Global Client Case Studies

Connecting 30+ Countries Through a Unified Digital Workplace

When a global enterprise like Daikin operates across continents, connecting people, content, and communication becomes a major challenge.

To bridge the gap between 160+ global offices, Daikin needed a solution that simplified collaboration, enhanced accessibility, and built a shared culture.

The answer was a modern SharePoint intranet a platform that transformed fragmented systems into a unified global digital workplace.

Client Background

Renewal by Andersen (RBA) is the window replacement subsidiary of Andersen Corporation, a company that has been revolutionizing the window and door industry for more than 110 years. With a commitment to quality, innovation, and customer satisfaction, RBA needed an intranet that reflected its legacy while meeting modern workforce needs.

The Challenge

RBA wanted a custom-designed intranet that felt modern, vibrant, and highly visual. Their existing intranet lacked design appeal, wasn’t mobile-friendly, and failed to engage employees.

Additionally, the team envisioned festive branding themes for Halloween, Christmas, New Year, and Easter. This introduced a new design challenge creating highly visual seasonal experiences without distracting from the main homepage content.

Key challenges included:

• Outdated intranet design lacking user engagement.
• No mobile-friendly access for employees on the go.
• Need for festive seasonal branding integrated seamlessly.
• Balancing design richness with usability and focus.

Our Approach

We adopted a design-first strategy that prioritized both aesthetics and functionality. Our process included:

• Custom layouts, icon sets, and branded elements tailored to RBA’s corporate identity.
• Close collaboration with internal teams to plan seasonal design rollouts.
• Creative direction through wireframes, mood boards, and style guides aligned to Andersen’s brand.
• All visuals and design assets were originally created by our in-house design team specifically for RBA’s intranet.

The Solution

The result was a visually rich, interactive SharePoint intranet designed to boost engagement and usability:

• Custom branding & themes: SharePoint intranet infused with RBA’s brand colors and dynamic themes.
• Interactive homepage: Featuring quick links, news highlights, and event countdowns.
• Festive seasonal branding: Holiday-themed banners, greetings, and background visuals for major celebrations.
• Reusable design templates: Ensuring future seasonal updates are fast and effortless.
• Animated custom webparts: Adding interactivity and modern appeal.
• Mobile-responsive design: Seamless access across desktops, tablets, and smartphones.

The Results

The transformation delivered measurable business impact:

• Employee engagement soared staff praised the appealing, functional, and festive intranet design.
• Holiday intranet traffic increased by 80%, driven by seasonal themes and interactive features.
• Navigation and usability improved, making it easier for employees to find information quickly.
• The intranet became a year-round engagement hub, strengthening employees’ connection to the RBA brand.

Why It Matters

This project highlights how a well-designed SharePoint intranet can do more than just share information it can:

• Strengthen brand culture.
• Enhance employee experience.
• Drive consistent engagement throughout the year.

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About our client:

AVA Care one of our prestigious clients, is a manufacturer of Ayurvedic and herbal personal care products. The company's flagship brand, Medimix, is renowned as the world's largest-selling Ayurvedic handmade soap. Other brands of this company include Sanjeevanam, Kaytra, and Melam.  

AVA Care is a forward-thinking organization with a strong focus on compliance and training, aimed to streamline and digitize their Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) management process. Their goal was to move away from static, attachment-based SOP documents toward a dynamic, user-centric experience that fosters clarity, accountability, and continuous learning.

Challenges

The legacy SOP management approach relied heavily on document libraries/ folders and template attachments, making version control, user engagement, approvals and training validation difficult to manage at scale. Additionally, the organization wanted to align SOP publication with a structured approval process and automated training assignments based on review frequencies, something that the existing system couldn't support effectively.

Solution

At SharePoint Designs, we implemented a custom SOP Manager within Microsoft SharePoint, reimagining the entire SOP lifecycle with a focus on accessibility, governance, and learning enablement. The following key components were delivered:

1. SOP as Interactive Site Pages

Instead of uploading static documents, SOPs were created as structured SharePoint site pages, mirroring the organization’s SOP format. This allowed SOPs to be:

• Easily searchable and readable
• Integrated with version history and audit trails
• Equipped with features like Print, download, and Permissions Management based on user roles

2. Document Management & Approval Workflow

A custom Power Automate workflow was designed to handle:

• Multi-stage approval before publication
• Version control with status indicators (Draft, Awaiting Approval, Published)
• Notifications to stakeholders throughout the review process

About the Client

Kalsec (Kalamazoo Spice Extraction Company) is a privately held, U.S.-based leader in natural food ingredients. They specialize in developing and producing natural spice and herb extracts, colors, and antioxidants for the global food and beverage industry.

Challenges

Kalsec’s existing SharePoint intranet was built using standard, out-of-the-box (OOTB) web parts, which had several limitations:

• Low Employee Engagement: The platform lacked interactive and engaging content, reducing user participation.
• Overwhelming Quick Links and Limited Search: Too many quick links cluttered the interface, while the search functionality was insufficient for finding relevant information.
• Complex Navigation: Users found it difficult to navigate across the site, leading to a fragmented user experience.
• Lack of Branding and Personalization: The platform did not reflect Kalsec’s brand identity or support personalized content for employees.

