Enterprise Portal Development for a Leading Aluminum Manufacturer
Summary
A leading aluminum-profiles manufacturer had just merged with another major player and needed to bring two very different administrative structures and sets of internal processes together without disrupting daily business. INNERLUXES built a SharePoint enterprise intranet that involves all of the company's locations and 15,000 employees across 30+ countries in a single business environment, deliberately matching the look and feel of the legacy CMS so adoption was easy, and adding templates and predefined workflows to manage projects in a unified way.
About the Client
The Client is a leading developer and manufacturer of aluminum profiles. It recently merged with another major player in the market and now operates in more than 30 countries with 15,000 employees.
Two Merged Companies, Two Sets of Processes
After the merger, the company needed to integrate and optimize two completely different administrative structures and a variety of internal processes without interrupting daily business. It required a centralized, comprehensive system to bring all of its locations and employees into a single intranet business environment.
A SharePoint Intranet Built for Easy Adoption
INNERLUXES recommended Microsoft SharePoint as the basis for the new site, and shaped the solution around a smooth transition for thousands of employees:
- Familiar look and feel — because the Client had managed its intranet and extranet content in a legacy CMS, INNERLUXES designed the new solution to match that environment's look and feel, giving employees a low learning curve.
- Unified project management — working closely with stakeholders, the team created multiple templates and predefined workflows to integrate and manage projects, including processes, roles, and tasks, in a consistent way.
- Faster collaboration — the approach let employees quickly join new projects and teams, and gave managers control over distributed teams.
A Single Environment Across the Merged Business
- The Client received an enterprise portal that unifies and integrates business processes across the two recently merged companies.
Technologies and Tools
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Visual Studio, HTML, CSS, PowerShell, JavaScript.