SharePoint Workflow Automation for a Construction Firm

The Client

A leading Construction Company in North America with history in constructing roads, railway lines, bridges, etc. engages Star Knowledge for SharePoint workflow automation solution and to benefit from automated business processes.

The Need 

The client, with over 500 employees engaged in different locations, realized that tender management was becoming growingly frustrating due to the time it consumed in manual scrutiny. Also, the document approvals consumed a large amount of time which resulted in delayed project execution and delivery.

The client felt the need for a powerful business process automation solution to completely automate its tender management and document approval process to reduce the turnaround time, automate manual processes, and increase employee productivity.

The Challenge

With employees distributed across different regions working on several different projects at once, the client wanted to automate their business processes within a very short duration and with minimal effort.

The Solution

The SharePoint developers & consultants at Star Knowledge based on their experience in SharePoint consulting and development services with profound expertise in Power Automate (Microsoft Flow) analyzed the customer requirements and implemented a solution:

• That leveraged Microsoft SharePoint 2016 platform, SharePoint Forms, and SharePoint Workflows
• Developed SharePoint document approval workflow
• The larger Tender Automation System was logically split into multiple subsystems
• Automated RFQ (Request for Quotation) workflow using SharePoint Forms and SharePoint Workflows within a very short duration.

Benefits of SharePoint Workflow Automation

• Quick Turn Around of Tenders
• Sophisticated document approval workflow
• Business process automation
• The process ensured complete transparency of business processes
• The solution also enabled the client to collaborate with their suppliers more effectively

Technology

• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

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