SharePoint based Supplier Collaboration

SharePoint-based Supplier Collaboration

Case

The manufacturing company was using a legacy application to communicate, share, collaborate, and provide access to business-critical information to all its partners and vendors; its gaps and risks come due to the lack of new features and challenges thrown by the regulations and business environment. Issues about legacy applications are:

• Vimal Loganathan
• 08-Dec-2014

• Possibility of a breach in critical documents and drawings
• No real-time monitoring
• Lack of proactive assessment of Intellectual Property(IP) classifications
• Challenges
• To protect the intellectual-related information of the client by providing a solution that mitigates uncertainties and creates risk-free access to the suppliers
• To build and integrate the solutions with a third-party application such as Tableau, Team Center, and many more
• Real-time live monitoring
• The Client
• A multinational - chipboard coating company that counts top mobile phone brands as its clients

Technology

Microsoft SharePoint

Solution

RMM Technologies, based on years of experience working with clients across various industries, comprehensively studied the problem and implemented a state-of-the-art collaborative solution using Microsoft SharePoint.

The application developed by RMM Technologies helped its client overcome intellectual property-related challenges while sharing critical information (Business drawings and other information) with its vendors.

By assigning a predefined value (Assigned internally by the client) about low-level (risk-prone) business regions, high-level regions, and the client, This information will be alerted to the buyer before sharing any sensitive information. This core feature completely avoids any breach of trust.

RMM Technologies' approach to building applications based on specific security considerations resulted in the development of solid content-proof applications at any point. The application can be scaled to N number of users & suppliers, eliminating the risk of IP breach.

This collaborative application, developed by RMM Technologies using Microsoft SharePoint, is scaling drastically for our clients. It reduces their IT spending and improves their efficiency by leaps and bounds. It stands as a testimonial to our success.

RMM's Unique Approach to this Case

Conducted requirement-gathering sessions, analyzed needs, adhered to the SDLC model, revamped the business process, and quickly delivered solutions based on our expertise. Educated stakeholders on new business processes and developed an algorithm meeting client needs.

• Developed - IP based Permission Matrix Algorithm (PMA) that ensures providing access to N number of suppliers and also protecting the critical contents
• Provided consistency and improved UI, which enhances the brand's reputation
• Real-time monitoring by instant notifications
• Efficient mail search and Audit track mechanism that saves time
• Ensured Business Continuity
• Easy Integration with Tableau and Teamcenter
• Benefits
• Improved operational efficiency and standardization of process
• Lower IT spending with increased return on investment (ROI)
• Guarantees business certainty
• Increased user base without any restrictions
• Integration
• This application is capable of interacting with,

SAP

Teamcenter

Oracle

This connectivity allows this application to establish seamless connections with other repositories, making the solution interoperable across the organization.