Our Solution

At SharePoint Designs, we partnered closely with Kalsec to transform their OOTB SharePoint into a customized, modern intranet that reflects their brand and meets their unique needs. Our approach included regular collaboration to fully understand their challenges and goals.

Key Enhancements

• Intuitive Top Navigation: We designed a custom, always-accessible top navigation bar that neatly organized all existing menus and submenus, improving site structure and ease of access.
• Personalized Home Page: The revamped home page included a personalized welcome banner, dynamic news sections with tagging, and an improved search function for seamless content discovery.
• Smart Quick Links: We introduced a first-of-its-kind quick links feature, allowing users to search within quicklinks, prioritized by their department for a more relevant experience.
• Strategic Content Pages: The company strategy page was carefully crafted to reinforce Kalsec’s vision, mirroring the original strategy format for consistent internal communication.

Benefits

The newly designed intranet offers:

• Enhanced Search Functionality: Efficient content discovery with personalized filtering and search capabilities.
• Improved User Engagement: Lively, organized pages with relevant, up-to-date content to keep employees informed and engaged.
• Personalized User Experience: Tailored quick links and content based on user roles, improving productivity and satisfaction.
• Streamlined Communication: A visually appealing and brand-aligned digital workspace that fosters a connected and informed workforce.

Client Background

Advance Electric is one of our long-standing clients, engaged with us since the beginning of our company in 2016. They are a rapidly growing electrical contractor serving the Santa Barbara area, including Montecito and Goleta. They specialize in providing innovative electrical solutions through quality materials and superior craftsmanship.

Challenge

Managing employee shifts and accurately tracking work hours were significant challenges for Advance Electric. The manual processes in place led to inefficiencies, errors in payroll, and difficulties in scheduling, especially with the variable workloads typical in electrical contracting. Factors such as emergency repairs, weather-dependent installations, and seasonal fluctuations further complicated shift management.

Solution

To address these challenges, a custom shift management application was developed using Microsoft PowerApps. This solution provided a centralized platform accessible from their mobiles or tablets , allowing employees to log on to their commuting and actual work hours, update the real-time status of the job, directly from jobsites. The application integrated seamlessly with Office 365, storing data in the cloud for real-time access by the administrative team, where they can get the updates through email and MS Teams in case of any changes to their shift timings or sudden unforeseen cancellation of their shifts.

Client’s Background

Southwest Network is a renowned mental and behavioural health service provider based in Greater Phoenix, Arizona. They operate in seven popular facilities and provide integrated mental health and primary care services for adults. Moreover, they specialize in behavioural health therapy and support for youth on an outpatient basis. Southwest Network is about ensuring everyone in the community feels better and happier.

Business Challenges

Generally, employees of Southwest Network travel from their office to different locations, like other branches, rehabilitation centres, and patient facilities. The cost of their travel is reimbursed as a mileage claim. Earlier, they used an Excel spreadsheet to log the hours of the journey, the distance they travelled, and more. Then, they used to submit it to their payroll department monthly. However, this method often resulted in mistakes, such as recording wrong distances or double entries for one trip.

Moreover, these errors led to irregular reimbursement figures, which the payroll department had to check manually, thereby involving much effort. It also caused difficulty for employees to check on the status of their reimbursement requests and for supervisors to efficiently manage approvals. This led to increased delays in the reimbursement process, employee frustration, and administrative burden.  

Solutions Provided

To address Southwest Network's challenges, we provided them with in-depth PowerApps consulting services. We developed a Mileage Reimbursement App, a powerful platform that allows the swift development of custom business applications. This app addressed the unique needs of Southwest Network’s mileage reimbursement process.

The Mileage Reimbursement App is built with different functionalities, using the capabilities of PowerApps, to automate the entire reimbursement process. Here’s how PowerApps enhanced the functionality of the app:

1. Employee Perspective

PowerApps provides a user-friendly interface where employees can log their mileage, view their reimbursement status, and track the progress of reimbursement requests easily. It provides transparency and allows them to manage their reimbursement process efficiently.

2. Supervisor Perspective

PowerApps also provides a dedicated dashboard for supervisors. Here, they can review and approve reimbursement requests from their team members. They can also swiftly assess pending approvals, view reimbursement summaries, and export data for further analysis.

3. Admin Perspective

Administrators can monitor the overall reimbursement process, track open requests, and manage their permissions using this app. They have the flexibility to adjust supervisory assignments and ensure the smooth operation of the app.

4. Payroll Team Perspective

PowerApps simplifies the workload of the payroll team. It automates mileage calculations, reduces errors, and accelerates the reimbursement process. It has built-in controls, powered by PowerApps, that ensure accuracy and compliance with reimbursement policies.

Results

1. The Mileage Reimbursement App, developed by our PowerApps developers, helped them reduce errors and inaccuracies related to manual mileage tracking. It led to more accurate reimbursement calculations.

