Employees can also use the Roundtable to plan and manage company events, hold virtual conferences online, create and distribute online surveys and share resources with coworkers. The prestigious institution says its site is so integral to learning that all faculty members and all students log on several times a day. Houston Industries Inc. EMSweb This utility's site provides real-time information for operators, fuel buyers, transmission dispatchers and other internal customers who need fast, accurate data to make buying and business decisions. And by creating a single repository for information, it's saved time previously spent on data entry. The site has helped this medical device manufacturer take project management to new levels of efficiency.
Online offerings enforce the sense of community.
IBN gives real-time access to available satellite inventory and online ordering. Estimated ROI on HR policies and procedures application alone is 1,500 percent. Soon to be incorporated into a larger Lucent site known as iON.HR, Benefits Central offers personalized content and helps build corporate identity. The Market Place, a nationwide information resource for 4,500 employees, reduces information overload by providing a single interface for retrieving and viewing data from widely distributed sources, saves money by publishing internal documents online and streamlines the purchasing process through a secure capital expenditure request system. More than 60,000 workers access personal payroll, benefits, training and financial information.