Manufacturing Template Standardization
Configurable Project Templates for Manufacturing Teams and PMOs on Microsoft 365 platform.
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Manufacturing Project Templates
Built-in BrightWork 365 project management templates for streamlined delivery.
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 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.
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.
BrightWork 365 Template Spectrum
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The BrightWork 365 Solution includes templates for projects, portfolios, day-to-day work management, and collaboration.
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The templates support varying levels of project complexity and processes – from Light to Structured based our Start-Evolve Approach.
Project Management Templates
Manage tasks, track progress, and increase collaboration, with one tool!
1. Project Light
A starter template in your BrightWork 365 solution, Project Light is designed for managing low-complexity projects and processes.
Ideal for PMOs and teams that want to implement just the right level of structure, to ensure tasks are tracked, deadlines are met, and project objectives are achieved, without the overhead of more complex project management frameworks.
Ideal for PMOs and teams that want to implement just the right level of structure, to ensure tasks are tracked, deadlines are met, and project objectives are achieved, without the overhead of more complex project management frameworks.
2. Project Standard
Positioned in the middle of the complexity spectrum, this template offers a balanced, semi-structured approach to project management. It’s designed to provide enough guidance for consistency while remaining flexible enough to adapt to a variety of business needs.
This makes it an ideal choice for teams across departments such as sales, marketing, engineering, finance, and more.
This makes it an ideal choice for teams across departments such as sales, marketing, engineering, finance, and more.
3. Project Structured
Positioned at the high end of the complexity spectrum, this template provides a fully structured framework for managing detailed, multi-phase projects. It’s designed to support initiatives that require complex planning, defined workflows, and coordination across multiple teams and stakeholders.
This makes it an excellent fit for high-complexity projects in areas such as product development, operations, engineering, or enterprise transformation.
This makes it an excellent fit for high-complexity projects in areas such as product development, operations, engineering, or enterprise transformation.
4. New Product Introduction
A series of project management tabs, fields, and a Business Process Flow (BPF) that streamlines the process of a New Product Idea – from idea submission to delivery.
It helps departments such as product management, marketing, engineering, and operations collaborate effectively and bring about new products in a structured and efficient way.
It helps departments such as product management, marketing, engineering, and operations collaborate effectively and bring about new products in a structured and efficient way.
5. Product Update
This template is typically used for projects related to updates of existing products or technologies, and 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.
It is ideal for any group responsible for improving or maintaining a product like product management, engineering, R&D, IT, customer support, and operations.
It is ideal for any group responsible for improving or maintaining a product like product management, engineering, R&D, IT, customer support, and operations.
BrightWork 365 Portfolio Templates
Get an immediate view of how projects, programs, and portfolios are performing!
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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 create interactive reports for tracking project tasks.
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Analyze and share data-backed insights using Power BI-enabled reports.
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Group related projects into Programs for easier management and reporting.
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Use real-time cross-project dashboards to manage Programs in one place.
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Quickly view all Projects, Documents, Issues, Risks, and Program Settings for any selected Program.
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Portfolios are the highest parent level in the BrightWork 365 hierarchy.
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Organize your programs and projects within each portfolio.
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Use real-time cross-project dashboards to manage portfolios in one place.
BrightWork Deployment Approach
Leverage our proven approach Start-Evolve to design your project management journey.
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Keep Evolving
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Start quickly to get immediate standardization and visibility for your projects so that you can easily control your project portfolio.
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Evolve by adding and maturing your project management processes and practices to achieve more timely and predictable outcomes.
Keep Evolving
Keep evolving
Keep evolving with advanced customizations and integrations, and enhanced practices for sustained growth with improved outcomes.
Why Choose Us?
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Rapid Standardization: Get started fast with manufacturing-specific templates – no coding required.
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Enterprise Security: Leverage Microsoft 365 compliance and data governance.
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Fully Configurable: Tailor templates, workflows, fields, dashboards with no or low code.
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Scalable Design: Start with basic project tracking and evolve into full PMO governance.
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Executive Power: Use portfolio dashboards to improve prioritization, ROI tracking, and decision making.
Use Cases in Manufacturing
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New Product Development (NPD) – Seamlessly intake, track, and stage-gate innovation pipelines.
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Multi-Plant Capital Projects – Consistently manage budgets, risks, and timelines at scale.
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IT and Support Requests – Handle break-fix and improvement work with the right level of oversight.
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Cross-Functional Collaboration – Standardize how engineering, operations, and compliance work together.
Customer Success Stories
“BrightWork 365 provides an integrated Project Request and Portfolio Management system that improves visibility into project status, issues, and progress.
Configurable and custom templates ensure consistent project planning and delivery.”
Configurable and custom templates ensure consistent project planning and delivery.”
– Director of Innovia
“With BrightWork 365 being a Microsoft 365 solution, reporting became easier along with increased visibility in all aspects of our projects.
The familiar interface as well as utilization of SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams enabled us for quicker adoption.”
The familiar interface as well as utilization of SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams enabled us for quicker adoption.”
– Director of Silver Bay Seafoods
“We wanted to establish a good project delivery model and guide project managers to get even better at managing projects day to day.
Our PMO has the saying – Simplicity & Transparency – BrightWork365 gave us the tools to do that.
Our PMO has the saying – Simplicity & Transparency – BrightWork365 gave us the tools to do that.
– Director of H+H International
“We had over 200 requests in a pile with no organization.
Brightwork allowed us to provide visibility into the individual projects and to save the key deliverables where all can see.’’
Brightwork allowed us to provide visibility into the individual projects and to save the key deliverables where all can see.’’
– Director of Flow Control Group
“We were looking to implement a tool that was tightly integrated with the Microsoft ecosystem that we could automate and extract information between systems. Excellent integration capabilities combined with a business who is interested in improving the product is an outstanding outcome for us.”
– Director of Azured
