Global Client Case Studies

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.

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.

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.