SOLAR FAB PRODUCTION RAMP
Who: A privately held U.S. solar energy company manufacturing PV solar modules using a thin film CIGS semiconductor process.
What: Virtual Program Management Consulting and Engineering Services
Results: On time/ahead of schedule performance to factory milestones
- On time performance
- Identified facilitization cost savings and efficiencies
- Complete As-built and BKM documentation provided for each tool
How: Factory Virtual Program Management Office Intervention
- Established a Virtual Enterprise Program Management Office
- Provided Program Manager, Scheduler, and Engineering services
- Coordinated the work of 15 suppliers with multiple internal departments across 45 capital projects
- Provided engineering design and trades management services
- Daily updates on information gathering, design and construction activity progress
- Weekly Milestone Progress and Risk Reports
- Tool information files upon completion of tool installation, complete with information gathered from suppliers, notes taken during meetings and red-lined facilities design documentation