Newsletter Issue 1/2009
New License Advisor helps to calculate the cost of a portal project Reducing operational costs with an Enterprise Portal Webinar: Integrate foreign data into your Enterprise Portal Head Office successfully relocated in Germany Intrexx Live!: New Layouts and Applications Customer FocusNew License Advisor helps to calculate the cost of a portal project
United Planet has introduced a new License Advisor, easily accessible via the United Planet website. Designed to help companies to identify the most suitable license model for their business, it calculates the level of investment required for the successful implementation of an Intrexx Xtreme Enterprise Portal.Intrexx Xtreme offers a very fast and extremely cost-effective route for the development of web applications and Enterprise Portals. With Intrexx Xtreme the investment in your Enterprise Portal is easily quantified, because there is no additional cost for involving third party developers or providing additional training for your internal IT department. Unlike other portal software Intrexx Xtreme doesn’t require extensive programming skills or a long learning curve. The simplicity of Intrexx Xtreme and its powerful features as the integrated business process manager and foreign data integration allow you to build a web application or complete Enterprise Portal within days, not months or years.
If you would like to eliminate consulting fees, reduce development times and develop your own user-friendly applications in record time, the License Advisor will help you to scope your portal project with ease.
Reducing operational costs with an Enterprise Portal
Eight web applications that optimise your business processes
In the current economic climate, businesses of all sizes in a variety of industries are looking for innovative ways to reduce operational costs and improve productivity. The following eight web applications will have the potential to save time and money and optimise business processes.
Warranty Management: This application stores the date of purchase and warranty duration of all technical equipment in one location. It automatically advises employees when maintenance is required or a warranty is due to expire. That way, it will help to reduce repair costs and manage warranties more effectively.
User Helpdesk: This application allows the structured processing of support requests from users. A powerful Knowledge Base stores frequently asked questions and the respective solutions. This will increase the speed of problem resolution significantly.
Maintaining customer data: Providing an external portal for customers that encourages them to update their personal data reduces the amount of time checking basic customer information. This puts the focus on customer service, not data collection.
IT Inventory: Recording details about all hardware and software components and usage levels in one application helps you to identify equipment that can be put out of service. It also shows you, if there is any potential for outline contracts. Furthermore, it also paves the way for meeting ITIL requirements at a later date.
Automated processes: Using a web application to automate the management of internal processes like applications for leave or investment proposals can save time and improve communication across the board.
Internal order management: Automating your internal order management with the help of a web application will not only speed up internal procurement and facilitate just-in-time re-ordering of office stationary and marketing material but it will also increase the transparency of order processing.
Document management: Integrating document management into your Enterprise Portal improves a variety of business processes by incorporating documents into different workflows and applications used across the organisation.
Some of these applications are available free of charge and can be downloaded at Intrexx Live!, others can be purchased or developed in-house with Intrexx Xtreme. If you would like to find out more about how an Enterprise Portal can increase your competitiveness and reduce operational costs, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Webinar: Integrate foreign data into your Enterprise Portal
Do you need to integrate foreign data from external systems such as Navision, SAP R/3, Sage etc? The latest United Planet webinar will explain how to integrate data from an external system in a short presentation and will give you a new perspective on data integration.
Head Office successfully relocated in Germany
The United Planet head office has moved to its new premises in Freiburg following rapid growth and a need for larger offices to support the expanding team. As of 1st January 2009, the new address is:
United Planet GmbH
Schnewlinstrasse 2
79098 Freiburg
GERMANY
Intrexx Live!: New Layouts and Applications
Context-related Online HelpThis application makes it possible to supplement any applications you choose in the portal with buttons that call up a context-related online help file. When creating the buttons, only two additions to the Expert tab are required. Adjustments on the VM or Javascript level are not required. In every place where a help entry will be called up, any number of help entries in various languages may be included.
Customer Focus
Mubea is regarded as a market leader in the spring industry, with subsidiaries and sales divisions all over the world. The Mubea product portfolio includes technical springs as well as lightweight components. Mubea’s customers include several automobile manufacturers such as AUDI, Porsche, Hyundai and Jaguar, to name a few. The family business uses Intrexx Xtreme internally to manage their communication and data flow.
