,Golborne, Warrington, UK: TPG The Project Group, the world’s leading integrator of SAP and Microsoft Project, has been selected by NATS to implement Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) and integrate this with the SAP system via the product TPG PSLink. NATS will use the toolset for the project management of their substantial Capital Programmes; over the last five years the en route business invested £675m. TPG’s expertise in delivering EPM and PSLink based solutions for Capital Programmes, coupled with its growing customer base in the Aerospace sector in the UK were key factors in the NATS selection process. 

TPG will deliver EPM 2010 with integration to the Project Systems (PS) module of SAP, improving NATS capability to schedule, resource and execute their entire project portfolio. The solution will meet NATS specific requirements including:

By-directional SAP Integration using TPG PSLink:
- EPM resource pool data from SAP including RBS and time dependant data such as planned working time and planned leave and labour rates
- Work Breakdown Structure and status to be managed in EPM and interfaced to SAP
- Time-phased forecast work and costs  transferred from EPM to SAP
- Time-phased actuals costs and work transferred from SAP FI/CO and CATS to EPM
- SharePoint Collaboration
- Extensive Business Intelligence solution covering NATS Program and Project reporting requirements

NATS selected TPG as their solution supports NATS planning and project management processes and provides an industry standard planning and reporting tool to meet the  schedule and resourcing requirements.

About NATS
NATS En Route is the sole provider of en route services in the UK. It is economically regulated and operates under licence from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). It operates from two air traffic control centres, at Swanwick in Hampshire and Prestwick in Ayrshire. NATS Services provides air traffic services at most of the UK’s major airports, including all six owned by BAA Airports Limited. This range from the world’s busiest for international flights, Heathrow, and Gatwick, the world’s busiest single-runway airport, to the city airports of Glasgow and Edinburgh. NATS also manages air traffic at airports in Manchester, Birmingham, London City, Luton and Farnborough. NATS Services also provides engineering, consultancy, training and aviation information management services to customers in the UK and overseas.