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Corporate Value Associates benefit from Intranet DASHBOARD Extranet technology
Overview
International management consultant firm, Corporate Value Associates (CVA), implemented Intranet DASHBOARD technology in 2004. They used the extranet feature to help its numerous handpicked consultant alumni keep in touch around the globe. Alumni have accumulated over the past 15 years in 12 offices around the world.
Client Profile
Corporate Value Associates (CVA) was founded in Amsterdam, Boston, London and Paris in 1987 by three individuals from leading management consulting firms, who saw the need to offer the corporate customer a unique proposition in management consulting. The philosophy of dedication to Corporate Value was partnered with an approach to consulting that focused on the use of problem solving frameworks (or methodologies) to deliver a concrete solution for the client.
Their clients and alumni cover such diverse areas as:
- Automotive Industry
- Financial Services
- Retail
- Telecommunications
- Transport
- Mining/Resources
- Utilities
They currently have 200 alumni in their network which help drive client leads and stimulate innovation.
The Challenge
The company needed a streamlined system to communicate with previous consultants. They wanted a cost effective and user friendly way to develop relationships within their alumni network. CVA needed to be able to manage membership and content distribution with ease, with a minimal amount of technical proficiency.
In summary they needed a system that would:
- Save them untimely and costly application development, or having to buy an expensive extranet system
- Implement easily with their existing Internet site
- Deliver cost reductions in terms of communications and public relations management.
- Empower Alumni to communicate with each other easily through forums and stay 'in touch'
- Draw attention to alumni events
- Create a network that the business can use as appropriate.
The Business Case
Clever tools
Intranet DASHBOARD comes with a suite of over 30 applications. Under any other circumstances just one similar bespoke application such as the forum could cost more than the entire iD package.
What is Intranet DASHBOARD?
The unique collection of smart tools or killer apps contained within Intranet DASHBOARD enhance the intranet, encouraging employee usage and return visits. They combine features found in disparate applications including, but not limited to:
- Document Manager, Forums & People Search to enhance your knowledge management strategy
- Survey Pro & Quick Polls to gauge staff opinions or preferences; gain instant feedback
- File Express for sending large files
- Digital Assets Library & Photo Library to manage branding
- Forms Manager to streamline business processes
- Staff Offers from selected retailers
- e-Newsletter & Company Calendar to aid communications
- Travel Agent providing all information for the travelling employee
- Meeting Room Booking & World Time, to better organise meetings and resources
- Acronym Manager to help understand what people are actually talking about in meetings!
Cost management
Intranet DASHBOARD enables organisations to quickly realise business value by streamlining the creation, management and deployment of their intranet. Implementation is faster than fully customised solutions, reducing the initial outlay. Deployed in real time, information becomes immediately available to employees. Furthermore, clever tools eliminate the need to purchase other proprietary products or add-ons.
Work processes
Reducing the need for dedicated publishing staff, Intranet DASHBOARD frees up people's time to devote to other consulting or administrative activities. The framework is easily manageable, reducing the number of web servers and staff required to maintain the system. An easily customisable layout enables different parts of the business to respond to different user needs.
The Solution for Corporate Value Associates
CVA used several tools from the Intranet DASHBOARD suite. The Alumni extranet was implemented which allowed content to be updated easily and regularly, without the need for technical or HTML skills. Alumni were enabled to communicate via forums and email.
Other foreseeable benefits include:
- Improved brand management and consistency of the CVA 'look and feel'; identification with the organisation's history
- More effective content management; speed to publish
- Improved employee productivity; reducing the time spent on administering the alumni centre.
- A network of people with CVA intellectual capital that can be called on as appropriate.
For more information on Intranet DASHBOARD please visit www.intranetdashboard.com or contact a consultant on +61 (0)3 9819 6333.
For more information on CVA please visit www.corporate-value.com
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