Manufacturing with PRINCE2

It’s common knowledge across the manufacturing sector that the key to succeeding and improving output quality lies in better-controlling everything within the ranks. When a business can tick over without specific thought or effort to analyse and control its various elements, it cannot be expected to progress to the next level or compete.  

It is only by digging to the very root of each process that it becomes possible to improve it, which in turn means breaking down the various elements of any given project into more minor, more manageable components. 

This is where PRINCE 2 training fits into the picture as one of the few courses and certification schemes in the world that’s universally applicable to all areas of the manufacturing industry. PRINCE2 is a project management training initiative and stands for ‘Projects in a Controlled Environment’, which significantly explains what it’s all about – control.  

You can decide the outcome when you have complete and total control over a project. From the speed of completion to the efficiency of output to costs and so on, to take control is to get the final say in everything that happens…which is, after all, what business is all about. 

In a manufacturing environment, there are many ways in which PRINCE2 certification could be put to good use. If, for example, it has come to light that the business could benefit from reduced inventory stock levels and better control, then the project could be made easy by breaking down the necessary steps and analysing each through the PRINCE2 methodology.  

Likewise, it could also be used to evaluate how suppliers are approached for products in the first place and how procurement practices are handled. If the aim is to cut on-hand stock by 20% and free up resources, PRINCE 2 training can make the project approachable and achievable. 

In every project approached in the manufacturing industry, the same variables must be taken into account—those being its Costs, Timescales, Quality, Scope, Risk, and Benefits. These form the very heart of the PRINCE2 approach to project management, which can, in turn, help ensure that every move made tips the balance in favor of the business and stands the best possible chance of succeeding. 

Some of the core benefits that come along with the implementation of PRINCE 2 courses include: 

• Better deployment and organisation of human resources
• Better understanding of assets available and how to capitalise upon them
• A new approach to the breaking down of all projects into fully controllable stages
• The minimisation of project costs and the maximisation of efficiency 

PRINCE2 is unique in that it enables project managers to quantify every aspect of any given project, making things like risk assessment and optimisation infinitely easier. It can be implemented from the moment the project is first imagined and continues long after its completion.