Client Story: Genentech

Founded in 1976, Genentech is a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious and life-threatening medical conditions. The company is a member of the Roche Group. With 13,5000+ staff globally, it is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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“We’ve got several instances of the same technology across sister organizations. This allows us share information among all our groups faster. This adds huge value. It removes layers of bureaucracy. Staff can provide timely information so that we can make better decisions. We are more aware of what’s happening in other parts of the organization, in other parts of the world. We have best practice and we can share lessons learned.”

Patti Viri-Cruz, Director, PT Portfolio, Genentech

Challenges

• Project managers managing a lower number of projects than industry benchmarks

• On higher end of time-to-market benchmark for new drug delivery

• Old IT system was very dated with very poor user interface

• Only used as a Project Controls tool, not PPM tool

• So many workarounds needed they were constantly having to re-configure it to fit their needs

Capabilities Cora brings

• Much improved UX and UI

• Can now access everything via the dashboard

• Utilizing workflows to streamline document processes

• Ability to get vendors to input info and approve workflows via portal

• Easily migrate forms and templates from different systems

Results

• Reduced time-to-market benchmark by 10%, helping gain market share over competitors

• Cycle times significantly cut across project portfolio

• Reduced number of change orders

• PMs and GMs are all much more fully engaged now