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Building a Web Employee Portal

A great deal of corporations are looking to provide employees with easy access to information, things like files, benefits , forms, corporate news and reports. A great way to easily manage this flow of information is through an employee portal. The portal can have secure password protected access for employees or can be open to employees and public. The key to the success of an employee web portal is that information must be provided and managed in an efficient manner.


Major reasons companies are looking for a web portals

  1. Easily and quickly provide timely information to employees or customers.
  2. Flexibility – Custom web portals or corporate web portals can be accessed over the Internet
  3. Uniformity – Providing current information to all corporate employees saves money.
  4. Privacy – A password protected employee internet portal allows sensitive documents to be posted online.
  5. Improves Moral- Employee surveys show people want current and easy access to corporate news and information.
  6. Improves productivity and allows employees to work on more valuable areas of the company.
  7. Customers love portals, if done correctly web portals increase customer satisfaction.

Major reasons companies fail when implementing portals

  1. Lack of input from employees and customers.
  2. The web portal software is complicated and not user friendly.
  3. No one is in charge of updating files, documents and news on the corporate portal.
  4. Training or training documents were never posted online.
  5. Feedback or surveys are rarely conducted after the system is implemented.

Some questions to consider when building your internet portal.

  1. Will we host our own web portal?
  2. Will our users be using Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari to access the system?
  3. How is in charge or called the portal administrator?
  4. Approximately how many files or documents will be posted online?
  5. How many employees will need access to the system? Will they all need separate user names and passwords or will one corporate id and password be easier?
  6. How many customers will access the system?
  7. A web based portal can be open to the public or password protected what would we prefer?
  8. What percent of our employees and customers use MAC and PC?
  9. What surveys will be done after the business portal is implemented to determine employee & customer satisfaction?

To receive budgetary estimates on building a web portal for your employees or customers email info@ftpfiletransfermanager.com. Please include details on what you want to accomplish with your portal.

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