U.S. Army SharePoint Introduction
SharePoint was introduced as a collaborative technology at our U.S. Army Command client in 2002. The Command needed a solution that fostered collaboration among staff sections, as well as a way to share information throughout the Command. The Digicon Team designed the SharePoint architecture and installed, configured, and tested the SharePoint servers.
After that, the Team began developing solutions to meet the particular business needs of the Command. Since its introduction, the use of SharePoint has grown and the Command has implemented SharePoint MOSS 2007. Digicon personnel have created and customized additional SharePoint sites, and developed custom Web parts. SharePoint has been an effective tool in assisting our U.S. Army client Commander and his staff in executing critical mission functions. It has greatly enhanced the staff's ability to collaborate with members of both internal and external organizations, manage and find documents quickly, automate work flows, share calendars, and improve the efficiency of operations.
Problem
Business processes that required the completion and approval of forms were taking too long to complete and tracking their status was a manual process.
Action
The SharePoint workflow feature was used to automate the approval process and check the status of individual forms. Approvers are sent e-mail notifications when a document needs approval.
Result
The approval process is completed faster, documents are not lost, and the status of each document can be easily tracked.
To learn more about the benefits of Digicon's SharePoint Solutions, call us at 703-621-1000.