2. The automation of there imbursement process has eliminated all the tasks performed manually. This way, employees and the payroll team get more time to invest in other tasks.

3. The app delivered transparency throughout the reimbursement process.

Therefore, our PowerApps consultants transformed Southwest Network’s mileage reimbursement process by developing an app that eliminated manual work, improved accuracy, and streamlined approvals. Southwest Network achieved greater efficiency, productivity, and compliance across the organisation, and automated and optimised key workflows using this technology.

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About the client

Southwest Network is a behavioral health services provider based in Phoenix, Arizona. They specialize in offering a range of behavioral health and substance abuse treatment services to individuals and families. While Southwest Network is based in Phoenix, they may serve clients throughout Arizona, and possibly in neighboring states.

Southwest Network, being a behavioral health services organization, has a culture to recognize their employees across various locations. They are broadly classified under 5 Pillars viz, People, Service, Quality, Stewardship, Community.  

Challenges

While recognizing and appreciating employees is crucial for maintaining a positive work culture, relying on a manual recognition process can present various challenges. These challenges highlight the importance of adopting more efficient and streamlined methods, such as automated systems or recognition platforms.

Inconsistency

Manual recognition processes are prone to inconsistency due to human error. Different managers may have varying approaches to recognizing employees, leading to an unequal distribution of recognition across the organization.

Delayed Recognition

A manual process often results in delayed recognition. Supervisors may forget to acknowledge achievements in a timely manner, diminishing the impact of the acknowledgment on the employee's motivation and morale.

Limited Documentation

Manual processes typically lack a centralized and organized documentation system. This makes it difficult to track and reference past recognitions, hindering the ability to provide evidence during performance reviews or discussions about career growth.

Administrative Burden

Manual recognition often involves paperwork, email chains, or physical documentation. This can create an administrative burden for both managers and HR personnel, consuming valuable time that could be better spent on strategic initiatives.

Our Solution

Our PowerApps expert, built a custom app without extensive coding, to suit the needs of our client. Below is a general outline for creating a custom PowerApps solution which can be accessed via mobiles as well.

PowerApps for Rewards & Recognition

Define Objectives

Identifying the key objectives of the Rewards and Recognition program is crucial to design the PowerApps solution. Understand the types of recognition, criteria for rewards, and the overall process flow.

User Interface Design

Design an intuitive and user-friendly interface. This app can be used in mobile devices. Separate views for employees, HR Dept; and supervisors.  

Integrate with the organization's authentication system to ensure that only authorized users can access and participate in the Rewards and Recognition platform.

Recognition Submissions

The form captures basic information such as employee name(s), Location, category of recognition, reasons, and period. All employees are allowed to access this form to nominate their colleagues or teams.

Approval Workflow

Integrated approval workflow to ensure that submitted recognitions are reviewed and approved by relevant stakeholders, such as managers or HR, before being officially acknowledged. To ensure transparency in the process, this custom-built solution will display only the location, reasons and period to the Jury for selection process. The app. provides an option to elect winner from the nominations page. Once the winner is chosen, the name of winners is displayed and published as News in the Portal Home Page.

Notification System

Implemented a notification system to recognise / congratulate employees when they receive recognition. The supervisors are also notified that their team has been recognised with awards.

Mobile Accessibility

Optimize the PowerApps for mobile devices to enable easy access and recognition submissions from anywhere within the organization. By following these steps, we can help you create a customized PowerApps that streamlines the Rewards and Recognition process, promoting a positive and appreciative culture within your organization.

About Our Client

Johnson & Johnson is the world’s largest and most broadly based healthcare company, they are committed to using their reach and size for good. They strive to improve access and affordability, create healthier communities, and put a healthy mind, body, and environment within reach of everyone, everywhere.

Every day, more than 130,000 employees across the world are blending heart, science, and ingenuity to profoundly change the trajectory of health for humanity.

Business Case

The client required an end-to-end application to track and manage the work orders and associated consultants. They also wanted a performance dashboard to track and monitor their progress based on timeframes and/or consultants. 

Project Challenges

• No existing system in place to manage and monitor contracts, work orders, or consultants. They were using excel sheets.
• No real-time tracking of the lifecycle of consultants or contracts.
• Lack of consolidated reports or dashboards to track the history of consultants and work orders. 

How did we help?

We developed a fool proof business app from a canvas in Microsoft Power Apps with data from various SharePoint lists. We created different forms to create and assign work orders to different contractors, capture the estimation from contractors, power automate flow to capture the approval/rejection status, and the lifecycle of the work order. The power automate flow is also customized to send reminders in case of delays in approving the work order.

We also developed a performance dashboard to view different charts based on different filters like timeframe or consultant. We also provided an option to Print to PDF in power apps to enable printing of the registered outcomes of a work order. 

Business Benefits

• Everyday activities are streamlined now.
• Increase in productivity.
• Automated tasks across markets and regions.
• Reduction in human error.
• Significant time saving.
• Approvals using teams and emails.
• Accessible in mobile.

