GrandView has long been established as a web-based business application that is accessible from anywhere there is an internet connection. Initially, it was an extremely useful tool for working away from the office - whether it was on a customer site, on the road, or just to get extra work done from home. As RoviSys has grown, GrandView has also evolved to handle multi-office environments. In the last five years, RoviSys has opened a regional office in Apex, North Carolina and most recently we've opened an office in Singapore. One of the highest priorities in establishing these satellite offices was (and still is) maintaining a lifeline of communication and business culture for our employees. Of course, the simple solution is to use email for this communication. However, email is impersonal and is very disjointed when you are trying to centralize information for a growing business. Although email still has its place, GrandView helps handle multi-office challenges by offering numerous features such as project collaboration, file management, electronic approvals, and training to name a few.
The GrandView project collaboration features help project teams stay connected remotely with quick and easy access to project data as well as notification via email or a dashboard. Employees have remote access to company procedures, standards, and templates as well as project files with GrandView file management features. Electronic approvals for areas such as TimeSheet and Sales Proposals help expedite these otherwise time-consuming processes especially when dealing with remote offices. Finally, our RoviSys Continuing Education program (RCE) takes advantage of GrandView to deliver training content whether it is for new hires or veteran employees needing a refresher. We've also been able to take advantage of phone and web conferencing to capture presentations for remote on-demand access.
GrandView has played a significant role in handling the multi-office challenges for RoviSys especially when it comes to promoting employee communication and maintaining business culture. Features are continuously added that will allow RoviSys to adapt to whatever challenges that may lie ahead in a multi-office environment.
In the next part in this series, we'll discuss how we use GrandView project management and collaboration tools to handle the challenges of manging project teams from multiple offices.