Raj Shekhar BidikaMaintenance Engineer| Reliance Industries LimitedJamnagar, Gujarat, India
What is the scope of project management in manufacturing industry? How different is it from IT & Construction? Can Project management in manufacturing is a good career choice?
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There are many different types of projects in a manufacturing domain. Industries such as automotive and aerospace are often considered design focused, but are fundamentally manufacturing companies.
Although the bulk of the work is generally on the operations end of the business, There are projects to design the products, projects to change the products such as for cost reduction or better manufacturability, projects to design the manufacturing equipment, process flows, and facilities, projects to improve the back-office processes, etc. Many different technical and business domains are involved.
Is it a good career path? I’ve made a pretty good career out of it at my employer (Boeing), and it has afforded me opportunities to lead a very wide range of projects.
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Feb 04, 2020 12:38 PM
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Dear Keith,
Thank you for your opinion and sharing your experience.
Please clarify on the role of project manager in manufacturing domain, whether it would be a Technical project manager or just a Project manager?
Project management is required whenever we are doing something unique but whether a given company invests in improving their project (rather than their product) management capabilities varies widely within and across industries.
As such, you may want to look at your specific industry to see how many major players actually define a PM role whereas others who might expect their product managers and team leads to perform PM functions as part of their broader roles.
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Feb 04, 2020 12:25 PM
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Thank you for your opinion.
I completely agree with you. I have seen many manufacturing companies where they undertake Capex projects but don't have a well established PMO.
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Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
I am aligned with @Ketih. In my personal case I worked in manufacturing in projectcs where moving. extending or updating production lines or the whole factory were needed, including it different types of product/manufacturing types. I do not know about career choise because my personal strategy and what give me results was performng as project/program manager in different industries and domains so diversify helped me a lot.
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Feb 04, 2020 12:19 PM
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Thank you Sergio for your opinion on Personal strategy & delivering results.
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Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dear RAJ
Interesting your question
Thanks for sharing
In an industry, despite being operations, there are usually projects:
Example: optimization of processes, creation of a new product, implementation of a new production line, etc ...
These projects can be approached as such
I know many people who have a career as Project Managers in manufacturing
Bipin SavantAsst. Vice President| VALAD InfotechMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Project Management has a great scope in the manufacturing industry. We have seen that most projects are Waterfall drive and have limited scope of adaptability but given the latest trends in Project Management in the IT industry some of these concepts can be very will be tailored into the projects to maximise the outputs. The start point should be a solid and viable Business Case.
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Feb 04, 2020 12:10 PM
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Thank you for your opinion.
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Raj Shekhar BidikaMaintenance Engineer| Reliance Industries LimitedJamnagar, Gujarat, India
Feb 04, 2020 9:03 AM
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Project Management has a great scope in the manufacturing industry. We have seen that most projects are Waterfall drive and have limited scope of adaptability but given the latest trends in Project Management in the IT industry some of these concepts can be very will be tailored into the projects to maximise the outputs. The start point should be a solid and viable Business Case.
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Raj Shekhar BidikaMaintenance Engineer| Reliance Industries LimitedJamnagar, Gujarat, India
Feb 04, 2020 3:31 AM
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I am aligned with @Ketih. In my personal case I worked in manufacturing in projectcs where moving. extending or updating production lines or the whole factory were needed, including it different types of product/manufacturing types. I do not know about career choise because my personal strategy and what give me results was performng as project/program manager in different industries and domains so diversify helped me a lot.
Thank you Sergio for your opinion on Personal strategy & delivering results.
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1 reply by Sergio Luis Conte
Feb 04, 2020 12:24 PM
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You are welcome
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Raj Shekhar BidikaMaintenance Engineer| Reliance Industries LimitedJamnagar, Gujarat, India
Feb 04, 2020 5:23 AM
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Dear RAJ
Interesting your question
Thanks for sharing
In an industry, despite being operations, there are usually projects:
Example: optimization of processes, creation of a new product, implementation of a new production line, etc ...
These projects can be approached as such
I know many people who have a career as Project Managers in manufacturing
Thank you Luis for your opinion. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Feb 04, 2020 12:19 PM
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Thank you Sergio for your opinion on Personal strategy & delivering results.