About Our Client

Criticalis, a leading network security specialist, offers professional services and cutting-edge managed services. Based out of the UK, they are founded by a team of cybersecurity thought leaders. Criticalis delivers best-in-class, high-value services that enable IT security awareness, understanding, and protection -leading to high customer satisfaction levels.

 Project Challenges 

• Poor monitoring of system downtime and network issues - and without quick report generation
• No real-time understanding of potential and current security threats to the customers at regular intervals
• Extremely challenging to share all the reports through multiple cluttered e-mails to customers

Our Solution

 SharePoint Designs, having delivered several state-of-the-art Office 365 SharePoint solutions, designed a modernized intranet for the client. It came equipped with several folders that seamlessly host the risk register, network diagram, service reviews, and Internet scan reports. The portal could be replicated as a common platform for Criticalis customers to share their periodical reports.  

Business Benefits

• A simplified approach to share internet reports with tremendous ease
• No more multiple, confusing emails sent for requesting and sharing of reports
• Minimal technical or business know-know required to share/access the reports

About Our Client

Based in India, Magick Woods Export Pvt. Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Magick Woods Ltd., Canada - one of the top manufacturers and pioneers of quality bath vanities and kitchen cabinets. Some of their customers include Home Depot, Lowes, Menards, Rona, and Home Hardware.

Project Challenges

• Lack of a quality check process at the end of the production line to ensure delivery of products that meet world-class standards
• An ineffective manual tracking system involving QC inspectors - due to the unavailability of a defect identification system
• No one-stop report repository in place for the management to review the number of open defects and statuses of defects

Our Solution

 SharePoint Designs developed a QC form to update the defects in the system instantly. Equipped with a camera feature, the QC Inspector could upload or capture the images of defective items. The data stored in the back-end could be used for further analysis. Furthermore, the form could be easily accessed through handheld devices like mobiles or tabs. Using Power BI, a summarised report of the defects and their status was made available for quick reviews.

 Our experience in working with different MS applications like Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI played a major role in the quick roll-out.

Business Benefits

• Power to instantly reject defective products and eliminating any of their chances of reaching the end customer
• Vast reduction of worker hours involved in updating, correcting, and verifying the documents
• Ability of the QC form to captures the total defects recorded in a day
• Easy-to-interpret Power BI-based reports that facilitates a smooth management review process

About Our Client

Giddings MacEachern is one of the leading legal service providers in Canada. They serve customers throughout British Columbia, Smithers, Houston, and Kitimat - providing legal services across Business Law, Family Law, Criminal Law, Real Estate, and Wills.

Project Challenges

• Hundreds of worker hours required for preparing legal documents that support critical legal processes
• Law firms generate tons of legal documents every single day and most of the legal documents are created and updated manually
• A considerable amount of time spent by legal assistants & legal professionals to fill in details and share the document with customers
• High chances of errors due to the manual documentation process that requires complete rework -leading to significant resource wastage
• Corporate legal departments are responsible for providing legal support and advice to organizations and their employees. They handle a wide range of legal matters, such as contract drafting and review, intellectual property, labor and employment law, litigation, and compliance with regulatory requirements. Corporate legal departments often have large volumes of legal documents, communications, and tasks to manage, which makes legal matter management a crucial function.

Our Solution

During the project's exploratory stage, SharePoint Designs identified the common fields in the legal documents. Using MS SharePoint Forms, we designed a simpler form to capture all the fields that were to be filled in the document - thereby reducing repetition of work. Post the form submission - the documents were generated and automatically saved in a unique folder.

By using SharePoint as a legal matter management tool, corporate legal departments can improve their efficiency and effectiveness. SharePoint's document management capabilities allow legal teams to store, organize, and easily access legal documents and information. SharePoint's workflow and automation features enable legal teams to automate processes such as document routing, approvals, and reminders, which in turn helps to reduce errors and increase productivity. Additionally, SharePoint's collaboration tools enable legal teams to communicate and collaborate effectively, which is essential for managing legal matters.

Thanks to our MS SharePoint expertise, the client could quickly retrieve the right document at the right time while easily reviewing the updated fields highlighted.

Business Benefits  

• Improved efficiency and productivity: SharePoint's workflow and automation features enable legal teams to automate repetitive tasks, such as document routing, approvals, and reminders, Vast reduction of legal professional hours involved in updating, correcting, and verifying the documents
• Increased data accuracy and security: SharePoint's document management capabilities allow legal teams to store, organize, and easily access legal documents, reducing the risk of errors and ensuring the security of sensitive information.
• Enhanced collaboration and communication: SharePoint's collaboration tools enable legal teams to communicate and collaborate effectively, allowing them to work together more efficiently on legal matters.
• Improved retention and retrieval since documents were electronically saved.
• Cost savings: By automating legal matter management processes and reducing the need for manual tasks, SharePoint can help legal departments to save on labor costs. More data accuracy by automating a huge chunk of the document generation process.
• Better compliance and risk management: SharePoint's compliance and security features enable legal teams to track the progress of legal matters and ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

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About Our Client

Damage Prevention Solutions, LLC is a leading manufacturer of damage prevention systems for underground utilities, based in the US. Their state-of-the-art solutions include tracer wire delivery systems, integrated marking tapes, and barricade tapes.

