|Impact of the
Intranet on Silicon Graphics|

Silicon Graphics' use of intranet technology has significantly increased its effectiveness as a global organization in the areas of:

  • Improved productivity
  • Enhanced knowledge capital
  • Strengthened teamwork across boundaries
  • Improved process efficiency and workflow
  • Increased employee satisfaction

|Improved
Productivity|

For corporate-wide employees, the intranet brought productivity improvements in the areas of timeliness, accuracy, cost, and information availability. As transaction-based applications were introduced, Silicon Graphics began to achieve even greater productivity improvements. In a corporate-wide survey, the majority (63 percent) of end users stated that they used the intranet to obtain information required for their jobs. End users also considered the information accurate (92 percent) and timely (85 percent). Having access to critical information has enabled employees to make better and faster decisions (see Figure 2). The intranet has increased employee knowledge and understanding of Silicon Graphics products and services as well as corporate initiatives and strategies. Information Availability and Access
(Figure 2)

A significant example of improved productivity can be seen in Silicon Graphics' engineering and manufacturing departments through its development of Pole Vault, a single interface to multiple legacy databases such as Part Number, Sales Order, Vendor Search, and Engineering Change Orders. The application yielded increased employee productivity through faster and more efficient access to manufacturing data, reduced software licensing costs, reduced software maintenance costs, improved network capacity throughput, and reduced corporate system upgrades.