Tavant's case study on Enterprise Mobility Solution for a large agriculture & dairy cooperative presented at NASSCOM Tech Series: Enterprise Mobility Conference, April 18, 2013. Bangalore
1. > Enterprise Mobility:
Building Tomorrow’s Enterprise
NASSCOM Tech Series
April 18, 2013. Bangalore
2. About…
> Me
— Praveen Kumar Soni
— Architect
— Write code for a living
— Have figured out a way to beat traffic – I cycle
> My Company
— Tavant Technologies: Silicon Valley-based software solutions company
incorporated in 2000
— Solutions Expert: Complex enterprise and consumer facing web- and mobile-
based solutions
— 900+ employees and global presence – North America, Europe and
Asia-Pacific
— Great Place to Work®
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3. Enterprise Mobility: Success Story
> A member-owned agricultural cooperative
> Handles 5.5 billion kilograms of milk annually
> Processes & distributes products for about 300,000
agricultural producers
> One of the largest producers of butter and cheese in the
United States
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4. Business Context
> The sales force used to be buried under a mountain
of everyday
> Sales force is always on the move; how about listening to
messages instead of reading them?
> Sales force wanted information on commodities &
to have relevant and fruitful discussions with customers
> Communication and collaboration within the sales team
needed to improve
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5. Tavant Solution
A cross-platform application using Appcelerator Titanium
for Android and iOS devices
Third-party
Local storage of
integration for Custom native
all messages for
weather & modules for high
offline viewing/
commodities performance
listening
information
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6. Application Features
> Push Notifications > Audio & video messages
> Middleware architecture > Asynchronous/lazy data loading
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7. Business Benefits
Information flow improved by 50% - 70%
Significantly faster lead-closure
Increased customer engagement
Enhanced collaboration & coordination
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Project was implemented to improve overall communication process and increase efficiencyA multi-faceted mobile app was developed to streamline and improve communication in the organization’s sales force