Project Challenges

• Lack of an intranet setup with even basic features
• Poor transparency to showcase information about important tasks
• No skilled resources to work with Microsoft SharePoint, Graph, and PowerShell

Our Solution

Powered by SharePoint Modern Intranet and custom out-of-box features, SharePoint Designs built a fully equipped intranet portal for the client. It came with quick links that directed users to newsfeeds, announcements, critical business processes, and organizational policies, and photo galleries. We also used the Curator software to meet their unique requirement of displaying live feeds posted by clients in the LinkedIn Professional network community.

With MSGraph API, we integrated shared calendars into the intranet so that it can display the assigned tasks on any particular day/ week/ month. Additionally, we also set custom themes using PowerShell to align the intranet look-and-feel with the client’s branding.

Business Benefits  

• Unified view into crucial organizational information
• Smarter resource planning and transparency of assigned tasks with integrated calendars
• Social media insights of clients based on LinkedIn live feeds

About Our Client

Lebara is a UK-based telecommunications company that helps global customers make calls at affordable rates. Powered by the best-tested 4G network from KPN, they offer extremely affordable pay-as-you-go and contract-based mobile SIM cards.

Project Challenges

• Siloed organizational communication touchpoints that limited the effectiveness and the reach of messaging
• Lack of a single interface to inform the employees about key announcements, up coming events, birthdays/anniversaries of colleagues, and more
• No skilled resource to create an intranet using available technology (Classic SharePoint)‍

Our Solution

With deep Microsoft SharePoint expertise, SharePoint Designs harnessed the classic intranet model to design a lively and interactive intranet portal. We helped the client provide basic information such as policies, corporate calendars, and e-learning opportunities based on user needs. We also created sub-pages to view organizational information, newsfeeds, and more. Our customized solutions included announcements, birthdays/anniversaries, photo galleries, employee blogs, quick polls, etc.

The intranet also came equipped with a translation feature to help employees access content in their preferred language.  Furthermore, the country-specific pages only showed relevant content based on the employee’s preference

Business Benefits

• One-stop search option for employees to get timely updates
• Increased user adoption, thanks to the high level of customization
• Improved employee engagement through unified and proactive organizational communication

About Our Client

Advance Electric is a US-based specialized provider of commercial, industrial, and residential electrical solutions. A fast-growing company, they offer cutting-edge electrical solutions based on high-quality materials and experienced craftsmanship.

Project Challenges

• An outdated invoice management system that was unable to cope with its emerging businesses
• Manual tracking and processes of vendor invoices that involved extracting information from hundreds of e-mails
• Failure to update the right order number in the invoice due to time-consuming error-prone processes

Our Solution

During the project's exploratory stage, SharePoint Designs identified the common fields in the invoices. Then, we leveraged MS SharePoint Forms to design a simpler form that captures all the relevant fields. Using Power Apps, we provided a streamlined list of the e-mails that were sorted by date, with a separate field to showcase customer name, address, and order details. Finally, after submission - the documents were generated and automatically saved in a unique folder.  

Thanks to our MS SharePoint expertise, the client could quickly retrieve the right document at the right time while easily reviewing the updated fields highlighted.

Business Benefits

• Automated tracking of e-mails and invoices for error-free and simplified payment processes
• Significant reduction of hours spent on repetitive tasks like searching for order details and sorting out e-mails
• Minimal training required for the workforce to handle the invoice tracking process

Dell Team in Europe is having vast clients across Europe and Middle East. All these clients rent or loan Dell products for their computing requirements. They are doing it through a Loan/rent requirement hardcopy form.

How we helped?

We understood the requirements from the client through various meeting and brainstorming sessions and clearly understood the pain areas. Coordinated and worked with different departments. What we understood was all the workings are manual and data is maintained using excel. Since, the system cannot be accessible from multiple client locations.

Solution Highlights

• We understood how they can go forward with the requirements. They suggested us that they have SharePoint that was adopted for file sharing and document sharing maybe we can use that tool to develop the system. So, we started working with the IT Department. Dell IT team to get required resources and tools to login and work in their SharePoint environment.
• We started putting together several databases and forms that are available over SharePoint and each forms are used to update the databases. We have also integrated an Access database that can input the data from Excel into the Access and this in turn provide data to SharePoint.
• We have designed Loan request form that queries different tables to get values and inventory. Then, Upon completing all the required fields. The form can be submitted. This form is designed using the Infopath Designer with several links to data sources and web services.
• SharePoint designer workflow is used to perform several process and approvals throughout the lifecycle of the Loan request from the Clients submitting the loan request to ultimately going thorough approvals and booking the equipment’s for client dispatch.

Technologies Used

This solution is developed using Infopath form, Java script Client object model, SharePoint designer workflows and other complex webservice lookup to different databases.

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InterBarge is a provider of fluvial transportation and logistics services offering safe and efficient operations along South America’s Hidrovia Paraná Paraguay Waterway System. InterBarge owns and operates a modern fleet of inland river equipment primarily focused in moving dry bulk commodities for some of the largest companies in the region. With a strong operational background and personalized customer service, InterBarge is able to deliver integral logistics solutions to its clients.

