Our goal is to ultimately stop publishing on paper. The web has also allowed Sandia to accomplish more with fewer employees. They have created a number of on-line tools that allow employees to get direct access to administrative information rather than have to rely on another employee to find it for them. Employees can check their vacation balances, inquire about employee benefits, reserve a conference room, investigate airline schedules, see their latest property inventory, or find another employee's phone number. The Web facilitates collaboration in the engineering departments.
Engineers can go across the net and search for technologies they're interested in.
They are able to get the details of available technologies and see who the experts are. This speeds up the turnaround time of designs. Engineering and scientific project teams use the web to share project data. This is especially valuable for team members that are not in the same location. Before the web, project teams would distribute documents on paper or send email with large attachments.