project & product case study
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PROJECT & PRODUCTPLANNING
PROBLEM STATEMENT
Manufacturers face significant constraintswhen trying to meet internal applicationdemands. Precious IT resources are thinand yet business users need applicationsto run the business. While IT wants tominimize applications in the company,business users need to get their job done,so they build processes in spreadsheets.
In the past, fixing this application gapmeant extending an existing ERP solution,getting a new point solution, or building acustom application. All of these optionsare painful:
CHALLENGES
Core transactional systems are not easilymodified to address new applications—customizations are long, expensive, anddifficult to change
Deploying “a module we already own” isalso a problem for the same reasons justgiven
A new point solution means users have tolearn yet another way to work with anapplication because it, too, will have to becustomized for your requirements
DeployingApplicationswith a FlexibleIT Platform
A BoardwalktechCase Study
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A multi-billion-dollar electronics manufacturerneeded to scale existing spreadsheet-basedapplications for resource staffing, projectmanagement, and product road mapping. Itwas looking for a new way to meet applicationdemands from the business
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THE SOLUTIONThe Boardwalk Digital Ledger (Boardwalk) provided an environment for this customer’s ITgroup to rapidly deploy applications that match the business requirements exactly. Using ourDigital Ledger, this customer was able to deploy an engineering staffing application andproduct road mapping application— both key applications to support decisions about howprecious resources are used today and in the future
Since deploying Boardwalk, this customer has seen significant business benefits:
Engineering managers are able to workoffline in a powerful “what-if” environmentto make adjustments to their resourceallocation plans.
Management is able to see on-demand theutilization of resources across all activeprojects and associated deliverables ensuringmilestones are proactively managed
New product planning is handled withinthe same application environment (aspreadsheet) making adoption andreach easier.
BENEFITS
Internal IT resources are able to rapidlyconfigure and deploy new collaborativeapplications for business users
Business users are able to quickly learnand use new applications since theyoriginate from existing spreadsheet-based applications
User productivity and process visibilityincreases since cutting & pasting andemail are eliminated
Application data can be automaticallyshared at the cell level between multipledata environments eliminating manualprocess errors
A single, flexible database platform cannow be used for multiple applications
Existing IT assets, spreadsheets and SQLServer, are more fully utilized to supportthe needs of the business
Cell-level data versioning means users atall levels gain better insight into the who,what, and why of changes over time
In-house resources were able toindependently develop a “next-generation”version of staffing in a short period of timeusing Boardwalk
By working closely with Boardwalktech, this customer has a powerful application database platformthat utilizes existing IT assets, spreadsheets, and SQL Server, and can be leveraged to solve additionalbusiness application needs as they arise.