Case Study and Demonstration of how SharePoint is being used to deliver tangible productivity gains at UGL
The answer is NOT always SAP, whilst UGL Limited have rolled out SAP ERP and HR Payroll to most of its Australian and New Zealand divisions, SharePoint is fast becoming the tool of choice for actually deploying business processes to staff. Operating off a SharePoint 2007 installation, UGL are using sharePoint web parts and InfoPath forms to access SAP like never before.
- SharePoint and SAP interoperability introduction
- UGL internal IT products and services catalogue leveraging SAP lookups, InfoPath and workflow
- Travel requests Infopath forms
- SharePoint vendor search comprising SAP and other structured & unstructured data
- Kronos time reporting
- Where to from here
Key Take-away Points:
- How quick and easy it was to deploy and manage these solutions
- Proof-of-concepts can open all staff to endless possibilities
- You don’t have to re-invent the wheel, template solutions are available
- Realise the returns on your SAP and Microsoft investments
Richard Frykberg – Director IQX Business Solutions
Shane Robinson – Web Services Manager, UGL limited