This whitepaper covers the project management topic of the project charter. The paper discusses the purpose, challenges and composition of an effective project charter. In addition, the paper will discuss the challenges that organizations typically face in composing the document and how to avoid these challenges.
This whitepaper introduces certain topics within the Food Safety Modernization Act regulation, known as FSMA. The paper introduces key topics, regulations, and businesses involved in the food supply chain. Lastly, we have included regulatory reference tables that can be useful references to those businesses involved in the food supply chain.
This regulatory white paper covers certain changes to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The document addresses “The Conflict of Interest Rule”, including “fiduciary duty”, and the requirement for retirement plan advisers to act in the best interests of their clients. Enforced by U.S. Department of Labor, its agencies, and other parties.
Multi-billion dollar manufacturing company offers trade discounts to distributors to promote the sale of its products. Often, the discounts are in the form of rebate payments which are calculated by the company. The administration processes to support these programs (data gathering, payment calculation) are complex and labor intensive for the company.
This Division of a multinational manufacturer of food and beverage packaging needed to document and standardize their proposal response processes for new and existing customers. The sales processes were complex, often requiring the involvement of multiple groups at the company, including finance and accounting, product operations, product management […]
This financial services company was implementing a new core system, and their internal project management resources were not meeting expectations, due to lack of experience and necessary skills. A new leadership team had just been put in place and time was of the essence due to regulatory pressures for addressing certain business issues such as credit scoring. It was a complex implementation that consisted of multiple project teams, so the company was looking for external resources with the appropriate skill sets to manage the system implementation.
A mid-sized Bank needed to implement an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program for their organization. A new internal audit Vice President had recently been hired, and there were regulatory pressures to show development of an ERM program. They engaged Core Catalysts to provide subject matter expertise and thought leadership to help them define the ERM program processes and structure.
A multi-million dollar services company was implementing a document management system and the implementation effort was over a year behind schedule. Company personnel did not have strong project management skills and execution discipline. They were in a high growth mode and needed to build their ability to deliver new software applications and process […]
This large hospital system had concerns regarding the cost of the current outsourced maintenance contracts to a local maintenance services provider. It was believed that in-house management of the services might yield better service and a lower cost.
This large hospital system had concerns regarding the cost of the current outsourced maintenance contracts to a local maintenance services provider. It was believed that in-house management of the services might yield better service and a lower cost.
