Meggitt integrates Microsoft Project Server with SAP via TPG PSLink

TPG The Project Group UK to deliver a Microsoft Enterprise Project Management System with SAP integration

TPG The Project Group, the world’s leading integrator of SAP and Microsoft Project Server, has been selected by Meggitt Sensing Systems to implement a Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solution and integrate this with the SAP system via the product TPG PSLink. The solution will be initially implemented in Switzerland and France to help Meggitt Sensing Systems divisions there to schedule and forecast their entire project portfolio. Meggitt Sensing Systems is the Meggitt division specializing in sensing and monitoring systems. They measure physical parameters in the extreme environments of aircraft, space vehicles, power generators, nuclear, oil and gas installations and test laboratories.

TPG The Project Group will deliver Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) 2010 with integration to the Project Systems (PS) module of SAP, enabling Meggitt to schedule and forecast their entire project portfolio. The solution will meet the customer’s specific requirements including portfolio management, SharePoint collaboration, timesheets, SAP integration using TPG PSLink, Business Intelligence.

TPG’s expertise, coupled with the growing number of successfully integrated Microsoft EPM implementations, was a key factor in Meggitt’s selection process. Microsoft EPM and TPG PSLink (www.theprojectgroup.com/pslink) will be initially realized in the Meggitt Sensing Systems divisions in Switzerland and France jointly by TPG UK and TPG Switzerland. The Global deployment will then be supported by TPG worldwide.

"This new project further strengthens TPG’s Microsoft EPM dominance in the Aerospace & Defence and Energy sectors in Europe" says Peter O'Neill, Operations Director of TPG The Project Group UK Ltd.

About Meggitt PLC
Headquartered in the UK, Meggitt PLC is a global engineering group specializing in extreme environment components and smart sub-systems for aerospace, defense and energy markets. Meggitt’s civil aerospace presence covers large commercial transports, regional aircraft, business jets, helicopters and general aviation. Its defense markets cover all military aircraft types, land systems, naval platforms and aerial, land-based and marine threat simulation training and weapons systems development. The firearms element of this capability extends into law enforcement and security organizations. Meggitt Sensing Systems is the acknowledged global leader in aerospace sensing and condition monitoring. They have more than 40 years of established partnerships with key industry manufacturers, including: Rolls-Royce, P&W, GE, Airbus, Boeing, Tupolev, Embraer, Dassault, Sikorsky, Eurocopter, plus many others.

TPG The Project Group GmbH, based in Munich, Germany, is an international full service provider for enterprise-wide project management. The company is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner whose services include consulting, implementation, hosting, products and training on project management and Microsoft Project. TPG’s comprehensive and leading product portfolio is built on the significant implementation experience the company has acquired since it was founded in 1998. TPG PSLink® is the world’s leading product for integrating Microsoft EPM with SAP. TPG’s range of products and services is complemented by public seminars on Microsoft Project for users and administrators and on PMI methodology (Project Management Institute). TPG increases the maturity level of its customers’ project management, making a significant contribution to their business success. It sells its products and services via its offices in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, USA and UK, as well as through an international network of authorized partners. TPG’s customers are large and midsized companies in all industries, including AOL, Audi, Bosch, BAE Systems, BSH, E.ON, GE, Irish Rail, SAP, Siemens and Vaillant.

For further information, please visit www.theprojectgroup.com

Mr. Achim Schmidt-Sibeth
Email: AchimS@theprojectgroup.de
Phone: +49 (89) 61 55 93 51
Fax: +49 (89) 61 55 93 40

TPG The Project Group
Destouchesstr. 68
80796 Munich, Germany

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