SharePoint

References

APEX Silver Mines

Apex Silver Mines (Apex), a mining, exploration and development company of silver and other mineral properties in Latin America, engaged TSI and Information Management Specialist (IMS) to establish a technology platform that would address their internal record management processes. Apex chose the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 07 platform, which possesses out of the box document management functionality to meet their growing need for compliant records routing and retention procedures. The solution that they had in house was not meeting their needs from a support and cost structure, thus the business began looking for a low cost, easy to use and support document management application.

TSI and IMS worked closely with Apex to vet out the Microsoft solution ensuring that SharePoint was not only an appropriate records management solution, but also an application development platform that could grow with their company. TSI helped Apex acquire the appropriate licenses and installed, configured and deployed SharePoint as their document management platform. Apex is also in a position to assess how SharePoint can be the development platform to re-write custom applications, or a portal platform to integrate and report on disparate enterprise information.

"Working with Technetronic Solutions has been effortless" said Jeff Newcomb, Apex Corporate IT Manager. "The job tasked to them was completed on-time and on budget with great documentation. In our fast paced corporate environment they were successful in accommodating us and being professional at the same time. I look forward to using TSI for future projects."

Avant Datacomm Solutions

Avant Datacomm Solutions (Avant), a full service network infrastructure and telecommunication company, engaged TSI to deploy SharePoint for their company. Initially, Avant wanted to take advantage of the built-in collaboration functionality. By building team sites that can be easily created for each implementation project, Avant would have one place for all team members to go to check project status, review their respective activities or tasks, access current and historical project records and plans, track and manage bids, contracts, drawings, invoices and other related project artifacts. TSI worked with Avant to procure and implement SharePoint as their collaboration and records management platform. Currently Avant and TSI are analyzing using MOSS to develop an internal bidding system and building analytic capabilities within SharePoint to take advantage of the business intelligence functionality that is available.

"TSI has not only delivered on what they proposed SharePoint could do for us, they have the knowledge and experience with the platform to recommend new and exciting ways to increase the return on our investment" comments Kristen Allen, Chief Financial Officer. "TSI continues to be a value added partner and trusted advisor to our organization."

Colorado Code Consulting

Colorado Code Consulting (CCC), consultants in construction code compliance, engaged TSI to establish the technology infrastructure necessary to capture and manage the ever-expanding inventory of inspection and code documents and regulatory information. Prior to engaging with TSI, CCC resources managed that information on their individual hard drives. This brought many challenges to the organization in managing processes, tracking project tasks and timelines, and tracking code compliance and enforcement. Additionally, this approach did not bring about a secure and recoverable repository of all records and data. As part of an overall technological upgrade, TSI helped CCC assess and acquire SharePoint , which possesses out-of-the-box document management functionality to meet their growing needs.

TSI worked closely with CCC to design an appropriate records management solution. Core team sites were created allowing consultants to track activities, events and tasks. These document-centric sites allow for versioning control and check-in check-out functionality as different team members may work on the same project concurrently. The hierarchy of document libraries was established and a record center was created allowing for retention policies and legal holds to be placed appropriately on records. In addition to other portal and project management functionality within SharePoint that was configured, TSI developed custom web parts to expose a set of SharePoint lists as web parts allowing CCC users to enter data much more efficiently into SQL from SharePoint. A forms based data entry screen was created that users were already familiar with and required no training. Creating this type of functionality speaks to the flexibility and capability of MOSS as a development platform.

"CCC was not only looking for the right technology, but a partner that could understand our business and help create a platform allowing for greater flexibility and scalability. TSI took the time to understand us and our business goals which led to the infrastructure and tools we use today. They continue to help us plan and deploy valuable services." said Jason VanAusdall, Business Manager. "I see so much more we can do with SharePoint and look forward to working with TSI to iteratively roll out new functionality"