InterBarge is owned by Seacor

SEACOR is a global provider of equipment and services primarily supporting the marine transportation and offshore oil and gas industries. It operates approx. 1,500 barges on the U.S. Inland River Waterways, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterways and the Magdalena River in Colombia.

Business Case

InterBarge had a challenge in understanding the performance of various departments such as fleet management, operations management, procurements and HR. They required a dedicated system developed using the SharePoint and establish coordination between various departments for continuous flow of process and performance of the fleet.

How we helped?

We understood the requirements from the client through various meeting and brainstorming sessions and clearly understood the pain areas. Coordinated and worked with different departments. We understood that there were lot of manual activities and data is maintained using excel, word and other files stored in the hard disk. There were no dedicated tools or softwares available for their use or for reporting.

Solution Highlights

• We understood how they can go forward with the requirements. They suggested us that they have SharePoint that was adopted for file sharing and document sharing may be we use that tool to develop the system. So, We started working with the Parent IT Company. Seacor IT team to get required resources and tools to login and work in their SharePoint environment.
• We started putting together several databases and forms that are available over SharePoint and each forms are used to update the databases.
• Then we developed several reports that queries data interconnecting several tables together and giving a consistent results that are used for decision making, highlighting the performance of each individuals and team performance.

Technology Used

This solution is developed using SharePoint design manager, Bootstrap, Javascript Client object model. Custom navigation and branding.

For more than 100 years, Bigge has been one of America’s premier global crane sales, crane rental, and project services companies. Their innovative specialized project teams have also provided heavy lift, heavy rigging, specialized transportation equipment, and innovative engineering solutions for some of the most challenging projects across the US.

Business Case

Bigge wanted to revamp their existing SharePoint to work with cross-functional team and to be able to manage documents, contact lists, infrastructure management, announcement list and quick lists.

They also wanted to incorporate their custom templates provided by their Marketing and HR teams.

How we helped?

We created a custom intranet portal using SharePoint to develop features like document management, infrastructure management, contact list, event calendar to update various company events, personal calendar for employees, image galleries, quick link sections and announcements. We have also ensured that the employees are able to access intranet from their smartphones and tablets.

Using share point we have also developed a section for market place. It acts as their own market bazaar for buying and selling items and raise funds for good cause such as charity. We have seamlessly integrated Yammer to share, like, comment and post to their intranet contacts.

We have also developed document management section which will help the employees to access important internal documents related to the company. They can also view and manage forms, memos, policies and manuals. We have enabled cloud storage for retrieving documents from different locations.

We have inlcuded a specific link called 'How do I?' which has a dropdown section where we get detailed information and steps on the processes. Additionally, we have added a page which is 'View All', this page will help to view all the important updates and upcoming events of the company.

Technology Used

This solution is developed using SharePoint design manager, Bootstrap, JavaScript Client object model, Custom navigation and branding.

Riverstate Tax Office of UK needed a platform to share data, files and other information’s between different departments within the Office. They needed a restricted and need to know information only portal. They also needed this portal to be responsive and working nicely on all devices including Smart phones and tablets.

How we helped?

We understood the requirements from the client through various meeting and brainstorming sessions and clearly understood the pain areas. Coordinated and worked with different departments. What we understood was all the files are kept in common drive and link is sent via email. Prior to sending this link they have to provide access to the required person by way of working with IT Team.

Solution Highlights

• We worked UI Designer to develop a UI/UX template that we can adapt in the SharePoint
• We carefully explained the designer of the limitations that we have in using SharePoint for some of the complex design.
• We gave demo to the Tax office IT team of what is possible.
• After the demo was accepted. We carefully implemented the portal and completed testing if the portal is responsive on all the different devices including Smart phones.
• We tested if the files and folders are accessible on a need to know basis and available over all the Smart phones and tablets.
• This solution was deployed and client is happy.

Technologies Used

The solution is developed using SharePoint design manager, Bootstrap, JavaScript Client object model. We have also implemented custom UI, navigation and branding.

Advance Electric is a  fast growing Electrical Contractor company serving the Santa Barbara area, including Montecito and Goleta. They provide innovative electrical solutions and application through quality materials and superior craftsmanship.

Business Case

Client required an end to end application to track, manage and fix the payroll system of the employees. The application should capture  the commuting time and the actual work hours by the employee to fix the issue or install an electric item in their respective customers location.

How we helped?

We developed a single page SharePoint application to manage time-sheets and associated costs . The application will capture the number of hours taken to resolve the issue or install an electrical item by the employee in the respective customers workplace. The details are filled by the employee using a tablet provided by the company. The entered information is consolidated in the cloud storage of office 365 which can be accessed by the administration team. The admin team will approve the data and the payroll of the employees.

Technologies Used

The solution is developed using SharePoint design manager, Bootstrap, JavaScript Client object model. We have also implemented custom UI, navigation and branding.

