Case Study
Fichtner
Fichtner : EPC + Design Consulting: One Platform, Total Control with Wrench SmartProject
Fichtner India is a leading engineering consultancy providing comprehensive solutions for utility and industrial power projects—ranging from subcritical to supercritical technology—as well as desalination, water, and infrastructure projects. A wholly owned subsidiary of Fichtner GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart, Germany, the company has grown into a premier multi-disciplinary consulting firm.
The Challenge
Our client, operating as both an EPC contractor and a design consultant, needed a single, secure platform to manage multiple projects running in parallel. Their key challenges included:
- Monitoring and improving lifecycle efficiency across concurrent projects.
- Enabling secure multi-user, multi-location collaboration.
- Generating accurate, real-time reports for decision-making.
- Robust document management with quick, reliable retrieval.
Manual systems and fragmented tools couldn’t provide the control, efficiency, and standardization needed for growth.
The Turning Point
To consolidate operations and achieve standardization, the client adopted Wrench SmartProject as an all-in-one EPC and design management solution.
The Solution
- Fast Transition: Complete switch to SmartProject with backfile conversion and bulk loading of ongoing projects.
- Smarter Document Control: Integration of digital stamps, signatures, and customized folder plans for effortless document transfer and storage.
- Unified Reporting: One reporting framework tailored to deliver accurate insights across projects.
- Central File Plan: A single, secure location for storing and managing all project documents.
The Results
- Long-term standardization, with the flexibility to enforce new standards easily.
- Secure collaboration enabling instant access, tracking, and archiving of all documents and correspondence.
- Early warnings from report-driven insights, from project-level down to deliverables.
- Audit-ready documentation that streamlined billing and compliance.
- Significant time and cost savings, while reducing paper waste and supporting sustainability goals.
- Complete archival of projects, including revisions, versions, and minutes of meetings.
With Wrench SmartProject, the client unified their EPC and design consulting operations into one powerful digital platform—delivering efficiency, security, and transparency across every project.
