SFW Ltd - The IT Partner that delivers real business advantage.

Today’s organisational structures mean that it is rare for an entire team to be based at a single location, and common for a team to include internal and external resources. This makes technological intervention to bridge the physical gaps more important than ever. Using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, SFW delivers secure and effective intranets and extranets that exploit the benefits of technology for improved team working and collaboration in your organisation. Some of the areas where SFW can help are:

Accessibility and Security:
SFW can help you deliver a secure, authenticated solution which allows an intranet to act as an extranet and provides internal and external team members with the required access.

Information Architecture and Customised Navigation:
SFW can assist you in modelling your existing content and plans for new content into consistent information architecture which is intuitive for the user. This includes assisting in the definition of content types, audiences and taxonomy which is then translated into a site map. SFW can also help you create a custom navigation, in line with the site map, which enables the intranets and extranets to truly reflect the workings of your business.

Delivery of Consistent Styling and Templating:
SFW can help you define your styling needs and deliver them as templated page layouts and style sheets. This will facilitate consistency of usage across your organisation and enable you to devolve content control, without losing consistency.

Integrating Information from other Systems:
Using the Business Data Catalogue, a new feature in MOSS 2007, SFW can help you collate, search and integrate information from other systems (e.g. SAP / Siebel) giving your staff a single, cohesive view.

Customised Approvals and Workflow :
SFW can create customised workflows for  content approval, based on the required hierarchy for your organisation, ensuring that only approved content is published.  This facilitates the devolution of content creation whilst maintaining the integrity of the information. Perhaps, more importantly, workflow automates critical business processes minimising administration overhead and freeing up time for the task in hand, thus increasing productivity.

Records Management and Version Control:
Utilising the inherent capabilities of MOSS 2007 to deliver a stable, pragmatic records management tool, SFW helps you maintain records appropriately and consistently. This approach offers role-based access ensuring that only authorised users can change records and captures key information at the point of declaration in the audit log.  Furthermore, the flexibility and extendibility of SharePoint means that your records management system can be tailored to fit your exact business needs.

Creation of Bespoke Forms:
Form filling can be a protracted and tedious process, but intelligently designed forms can save time and effort, whilst capturing essential information and delivering quality data. SFW uses InfoPath and Forms Server to create a customised set of forms e.g. holiday request and new starter forms that do just that.  These can then be integrated into a customised approval workflow for end-to-end tracking and visibility. Once implemented, organisations can use these to create new forms without the need for external intervention.

Creation of Team Rooms and Collaboration Areas: 
Teams often need to work on a cross-geography basis. SFW can help you create team sites (rooms) which enable team members to work on and share content in real time without the issues of email file-size restrictions. These rooms can also include customised workflow for content approval and subsequent publishing.

Reporting and Usage Statistics:
SFW can help you gather useful data, using the reporting tools available in MOSS 2007 to help you understand usage and user behaviour as well as highlight areas where there is room for further improvement. Where necessary, SFW can also help create reports specific to your organisation, using complementary applications or creating bespoke dashboards that deliver the granularity of information that you need, in the format you need.