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Company: XYZ Corporation (Organization anonymized due to request)

Industry: Manufacturing

As a project manager or operations professional, you know firsthand the challenges of keeping track of large-scale projects and managing resources effectively. With numerous tasks, deadlines, and stakeholders to juggle, it can be easy for things to fall through the cracks and for projects to go off track.

That’s exactly what was happening at XYZ Corporation, a large, 1,500 employee manufacturing company. Despite its best efforts, the company was struggling to keep up with its projects and was experiencing delays and budget overruns. Its previous project management system was cumbersome and did not provide real-time updates, making it difficult to stay on top of projects and identify issues as they arose.

That’s where Origami came in. By implementing Origami to manage its projects and streamline workflows, XYZ Corporation was able to customize its project management system to meet its specific needs and processes. For example, the company was able to create custom fields and categories to track the progress of complex manufacturing processes, and set up automated alerts to notify team members of important deadlines or changes.

In addition, each task completed by team members automatically created the relevant following tasks, allowing the company to stay organized and ensure that work was flowing smoothly from one team member to the next. If a team member was at risk of becoming overloaded with work, the system would automatically alert the project manager, who could then take steps to redistribute tasks or bring in additional resources to ensure that the project remained on track.

Origami also provided real-time updates on project progress and budget status, allowing the company to make timely, informed decisions. For example, if a project was at risk of going over budget, the system would automatically alert the project manager, who could then take action to address the issue.

Origami helped XYZ Corporation to better manage its resources, including tracking employee workloads and ensuring that projects were staffed appropriately. This was particularly helpful when the company was juggling multiple projects with overlapping timelines. By using the system to plan and assign tasks, the company was able to avoid bottlenecks and keep projects on track.

For example, when XYZ Corporation was working on a large-scale product launch, the company used Origami to manage the various tasks involved in the launch process. By breaking down the launch into smaller tasks and assigning them to the appropriate team members, the company was able to ensure that work was flowing smoothly and efficiently.

If a team member became overloaded with work, the system would automatically alert the project manager, who could then take steps to redistribute tasks or bring in additional resources to ensure that the project remained on track. This helped the company to avoid delays and stay on schedule, ultimately leading to a successful product launch.

One of the most impressive benefits of using Origami for project management was the time and budget savings the company was able to achieve. On a 1.2 million dollar project, XYZ Corporation was able to cut project completion time by 20% and reduce budget overruns by 15% by using Origami to streamline workflows and better manage resources.

For example, by using Origami to track the progress of tasks and identify potential bottlenecks, the company was able to keep work flowing smoothly and avoid delays. This helped to reduce the overall time required to complete the project.

In addition, by using Origami to monitor budget status in real-time and alert project managers to potential issues, the company was able to take corrective action before budget overruns occurred. This allowed the company to stay on track and complete the project within the allocated budget.

Overall, Origami’s ability to customize information systems, provide real-time updates, streamline workflows, and offer a comprehensive overview made it an invaluable tool for XYZ Corporation’s project management needs. By using Origami, the company was able to improve collaboration, visibility, and resource management, leading to increased efficiency and profitability.

If you are interested in learning more about how Origami can help your organization manage large-scale projects and streamline workflows, please contact us for more information. We would be happy to answer any questions you may have and help you determine if Origami is the right solution for your needs.

A project tracking system helps you to recognize all the tasks needed for the successful completion of a project within deadlines. It provides an automated interface to plan, organize, and manage resource tools and develop resource estimates.

Trello is a Kanban-based list management system that is used as a collaboration tool the world over. With its simple method of putting projects onto boards, the tasks and teams are visible at a glance. But with very few templates, there often arises the need to rely on extensions for different views, time tracking, invoicing, etc, that can increase your budget considerably.

Trello has also been found to be slow to load and sends email notifications long after a task has been changed on cluttered boards.

So, many organizations are on the lookout for alternatives to Trello.

What are the features that Trello does not provide?

As many think, Trello is not a traditional project tracking system. It is a Kanban based app that manages work and workflows with fully customizable boards. Thus Trello would be a bad choice for large projects.

Although Trello is termed free, its inability to offer views other than Kanban (for eg: Gantt charts), lack of time tracking and work-in-progress limits, lack of billing and invoicing features, and more, causes the need to install Power-ups which often come at a high price.

What are the disadvantages of Trello?

1.       Trello is not for all.

As mentioned earlier, the Kanban method may not be the ideal system for all types of projects. It works well for simple projects, smaller teams, and straightforward schedules. However, a complex project with larger teams may find Trello limiting.

