TWP Projects in South Africa needed a single integrated system for project management and accounting, including a tool to integrate employee timesheets with invoices. The company replaced its Softline Pastel and open-source systems with Microsoft Dynamics® SL business management software. Now, it has an integrated view of operations and revenue streams, which is boosting its ability to maximise profits and eliminating the risk of billing time incorrectly.

ITNAmerica®, the first national non-profit transportation service for the aging population and the visually impaired, was founded with the goal of providing affordable, easy-to-access transportation in automobiles by matching seniors with paid and volunteer drivers in local communities. To make it work – and to grow the ITNAmerica service nationwide – required flexible and scalable technology that could be easily deployed and managed. The ITNAmerica development team turned to Microsoft® products and, with the help of Reliable Software, used a software-plus-services model to redesign its ITNRidesTM software. The result is a highly scalable, flexible software solution that can be easily deployed to new ITN® affiliates and is opening up a huge potential market for the company.

Deployment of Corporate Portal, based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 platform allows to build integrated information space of the holding, which provides single entry point to corporate information and effective execution of key business processes. Due to developing and automating formalized processes in HR dept, terms of implementation of key corporate procedures has been reduced more than four times.

Until recently, Dr. Vojtech Alexander’s Hospital in Kezmarok, in the Slovak Republic, managed its supply chain, patient statistics, personnel, and finances with separate applications that weren’t compatible. This meant employees often duplicated their efforts capturing and searching for data. Working with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner WBI, the hospital deployed Microsoft Dynamics® NAV, helping employees access and share information quickly and easily.

Kronos® Incorporated required a better way to provide its customers with rich but inexpensive reporting and analytics capabilities. Kronos found increasing customer demand for easy access to flexible reporting that static reports couldn’t provide without extensive modification. Yet these custom reports were difficult to develop and modify. Kronos included an Office Business Application (OBA) component built within Microsoft® Office Excel 2007 with the latest release of Workforce Central® 6.1. This OBA, called Workforce Worksheet™, provides ready access to the wealth of workforce performance data within Workforce Central, and enables Kronos customers to relate workforce performance with other critical business performance data. By adopting an OBA product development strategy, Kronos was able to increase customer interest, leading to additional sales, and reduce product development effort.

The Supreme Group—which provides food, fuel, logistics, and other services to military and commercial groups operating in areas of conflict—had an enterprise resource planning (ERP) application that was intended for a small organization. After exponential growth, Supreme sought a more integrated, extensible ERP solution. It deployed Microsoft Dynamics® AX and is expanding its implementation to include greater functionality in more countries. Supreme has improved process management with its new solution, leading to better visibility into its warehouse status. As a result, the organization has reduced food waste by 15 to 20 percent because it can efficiently manage stock according to expiration dates. Supreme also increased its information accuracy, resulting in more consistent service to customers, less time spent correcting information, and reduced risk of food or fuel shortages.

The Qatar Bahrain Causeway Foundation (QBCF) is responsible for commissioning the world’s longest road bridge to link the Gulf countries of Qatar and the Kingdom of Bahrain. Having first considered deploying Red Hat Linux 4.0, the organisation chose an IT infrastructure based on the 64-bit edition of Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise operating system and a suite of related products. It is the first deployment in Qatar of Windows Server 2008 and is scalable to match QBCF business needs.

Electronic Arts (EA), one of the world’s top interactive game companies, employs social networking to bring its worldwide staff of 9,000 people together to share ideas and improve game development. EA used Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 to create an internal portal called EA People where employees create personal profiles describing their skills, interests, and experience. Employees search easily by role, skills, and other criteria to find colleagues around the world who can share ideas and provide mentoring. Within a few months of releasing EA People, more than a third of EA’s employees had already begun connecting with the expertise they needed. EA People facilitates networking among EA staff, reducing duplicated efforts, speeding game development, providing better training for new employees, and making better use of talent around the world.