Blog MOTOR JIKOV Group a.s. is digitalizing project management

Digitalization of project management processes across MJG companies features a single platform – MS Project integrated with the SharePoint portal.

"To be successful, acquire new business, and lead in our industry, we must manage projects at the level and with the tools of the 21st century. Today, a simple PC with Excel, a phone, email, and an IATF 16 949 certification are no longer enough. That's why, when we decided to implement a new Microsoft product, SharePoint, as a portal and data management tool, in collaboration with Office 365 products, the discussion about project folders and environments arose. The requirement was clear and immediate: to supplement everything with MS Project and adapt it to the needs of MOTOR JIKOV," explains Tomáš Prášil, Director of Project Management and Strategic Purchasing at MOTORU JIKOV Group a.s.

The project portal is not "just a list of tasks with descriptions and schedules." "Based on the needs descriptions from MOTOR JIKOV Group a.s., we developed process descriptions, data, guidelines, and information that we want to share, manage, and visualize. We created several basic templates and designed the architecture of the project server, data management for projects – libraries, workflows, communication channels, active forms, approval processes, personnel policies, capacity calculations and information, checklists, approval workflows, resource creation and assignment, notifications, audits, and more," explains Tomáš Prášil.