2.       Visibility constraints

Providing only a Kanban board view, it can show status view and priority view of a project separately. But it cannot show both at once. Large projects often look for better alternatives to Trello owing to its limitations in providing enhanced visibility.

3.       Inability to show task dependencies

Only a Gantt chart view can show task dependencies which are inevitable to project scheduling, tracking of tasks, and coordination. Trello’s Kanban only view is a major setback here.

4.       Lack of agility

Agile teams may not function well with Trello as it lacks the support to make daily stand-ups easier, review iterations, or create roadmaps. 

5.       Lack of time tracking, expense tracking, and reporting functionalities.

There are better alternatives to Trello that come packed with all these features and more.

6.       Communication and integration limitations

The lack of in-built messaging systems and generic import tool takes a toll on smooth overall project communication.

Trello vs Origami

Origami is a complete project tracking system of which Trello is only a small part of. An agile project tracking system with powerful collaboration tools and enhanced visibility with different views such as Table, Kanban, Gantt, Calendar and Map, Origami is much more than a stand-alone list management system such as Trello.

Origami is not stand-alone software. It is an agile and highly scalable platform where you can integrate Trello, CRM, or any project management tool with a simple drag and drop interface and everything is visible in one place. The endless possibilities that Origami can grant to your complex projects and your organization, make Origami different from a whole lot of stand-alone project tracking solutions available currently.

Company: XYZ Corporation (Organization anonymized due to request)

Industry: Manufacturing

As a project manager or operations professional, you know firsthand the challenges of keeping track of large-scale projects and managing resources effectively. With numerous tasks, deadlines, and stakeholders to juggle, it can be easy for things to fall through the cracks and for projects to go off track.

That’s exactly what was happening at XYZ Corporation, a large, 1,500 employee manufacturing company. Despite its best efforts, the company was struggling to keep up with its projects and was experiencing delays and budget overruns. Its previous project management system was cumbersome and did not provide real-time updates, making it difficult to stay on top of projects and identify issues as they arose.

That’s where Origami came in. By implementing Origami to manage its projects and streamline workflows, XYZ Corporation was able to customize its project management system to meet its specific needs and processes. For example, the company was able to create custom fields and categories to track the progress of complex manufacturing processes, and set up automated alerts to notify team members of important deadlines or changes.

In addition, each task completed by team members automatically created the relevant following tasks, allowing the company to stay organized and ensure that work was flowing smoothly from one team member to the next. If a team member was at risk of becoming overloaded with work, the system would automatically alert the project manager, who could then take steps to redistribute tasks or bring in additional resources to ensure that the project remained on track.

Origami also provided real-time updates on project progress and budget status, allowing the company to make timely, informed decisions. For example, if a project was at risk of going over budget, the system would automatically alert the project manager, who could then take action to address the issue.

Origami helped XYZ Corporation to better manage its resources, including tracking employee workloads and ensuring that projects were staffed appropriately. This was particularly helpful when the company was juggling multiple projects with overlapping timelines. By using the system to plan and assign tasks, the company was able to avoid bottlenecks and keep projects on track.

For example, when XYZ Corporation was working on a large-scale product launch, the company used Origami to manage the various tasks involved in the launch process. By breaking down the launch into smaller tasks and assigning them to the appropriate team members, the company was able to ensure that work was flowing smoothly and efficiently.

If a team member became overloaded with work, the system would automatically alert the project manager, who could then take steps to redistribute tasks or bring in additional resources to ensure that the project remained on track. This helped the company to avoid delays and stay on schedule, ultimately leading to a successful product launch.

One of the most impressive benefits of using Origami for project management was the time and budget savings the company was able to achieve. On a 1.2 million dollar project, XYZ Corporation was able to cut project completion time by 20% and reduce budget overruns by 15% by using Origami to streamline workflows and better manage resources.

For example, by using Origami to track the progress of tasks and identify potential bottlenecks, the company was able to keep work flowing smoothly and avoid delays. This helped to reduce the overall time required to complete the project.

In addition, by using Origami to monitor budget status in real-time and alert project managers to potential issues, the company was able to take corrective action before budget overruns occurred. This allowed the company to stay on track and complete the project within the allocated budget.

Overall, Origami’s ability to customize information systems, provide real-time updates, streamline workflows, and offer a comprehensive overview made it an invaluable tool for XYZ Corporation’s project management needs. By using Origami, the company was able to improve collaboration, visibility, and resource management, leading to increased efficiency and profitability.

If you are interested in learning more about how Origami can help your organization manage large-scale projects and streamline workflows, please contact us for more information. We would be happy to answer any questions you may have and help you determine if Origami is the right solution for your needs.