Case Studies

DHL - Read the full project summary here

Country or Region: United States

Industry: Logistics, Leasing, Shipping, Facility Management, and Transportation

Client Profile:
DHL Corporate Real Estate (DHL CRE) provides a premier global delivery network throughout the world. Their market spans over 220 countries and they are the global market leader in the international express and logistics industry. They offer world class shipping and logistic related services by providing customers transportation solutions from a single source.

Business Situation:
DHL sought a project management and collaboration solution that would support its project managers and lease management staff of their facility buildings

Solution:
FAI Consulting deployed Microsoft Windows Sharepoint Portal and Microsoft Project Server 2003 to provide employees with team collaboration area and faster access to the information they need.
Benefits

• 75 percent less time required for document collaboration
• 50 percent fewer meetings on key projects
• Consistent project methodologies
• Enhanced integration among divisions

Phillips, de Pury - Read the full project summary here

Country or Region: United States

Industry: Auction/Art

Client Profile:
Phillips, de Pury specializes in the sale of Contemporary, American & Swiss Art, Jewelry, Watches & Wristwatches, 20-21st Century Design, and Photographs.

Business Situation:
Phillips de Pury and Company wanted to integrate its business processes more closely throughout its organization.

Solution:
FAI Consulting deployed a Microsoft Windows Sharepoint Portal, Microsoft Content Management Server, and Microsoft SQL Server to create a modular Property and Catalogue Initiative system.

Benefits

• Seamless integration of property management functions
• Collaborative environment
• Reduction in end user errors
• Document collaboration
• Real time updates to company website content
• Dynamic auction calendars on company website
• Catalogue production was standardized across the organization and its production time was reduced from 12 to 4 days

Malcolm Pirnie - Read the full project summary here

Country or Region: United States

Industry: Construction

Client Profile:
Malcolm Pirnie is one of the largest firms in the U.S. focused exclusively on environmental issues. For over a century, they have provided environmental engineering, science and consulting services to over 5,000 public and private clients.

Business Situation:
Malcolm Pirnie sought a custom-developed system to be used by the New York City DEP to control its construction program.

Solution:
FAI Consulting deployed a custom solution based on Exchange, SQL Server, and Windows Server to allow managers to track and
review construction-related information, such as the project schedule, project costs, public information, permits, change orders, requests for information, submittals, and contacts in a user-friendly
Web interface.

Benefits

• Provides instantaneous and remote access to all project documents
• Automatically notifies the chain of command via e-mail on any overdue item, such as RFIs or letters that require responses
• Stores all project information in a central database for easy access
• Electronically links and shares CPM schedules
• Uses an automated workflow process to increase visibility and accountability of all involved

Milrose Consultants - Read the full project summary here

Country or Region: United States

Industry: Construction

Client Profile:
As one of New York City's largest expediting firms, Milrose Consultants provides a turnkey solution for all of its clients needs. Milrose Consultants is staffed to assist its clients in every phase of the expediting process. They provide a team approach to projects, with an assigned Team Leader, Project Manager, Expediter, and Sign-off Coordinator. This ensures cohesiveness throughout the life of a project.

Business Situation:
Milrose Consulting’s technical objectives were to reduce disk I/O, CPU utilization, network traffic and increase the reliability of their Permit Processing applicationSolution:

FAI analyzed over 500 database objects and made recommendations to optimize and tune the mission critical permit processing SQL database application.

• Benefits
• Speed adoption by using familiar interfaces and tools
• Lower total cost of ownership
• Better data integrity throughout the application
• Real-time reporting
• Enterprise-ready availability and performance