Archive for July, 2011

Gary Wandschneider Expertise on Plant Operations

Monday, July 25th, 2011

During his stint at the Pepsi Bottling Group, Gary Wandschneider, its VP for Worldwide Operations showed is expertise in a lot of ways. One of his most notable projects for the company was the sanitation, automation, and operation efficiency of the PBG’s New River Valley plant in Wytheville, Va. This plant, designed and built by PBG in 2004, has cost the company $60 to $70 million in investments. According to Mr. Wandschneider, the plant’s sanitation approach has taken clean-up to a new level as the plant has a centralized computer system that automatically releases sanitizing and cleaning solutions for when and where they are needed. This system will clean the inside of the filling machine as well as the exterior. The new plant also uses a new computer system that uses propriety software that tracks the plant performance by system, by process or by line. With this new system, it will improve quality, safety, service and cost levels.

 

With his diverse experience in plant operation, Gary Wandschneider will be bringing all his technical expertise to Hostess Brands, Inc. The Hostess Brands, Inc. is a wholesale baker and distributor of bread and snack cakes in the United States. As its Consultant and Vice President for Operations, he will definitely have a lot to say to increase the performance level of the company’s plant. While the products offered may be different, the two companies’ belong to the food and beverage industry where plant sanitation, automation, and operation efficiency is of utmost importance. With Mr. Wandschneider at the head of the Operations, Hostess Brands, Inc can look forward to improve its quality, safety, service and cost levels.

MS Project Server —A perfect Enterprise Project Management tool!

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

Companies, be it big, medium or small, are always under tremendous pressure as they have to manage capital assignments to completion that too within deadlines and allotted budget. The probability of achievement improves considerably when managers can keep a tab on project expenses and status in real-time and can share critical data with all groups and individuals involved in the assignment.

Microsoft Project Server is a complete enterprise project management solution that helps any project managers at every stage of his work. With the help of this project management software, companies can manage their project portfolios effectively, thus enhancing the value and ensuring that everybody involved with the project get lucid and precise progress reports on a regular basis.

Setting priorities in alignment with accurate investment decisions are vital to any business. Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 helps you to systematically spot the projects that will provide maximum value to your clients, taking into consideration the funds and resource availability. With the help of this solution, you can assess each prospective projects, factoring benefits, costs, and risks into the prioritization process. These processes helps select appropriate project.

Leading and supervising a project to completion is a complicated task that involves good planning, smart execution, and continuing resource management and improvement tracking. Microsoft Office Project Management Software offers dominant tools for tracking, scheduling, and updating projects that enables you to reduce cost, optimize resources, manage scope, and deliver on time. Members who are part of the project can access the project and keep updating the status.

As the project moves ahead, it becomes important to update and watch progress and to keep team members, client, and senior management in loop. The Microsoft Oline Project Management tool provides a wide range of analysis and reporting tool that can be delivered in real time.

In the ultimate project stage, the Microsoft EPM solution generates advanced reporting and analysis of the capital project portfolio using Performance Point Server 2007, which gives a clear picture of where worth has or has not been recognized.

Microsoft CRM is a customer relationship management software that helps to handle your clients effectively. This customer service software helps to retain existing clients and attract prospective clients.