Case Study: Australian Rail Track Corporation improves project visibility and cost management with Contruent

Australian Rail Track Corporation improves month-end close and visibility with Contruent

The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) was facing significant challenges in managing its Inland Rail project, Australia's largest freight rail infrastructure initiative. Key issues included a heavy reliance on paper-based approvals, non-standardized procedures, data managed in multiple disparate systems, and a lack of the technology necessary to meet audit requirements. To address this, ARTC partnered with vendor Contruent to implement its Enterprise project management system.

Contruent provided a centralized, web-based solution that synchronized master data, housed program budgets and forecasts, and enabled collaboration with external contractors. The implementation resulted in a measurable reduction in the month-end closing process, enhanced tracking of approvals and changes, and significantly improved data integrity. By integrating multiple data sources into a single system, Contruent gave ARTC vastly improved visibility into project and program-level spend, change, and forecasts.

Australian Rail Track Corporation