CASE STUDY:
Native Corporation – Online Collaboration
Alaska Native Development Corporation enables workforce collaboration with Microsoft Teams
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Saved per user per week
17.7
Improved time-to-decision
Business Challenge
- Native-owned corporation with over 80 subsidiaries and a diversified portfolio of construction, tourism, and oilfield services
- Small, centralized parent company of 70 people providing shared business functions
- Limited online collaboration, meeting, and communication capabilities for core teams
- Multiple collaboration tools with inconsistent user experiences and security standards
- Decisions or processes slowed due to communication challenges
Solution
- Deployed Microsoft Teams to end-users while decommissioning Skype for Business
- Provided Teams training and education to foster user adoption
- Developed a comprehensive Microsoft 365 Governance Plan to ensure sustainable and compliant management of the system
- Pre-configured Teams to reflect corporate organization structure and promote collaboration among real-world teams
Benefits & ROI
- Information workers save 4 hours per week1 from improved collaboration and information sharing
- Firstline workers save 45 minutes per week1 collaborating with colleagues
- Decision-makers improve their time-to-decision by 17.7%1 by having knowledgeable resources readily available
- Reduced attrition and improved worker satisfaction due to real-time support from coworkers
- Team members able to collaborate with less-formal, more productive online conversations