Scimetric is a global pioneer in data management and assembly line optimization, having developed the world's first cold test application for the automotive industry. Since then, the company's products and technologies have been used by countless industries and leading manufacturers, including Ford and Hewlett Packard.

Business Case

Scimetric's employees could not save or access vital documents in Salesforce, the world's #1 CRM platform. Negative consequences of this included lost productivity, lack of quick data retrieval, slow and inefficient file management, and diminished customer service.

Solution

After crucial planning and research, we developed an innovative solution which merged SharePoint with Salesforce. By linking our intranet to Salesforce's cloud-based platform, Scimetric could now access business-critical data without the need for IT professionals or expensive equipment, thus lowering costs while improving productivity.

Project Highlights

• Integrating SharePoint with SalesForce to improve access to key files and information
• Enhancing efficiency by sending sales & project metadata to SharePoint with fewer button clicks.
• Saving time by implementing Bulk/Batch updates with a single HTTP Call rather than multiple calls
• Simplifying project & sales orders through better record and document management
• Adding more columns to dataview so all SharePoint info can be easily searched & located

Technologies Used

This solution is developed using Salesforce Apex with Knowledge of SharePoint Integration REST API

Manhattan TechSupport.com provides IT services to businesses in New York City and New York metro area. They specialize in network engineering, technical support, security and most importantly customer service.

Business Case

MTS required a client management solution, they wanted a way to deal with Clients, their projects, IT Infrastructure and other information relating to a client. Since they multiple clients, they needed a unique way to Create, Update and Manage each client.

How we helped?

We developed a dashboard for creating client specific portals to each client with different components which includes documents management, contacts management, discussion boards and infrastructure management. Each component is protected with access rights to enable privacy within the organization thereby ensuring the right information is available to the right person at the right time.

Technologies Used

The solution is developed using SharePoint design manager, Bootstrap, JavaScript Client object model. We have also implemented custom UI, navigation and branding.

One evening we had an interaction with the CEO of Gateway groups Kurus Elavia, who wanted an intranet site for the employees of his company. He wanted it to be fun filled and the employees should enjoy using the internal site.

When we decided to agree for his requirement we explored about Gateway One. They provide a reliable and unparalleled experience in the security and frontline services for their clients. Their formula of superior executive-level client service and expertly trained personnel has been proven in some of the busiest, most challenging cities and travel hubs in the united states.

We at SharePoint Designs, arranged for a few meetings and brainstorming sessions with the Management team to have a detailed understanding about their requirement. We had meetings within our team to discuss about the feasibility and availability of the resources and organized a team to proceed with the project.

We developed a fun-based home page, which includes all the requested features like Quick Links where they can have contacts, lists, search and share options. Our intranet allowed the employees to share their popular stories, resources. News and events can be announced. Employees will also be able to share their achievement, celebrations, testimonials and customer feedback. The site will allow them to update customer stories as well.

They wanted a Task Management board which is a status indicator, which would help them to track the status of all the tasks which is performed under each project and every department with time frame to improve the performance of the employees. They wanted it to be extremely simple and easy to understand.

We created a portal where they can enter the tasks that they are performing under each project and department with time slot. They gave us the description of their process which they followed, using this we divided the process into four divisions that are Finance and Accounting, Human Resource, Legal and security. Under each division they can add the project they are working on with the due date and the owner of the project. We gave colors for every status, like Green Indicates-Completed, Yellow Indicates-In progress and Red Indicates-Delayed. We gave them symbols to tag tasks that needs high importance and high importance with priority.

Gateway one provides services for Aviation industry and Security services in the United States. So, they wanted us to give them a dashboard which will help them to update all the information of operations regarding Aviation and Security. Let us discuss Aviation for more detailed understanding. Aviation dashboard includes ADA Complaints, Air lines, Aviation goal submit form, Aviation report form.

Client followed a goal setting system for their employees, hence we created an Aviation goal setting form where they can enter all the goals set by the company for the employees to achieve. An aviation report dashboard was built for the employees to update all the information like Scheduled hours, Safety incidents, baggage carts, either full time or part time employee, total number of employees under each Airline that they work for. The company will be able to track the performance of the employees based on the details entered in the report form. Employees will also be able to update the difficulties they face like administrative issues etc.  We also created a dashboard for ADA complaints, where they can update if have any complaints.

We gave the client a similar dashboard for security services, which includes security complaints, Security Goals submit form, security report form and security sites.

They wanted a solution to deal with the employee enrollment system in the company and mainly wanted to reduce the paper work in the process. They also wanted a database where the information regarding the man power of the employees can be updated. They wanted some automated forms where they can update information on number of positions that are vacant and number of employees to be appointed in every process and department.

We created a form wherein they can enter the details about the job title, department, requirement date, hiring manager and employee’s status. We made it editable as well as viewable. If a manager needs requirement in his project or department he should give detailed information and the reason for the requirement, hence we created a form where he can enter all the information regarding the position, department, either full time or part time employee and the details of the hiring manger as well. This form will help them by saving their time and paper work.

