Using an Intranet Within a Company

・What is intranet?

・Possibilities

・Employee Productivity

・Employee Productivity Examples

What is intranet?

An Intranet is merely a network of computers that can share data with each other using existing standardized WWW protocols. By storing information on an Internal Web Server and providing each computer on the network with browser software such as Internet Explorer, and a network data access application, anyone on the network can view information located on the Intranet Server. This allows for easy and

inexpensive distribution of internal corporate information, an essential ingredient in today's

fast -moving competitive environment.

Possibilities

An intranet can be customized to support whatever internal or external communication and information application your business requires. It is easy and inexpensive to use and can grow with the needs of your business. In fact, there are so many advantages to

intranet technology that many companies are choosing intranets over traditional client-server networks. The value of an intranet is most clearly demonstrated by its impact on the two groups that most emphatically affect your bottom line: your employees and your

customers.

McDonald's intranet

Employee Productivity

A motivated and informed workforce is critical to business success. Good communication builds employee morale. Up-to-date

information makes employees more productive. Intranet technology promotes the efficient use of management, marketing and personnel resources. It is a versatile and low cost communications tool that lets

employees share information and ideas electronically. Intranet applications are limited only by your imagination.

IBM’s intranet

Employee Productivity Examples

*Facilitate communications with fulltime, real-time, flextime, timeshare, and telecommuting employees. Your online office is open 24 hours a day! *Provide easy access to information, lots of information, or just the one right piece of information... Fast! *Distribute training documents, procedure manuals, software and technical updates instantly, without printing. *Allow employees to access information about their health plans, retirement benefits and other Human Resource information. *Reduce paperwork by filing reports online. *Look up a department or colleague with the click of a mouse in your Online Directory. *Keep product descriptions and product information up to the minute. *Provide a calendar of classes and educational opportunities. *Help employees share under-utilized resources, like expensive lab equipment. *Locate supplies, materials, anything, quickly. *Facilitate collaboration, editing, building concensus, getting comments, on projects by putting working documents online. *Create an on-line suggestion box to increase morale and productivity. *Let managers examine progress reports from salespeople on the road and distribute daily work assignments or strategies instantly. *Employees can collaborate online: planning, design and development can occur in real time even though team members are separated geographically.

Reference

・Offclick Intranet Development http://www.offclick.com/intranet.htm

・Corporatewebsite.com

http://www.corporatewebsite.com/articles/intranet_case_study:_mcdonald%92s_intranet

・Frederic Bonn's Portfolio

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