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October 01 Case Study : Developing synergies and protection of intellectual property in the automobile industryHere's the second real case study of Groove to be presented to this blog. It describes very well a SMB working with larger compagnies efficiently.
Developing synergies and protection of intellectual property in the automobile industry
SNECI, Laurent Dahmani - Services Manager
About SNECI
•SNECI is a French operational consulting and services firm in the automotive and industrial sector. SNECI achieved a turnover of 240 million euros in 2005 and has a staff of 150 people:
§70 people in France
§80 people throughout 4 international offices
•The company works with 35 industrial partners across the world and provides:
§Project management services
§Assistance in product development contracting
§Quality services: system quality, quality in development, run quality (production)
§High-level supplier services: supplier catching ™ and supplier development ™ tasks, transfer of production tasks
SNECI achieves 95% of their sales figure abroad. It handles several projects at the same time, and has won 67 new projects over 12 months. The company works with more than 60 of the market's most demanding clients, such as Siemens, John Deere, Bosch Braking, Peugeot, Valeo, and more
SNECI's initial Issue
•Structure projects
•Allow the sharing of information and interaction among the different parties:
§SNECI
§Clients
§Subcontractors and/or co-contractors
•Coordinate activities of geographically dispersed individuals
•Equip itself with a reliable and secure solution able to protect intellectual property and ensure confidentiality.
Solution deployed at SNECI
•Deployment of the Groove collaborative work platform
•Deployment of an SNECI trusted domain by Hommes & Process
§Creation of the SNECI domain
§Management of users
§Management of security rules
•GTutorial e-learning tutorial
•GForce Backup personal archiving tool New practices deployed within SNECI's business
•Collaborative work: new work methods based on trust and transparency
Benefits obtained from the solution for SNECI
EFFICIENCY SECURITY RELIABILITY QUALITY
•Confidentiality and protection of intellectual property in Groove work spaces
•Perceptible improvement in client satisfaction
§Transparent and reliable information at clients' disposal as a result of shared work in a single location (Groove work spaces or virtual office)
§Visibility of results by the clients §Strong supplier/client interaction
•Quicker and more precise response to the needs of the end client
•Balance between the client's demands and the service provided
•The creation of quicker and greater added value ensuing from increased interactivity and a positive competition between the participants.
•Perfectly structured projects enable significant gains in efficiency and profitability. In conclusion
"Groove is a very good tool that is quickly accepted and adopted by every user. People see the importance of it immediately." |
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