Atlanta, GA -- Northridge proudly announces the launch of multiple new JAS Worldwide web solutions on the Microsoft SharePoint platform including a customer portal extranet, an employee intranet, and a public website, which can be found at www.jas.com.
After forming a new unified corporate entity, JAS was seeking to create a common brand experience and set of capabilities and tools to enable collaboration across its clients, prospects, and employees around the globe. In support of these goals, JAS turned to Northridge to develop a series of solutions based on the Microsoft SharePoint platform to better communicate internally, with clients, and with new prospects. In an effort to alleviate reliance on the JAS IT department, JAS also wanted the new solutions to allow for content management by non-technical marketing and business unit employees.
Northridge initially engaged with JAS to develop a proof-of-concept to demonstrate the value of the new solutions to the JAS executive team. Following the proof-of-concept, Northridge recommended a common Microsoft SharePoint platform for all three distinct web solutions – the public website, the customer portal extranet, and the employee intranet. The SharePoint platform was recommended due to its inherent content management and collaboration capabilities, while also allowing for custom functionality as well as custom branding and user experience.
Northridge developed each of the following JAS SharePoint properties with unique, custom aspects:
- The JAS public website, communicating with JAS prospects, leverages heavy use of Adobe Flash to provide a high impact end user experience while leveraging SharePoint’s content management capabilities to allow for easy content updating.
- The JAS extranet, managing JAS client relationships, integrates Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) allowing customers to immediately communicate and collaborate with key contacts at JAS.
- The JAS intranet, driving internal JAS productivity, leverages global and regional permissions and security to facilitate internal collaboration and enable standardized business processes.
Northridge and JAS collaborated on all aspects of the unified SharePoint rollout from brand strategy, through requirements gathering, and then executing on the systems development, quality assurance, training, and launch. The final solution truly showcases the ability to create a unique user interface on SharePoint while utilizing both inherent and custom content management and collaborative capabilities, providing JAS with more effective collaboration internally across the organization and more efficient communication externally to existing clients and prospects.
“The SharePoint solution for JAS helps to illustrate how far the SharePoint platform can go to meet requirements across the enterprise,” commented Amelie von Fluegge, Senior Project Manager at Northridge. “The mix of skills and tools brought to bear on this project was truly incredible, combining solid design and technology to create a better experience for all of the JAS audiences.”
About JAS
JAS is a global leader in the freight forwarding market. Anything and everything is moved by JAS: perishables, aircraft engines, pharmaceuticals, clothing, as well as tools that are needed on a work site at a precise time. With its global network of offices, JAS is able to deliver competitive advantage through its transportation and logistics services.
Founded in Italy in 1978 from modest beginnings, JAS spread quickly across Europe and Far East. Today JAS has grown into a global corporation with more than 3,000 employees and 230 offices and agents worldwide in more than 80 countries.
JAS has a simple objective: deliver the client's product safely and on time.
About Northridge Systems
Northridge Systems enables enterprise excellence through Collaboration, Productivity and Business Insight solutions. By combining pragmatic business consulting, advanced technology services, and proven delivery methodologies, Northridge delivers measurable long-term results for clients throughout North America. A nationally recognized award-winning firm, Northridge was founded in 1999 and is a Microsoft Managed Partner and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.
Northridge clients range from well-established firms to Global 2000 companies including industry leaders such as Acuity Brands, Allstate, Atlanta Gas Light, Autotrader.com, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Goodwill Industries, Microsoft, Newell Rubbermaid, Time Warner Cable, Verizon Wireless, The Coca-Cola Company, and W.C. Bradley.
In assisting clients to reach their business goals, Northridge leverages leading-edge Microsoft technologies including Microsoft SharePoint Server (MOSS), PerformancePoint Services, FAST Enterprise Search Platform (FAST ESP), Office Communications Server (OCS), SQL Server, .NET Framework, System Center, Exchange, Hyper-V and Windows Server.
Northridge Systems (www.northridgesystems.com) is a division of Northridge.
For more information regarding this press release, you may contact Monica Yano via email at myano@northridge.com.