Projects finished 30 days ahead of their committed end dates, on average.
- The number one project hit its US and European trade show dates with days to spare.
“Before, we would not plan on starting things early enough. Now we plan ahead.”Schedule a consultProject manager, a cardiovascular device company