Portfolio COMM
For managing and planning end item acquisition portfolios
- Manage product portfolios from RD&E through sourcing in one central command
- Improve the control of your product development activities from planning through fielding
- Improve the visibility & control of design and engineering processes
- Coordinate product portfolios within your organization and with your partners
- Plan and control your product development calendar
- Increase productivity within your organization and across your supply chain
- Access complete product configuration data anytime, anywhere
INTEGRATING PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT WITH RD&E AND FIELDING IS THE NEXT CHALLENGE
More Then ever products must be brought to market, faster and at lower costs. The product manager must use data from past performances and anticipate the needs of the market before they are required
With the introduction of PortfolioCOMM, Portfolio Management is elevated to a collaborative partnership between all members of the supply chain. PortfolioCOMM brings together people and information and supports key product development lifecycle stages and processes
Lifecycle Stages:
- Portfolio Planning
- Portfolio Project management
- Portfolio Research
- Portfolio Engineering
- Portfolio Testing and evaluation
- Portfolio Production
- Portfolio Sourcing
- Portfolio Fielding and Sustainment
Portfolio COMM Features:
- Manages soldier systems product development lifecycle
- Real time collaboration leveraging the web through the portfolioCOMM portal
- Supports the visualization of products, and systems
- Manages the complexity of product requirements, testing and prototyping
- Supports vendor management
- Supports a centralized dashboard for all product configuration data
- Supports product specification libraries with powerful search capabilities
- Supports version control and document management
- Supports the sourcing of products including variations between multiple contractors
- Systems architecture able to support the distribution of data across multiple facilities
Portfolio COMM Benefits:
- Rapid return on investment
- Provides full visibility from R&D to support and maintenance activities
- Structured and iterative portfolio management processes
- Supports collaborative project teams with access to critical portfolio management information
- Portfolio management features for all products
- Defined production management processes supported by workflow
- Robust configuration management of production activities
- Customer friendly software as a service subscription
- Rapid technology updates of existing products
- Decreases cost of clothing and equipment product development