Rapid
payback on Intranet Investment
A
corporate Intranet for internal communications can
achieve such great savings that it can bring a return
on investment of 1000% or more, according to a recent
report from Ernst & Young. Payback periods can
often be measured in weeks, rather than years.
The
savings come from simplifying decisions and saving
time for employees, explain Cisco Systems, as well
as helping them make better decisions. Human-resources
(HR) processes easily lend themselves to automation
and self-service, freeing staff from arduous paperwork
to focus on strategic initiatives that generate more
value for the organization.
Rather
than arranging meetings with their personnel departments,
employees can resolve many of their issues themselves
over a secure network. Common HR applications that
can be handled over an Internet include benefits forms,
expense reimbursements payroll time sheets, job- transfer
forms and distance-learning courses.
Beyond the cost savings from simply reducing the number
of paper forms, Intranet also deliver intangible benefits
Automating processes reduces the layers of approvals
and paperwork, while removing the go-between helps
an employer to ensure their demographic and financial
data is more accurate.
According
to the report, Intranet are an important step in helping
organizations adapt their culture to e-business. By
developing the technology in a controlled environment,
companies can also reduce their risks. All of this
helps make the transition to an external customer
site much faster and easier. Using an Internet for
HR processes has brought a direct benefit to Cisco
Systems: It won top ranking in The Sunday Times' recent
guide to 'The 50 best companies to work for', with
staff praising online video classes and training programmes.
The
intranet is about vastly improving business processes.
All
businesses have one or more of the following processes
within their organisations and hence stand to derive
maximum benefits from the use of the intranet.
1.
Do your business processes involve the production,
requisition, distribution and update of dynamic information
that has traditionally been published on paper?
We will show you how to use the intranet very effectively
in the case of employee directories; medical benefits
descriptions, product specifications, user manuals,
price lists, marketing collateral, financial reporting
systems, and policies and procedures to name a few.
2.
Do your business processes involve the consolidation
of information from multiple data sources?
As an example, we can (say) help your retail customer
service representative access and consolidate
customer information, order history and product
information (description, pricing, availability)
and enter sales order information - all while
speaking to a customer on the telephone. |
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3. Do
your business processes require a high level of communication
and collaboration between people, especially if they
are separated geographically?
As an example, today, many engineering projects involve
the coordination of multiple development groups scattered
in multiple locations.Many companies have field sales
offices that need constant, up-to-date access to company
information as well as daily contact with the home
office. We will help your people communicate and collaborate
with each other easily and effectively.
4. Do
your business processes depend on people finding or
requisitioning information or products?
We will show you how the intranet
will help you with reference manuals, internal requisition
systems, channel distribution order systems and fax-back
systems.
5.
Is your business process currently
automated by a client server or mainframe application?
We will help you derive the benefits of the intranet.
This is particularly significant for companies with
older legacy systems that need to be brought up-to-date.
Please
contact
us to
discuss your company Intranet requirements.
