Sessa Klein (SK), world leading innovator in the design and production of windows for rolling stock, established SessaKlein Shenfei (SKS) with Suzhou Shenfei Vehicle Windows Manufacturer in 2008. SK knew a sophisticated and flexible ERP was necessary to make the new joint venture a world-class operation where important technical and design data could reach the people that needed it quickly. Working closely with Beijing EXTECH Technology, SKS deployed Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2009. Streamlined access to critical information and processes through Role Center help people organize and manage workloads, and the familiar, intuitive interface made it easy for the 40+ staff to start benefiting right away. Furthermore, by taking advantage of Microsoft Dynamics AX’s localization modules, SKS was able to ensure they met Chinese regulations for their financial reports accurately and on time.

RJ Lee Group tackles technically challenging problems with a team of more than 250 material and forensic scientists, chemists, physicists, and computer scientists. When the company started winning larger contracts with complex reporting requirements, it decided to implement Microsoft Dynamics® SL to improve its project accounting. RJ Lee Group used the solution to efficiently meet a wide variety of state and federal government-contracting rules, including those subject to Defense Contract Audit Agency audits. As a result, RJ Lee Group has grown its business with the government so dramatically that the company is poised to earn half its revenue from contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Energy. In addition, the company reduced administrative workload and increased visibility into operations so that it can respond to business trends as they develop.

SharePoint Server 2007 is the industry standard for creating convenient, easy-to-use enterprise portals that are compatible with other corporate software. TNK-BP's SharePoint portal supports the work of 18,000 users across twenty Russian regions, making it the largest such portal in Russia.

To accelerate the process of bringing new, competitive products to market "Severnaya Kazna's management decided to implement a project management framework based on the PMBoK approach and Microsoft's EPM enterprise project management system. The solution makes it possible to plan and manage according to resource load, to conduct inspections based on plan deviations, to prepare project status reports, as well as to leverage accumulated knowledge to continuoulsy optimize operations.

The many types of field elevator inspections required by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) created the need for multiple forms and spreadsheets to be managed by hand. The processes were manually intensive, error prone, required additional labor to re-key information into various systems, and were not centrally managed for consistent data analysis and on-going reporting. To help automate the process, CTA implemented the mNOW!® Mobile Framework 2008 designed for Windows Mobile® by Blue Dot™ Solutions. Configured to support dynamic inspections, the solution enables field inspectors to see only questions relevant to the type of asset being inspected. The information is collected using Windows Mobile-based handhelds and is then synchronized and integrated with an enterprise asset management (EAM) system to enable near real-time visibility of inspection data.

To ensure that 1C-Beatrix's (1С-Битрикс) CMS application, "Website Management System ("Управление сайтом") works 100% reliably on the Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 platform, the company decided to test their application according to Microsoft requirements. Stellar test results led to the software gaining the status of “Certified for Windows Server 2008,” the first time a PHP application has achieved this standard worldwide.

Northridge wanted to improve the granularity of functional requirements without an increase in the work required to generate them. The company adopted Storyboarding for Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team System, a solution from Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner stpsoft that runs within Microsoft Office Visio® software. Storyboarding enables software development teams to visually define and capture requirements through user-interface and workflow storyboarding—and upload that information into Visual Studio Team System Team Foundation Server as “work items.” Analysts and project managers can create comprehensive functional specifications in one-quarter of the time that it would otherwise take, with an increased level of detail resulting in 25 to 35 percent greater productivity for developers, project managers, and quality-assurance personnel throughout the application lifecycle.

Swisscom, the leader of telecommunications in Switzerland, has more than 20,000 employees and annual revenue of CHF12.2 billion in 2008. After signing a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement, the company wanted to ensure that it got the most out of its IT investment, considering that a large percentage of its internal and external solutions are based on Microsoft products and technologies. To do this, Swisscom engaged Microsoft Services for its expertise and worked closely with a Business Strategy Consultant and an IT Architecture and Planning Advisor to rationalize systems and explore and develop new solutions to bring to market. Since working with Microsoft Services, Swisscom has seen increased technology adoption, explored prerelease solutions to bring the best to Swiss markets, and reduced workplace services cost by 10 percent through careful technology alignment and resource allocation.

To initiate work on a large implementation with Hempel, a global provider of paint-based products, Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner Microsolutions and its associate company, Fullscope Scandinavia, accessed Microsoft Partner Program Technical Sales Assistance. The Technical Sales Assistance team provided documentation, testing, and validation of the necessary capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2009 to address all of Hempel’s solution requirements. In addition to collaborating with the Technical Sales Assistance team, Fullscope Scandinavia took advantage of its Microsoft Gold Certified Partner benefits to work closely with other Microsoft teams, helping secure the largest deal in Fullscope Scandinavia’s history. With help from Microsoft, the company avoided costly delays and strengthened its project portfolio to drive future sales and support sustained business growth.

Medical technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, the pharmaceutical industry, and the general public. While R&D spending at BD grew rapidly, the company’s ability to analyze projects and investments lagged behind. BD needed a tool that would provide a companywide view of all projects, associated costs, and resources. The company chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. With the standardized metrics and advanced analytics provided by implementation partner UMT Consulting Group, the EPM Solution offers many benefits. The company now has a comprehensive view into its U.S.$400 million R&D budget, giving BD the information it needs to measure its investments against its stated strategy, make timelier decisions, and maximize its return on investment.