The Trustees of Reservations is a non-profit land conservation and historic preservation organization dedicated to preserving natural and historical places in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

They are a group of more than 100,000 people who love the outdoors, who love the distinctive charms of New England, and who believe in celebrating and protecting them, for everyone, forever.

Together with their neighbours, they protect the distinct character of their communities and inspire a commitment to their special places. Their passion is to share with everyone the irreplaceable natural and cultural treasures we care for.

Business Case

Client wanted a custom intranet portal  to share and connect internally to update important information across the departments. In addition they also wanted to keep track of  day to day events, internal communications and rewards & recognition of the employees.

How we helped?

We have developed a custom branded Intranet that provides the employees with sections for Companywide announcements, quick links section, events calendar that consolidates important company events, various department pages that has document management, individual calendar and image galleries.

We have created an announcement list would be useful to keep the workforce informed about the current projects, department news and company announcements.

We have also made sure every staff is able to access the website from their smartphones or tablets. We have integrated Yammer to interact within the organization

We also have a specific link called 'How do I?' which has a dropdown section where we get detailed information steps on the process. Additionally, we have added a page which is 'View All', this page will help to view all the important updates and upcoming events of the company.

Technologies Used

The solution is developed using SharePoint design manager, Bootstrap, JavaScript Client object model. We have also implemented custom UI, navigation and branding.

P&G is one of the largest and fastest growing consumer goods companies across the world. From beauty and health to home and beyound. P&G's brands make everyday life just a little better for its consumers. Superior product propositions and technological innovations have enabled P&G to achieve market leadership in a majority of categories it is present in.

Business Case

Client wanted to create an internal site using sharepoint having information pages of best practices. They wanted it to be simple and easy to navigate. The site will have collection of best practices which should be accessable to the audience across the globe.

The site should provide easily navigatable buttons to land on new pages. Home page should also contain diagrams and also features like hide/unhide.

How we helped?

We understood the requirements from the client through various meetings and brainstorming sessions. Our solution was to provide them with an easier interface, navigation, quicklinks, a slider highlighting all the important best practices. There will different pages containing best practices and related contents. Overall the solution we provided met the requirements and slightly exceeded the expectations for P&G as this site will be used for Sharing Best practices.

We created a portal using sharepoint which has all the details on the home page with diagrams. when we click on each diagram or button it will take us to a different page which has more detailed information. Also there are quick links on the right hand of the home page which will take us to a page which has more information.

Technologies Used

The solution is developed using SharePoint design manager, Bootstrap, JavaScript Client object model. We have also implemented custom UI, navigation and branding.

Potential Project is a global leader in Corporate-Based Mindfulness Training (CBMT), combining Western science and Eastern knowledge to create programs that boost employee efficiency, creativity, focus, and performance.  With over 70 trainers and 250 clients, Potential Project has successfully brought its CBMT programs to organizations across Europe, Asia, North America, and Australia.

Problem

Potential Project had been looking to find a collaborative platform on which to share information, updates, content and multimedia.  Furthermore, the platform also needed to link together its 150 global consultants, allowing for easier collaboration and communication.

Solutions

After thorough planning and analysis, we developed a SharePoint solution that addressed all of our client's unique demands.  These included sections for employee and client directories, ongoing projects, company updates, training videos, documents for sales & marketing, and more.

Project Highlights

• Migrating crucial documents from old company intranet to new one
• Streamlining access to vital information through Quick Links & Search features
• Developing app which allows employees to remotely stream meditation & training videos
• Allowing employees to view, share & upload documents, presentations, images or audio
• Creating Opportunity Management System (OMS) to keep track of personal sales figures
• Improving content management with company updates, events, new clients & employee info

Lebara is a British telecommunications company providing services in many countries around the world, using the mobile virtual network operator business model. Lebara Mobile provides pay-as-you-go and contract based mobile SIM cards.

Client Requirement

Our Client required a simple intranet which will serve as internal communication channel to keep the employees updated with internal announcements, upcoming events, news feeds, employee birthday / anniversaries and many other similar features.  

Our Solution

Using Classic Intranet model, we designed a lively and colourful intranet with the below features.  

Quick Links for the employees to access  

• Policies & Procedures
• Corporate Calendar
• Business Process
• E-Learning
• Outlook & Teams
• People related information.

Customized solutions to include,

• Announcements
• Birthdays & Anniversaries
• Photo Gallery
• Employee Blogs
• Quick Polls
• Employee Spotlight

The Intranet also provides,

• Brief about Company
• News Feeds
• Countries page to show relevant content based on employee country selection
• Translation Feature – Incorporated the Translation feature to translate site content to six different languages.

Benefits

The Intranet will be a one stop search option for employees to get any updates from the organisation.  

The site is very interactive and allows the employee to choose the information they want to see.

Damage Prevention Solutions is an innovative manufacturer of excavation damage prevention & location systems for underground utilities.

"Manufacturer of Signaltape Damage Prevention & Marking System. Signaltape® is a simple, inexpensive, damage prevention and marking system for buried utilities and infrastructure. Signaltape® provides a visual warning directly to the excavation equipment operator, where traditional marker tapes shear underground without providing an adequate warning."