Step Two Designs

Winners at a glance

Platinum award winner

Partner Dashboard and more
Fuller Landau (Canada)

Functionality that professional services firms care about. Through incremental in-house development, Fuller Landau, a Canadian accounting firm, has delivered an integrated suite of functionality, all aimed at streamlining key business processes.

These features have also turned the intranet into a valuable business tool which encourages staff to visit every day.

Gold awards: core functionality

Location Finder
Syngenta (Switzerland)

Syngenta is a world-leading agribusiness distributed across over 210 locations in more than 90 countries. The Location Finder provides a rich directory of regions, countries and offices. Beyond the basic listing of office locations, the directory provides opening hours, site maps, hotels and restaurants nearby, travelling recommendations, weather, local news and more.

Gold awards: communication and collaboration

Speaking Intranet News
The Swiss Post (Switzerland)

Half of the staff of Swiss Post are not connected to the corporate network. Out of these, there are some 10,000 postmen, parcel delivery staff, postbus drivers who do not have access to any computer while they work.

This is why Swiss Post created the “Speaking Intranet News” that can be accessed using any phone and a toll free number 0800MYNEWS. By dialling this number an artificial voice reads the latest news entries.

Team Sites in a Box
Transfield Services (Australia)

Needing to roll out SharePoint’s team collaboration tools across a global services business, Transfield Services developed a ‘Team Site in a Box’ solution.

This comprehensive methodology combines careful design with end-to-end support for users. This includes training materials, frequently asked questions, video training and more.

Crew Community Forums
British Airways (UK)

Staff wanted easy ways to connect with other staff. For flying crew (over 17,000 staff) this challenge was even greater as they work with different people each time they fly, combined with a lifestyle that can find them in any place around the world at any time.

The Crew Community Forums were set up to provide a new communication channel for these staff.

(Watch the video interview with British Airways.)

Gold awards: frontline delivery

Competitor Wiki
Scottrade (USA)

To stay competitive, the online brokerage firm Scottrade must constantly keep on top of competitors’ new product offerings, commission schedules, trading platforms, special promotions and much more.

The Competitive Intelligence Analysis (CIA) Wiki was created to allow staff to update the information directly, rather than relying on a central team to maintain the content.

(Watch the video interview with Scottrade.)

Project Finder
Urbis (Australia)

What have we done before? This is a key question for any professional services firm.

The Project Finder provides a rich mechanism for uncovering past projects, through the use of faceted search, and rich linking between resources.

Gold awards: business solutions

Juice
Janssen-Cilag (Australia)

Juice provides a new way of managing the request, approval, fulfilment and asset tracking of all business equipment in Janssen-Cilag, a leading pharmaceuticals firm within the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies.

Following a “clarify, simplify, implement” methodology, this solution provides true end-to-end functionality that puts control in the hands of the user.

(Watch the video interview with Janssen-Cilag.)

Meter Reading Application
YHA (UK)

With a goal of reducing energy expenditure by 10% over two years, YHA established an online tool for collecting meter readings.

This greatly simplifies meter reading for staff in hostels, and gives managers and head office staff the information they need to manage and budget electricity.

Further information

Full details on all these winning entries can be found in the 148-page Intranet Innovations 2008 report, including high-resolution screenshots and examples. Purchase online for US$189.