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KNOWLEDGEBASE v2.1

KnowledgeBase v2.1 is an easy to use application that allows you to create and manage knowledge base articles for your employees, customers or partners. Users can quickly and easily locate and retrieve information anywhere within their SharePoint environment. Administrators can create and maintain knowledge base articles that include a review process so that only published articles are available to users. Individual articles can be rated and commented on. Users can email private comments or questions to the author. The application is mobile-enabled to allow users to search and view articles from a variety of mobile browsers. From their mobile phones, administrators can see both list and graphical reports of what users are searching for. KnowledgeBase can be used for many different purposes such as providing customer support, training new employees, or sharing partner documentation thus reducing the time it takes to deliver important information.


SCREEN SHOTS

60 Second Elevator Pitch
60 Second Elevator Pitch
Creating a New Article
Creating a New Article
Detail Form
Detail Form
Summary Screen
Summary Screen
Searches by Day
Searches by Day
Published Articles
Published Articles


BUSINESS SCENARIOS

Human Resources

One of the challenges Human Resource departments face is the inability of their employees to quickly and easily locate current HR information. R3BS KnowledgeBase application can be used to create and share a variety of information such as forms, policies and, job postings. Users are able to rate the information and add comments which help other users as well as HR administrators responsible for the content. Giving users easy access to this information without having to contact HR personnel, can save your employees time and save your company money.
         
          ensure employees have access to current HR information
          provide access to forms along with instructions on how to use them
          reduce training for new employees
          give users the ability to interact with HR personnel both publicly and privately
          spend less time responding to emails and phone calls
 

IT Department
R3BS KnowledgeBase application allows your help desk support team to document solutions to common IT problems and best practices, which can be accessed in an online knowledge base. End-users can search the knowledge base to quickly find answers to support questions before contacting the help desk. Users can rate the knowledge base articles which provide feedback to the help desk support team about the accuracy and usefulness of the information.

          provide self-service access to published information in a standardized format
          supports documents, free form text, videos and links to web pages
          see recently added and most popular information
          quicker problem resolution
          decreased support costs and call volume to the IT Help Desk
 

Sales and Marketing Collateral
Managing the knowledge of a sales and marketing organization is critical to enabling sales people to effectively perform their jobs and compete. R3BS KnowledgeBase application allows an organization to provide sales and marketing information that is both useful and accessible to their sales force. Sales and marketing can have easy access to a variety of content such as sales guides, training materials, marketing collateral, proposal templates and videos. The information can be rated on its effectiveness and comments can be added to allow others to see how that information is being used. 

          provide immediate access to the sales and marketing tools
          daily tasks such as planning account strategy, preparing for sales calls, or writing proposals
          ensure that sales and marketing materials are standardized and always up-to-date
          allow managers to see real-time feedback on how well the materials are producing
          reduce information overload
 



FEATURES
  • Easily create and manage all knowledge base articles
  • Attach one or more documents to an article 
  • Review articles before publishing
  • Archive published articles that are no longer valid 
  • Create categories for organizing articles
  • Create key words to be associated with articles to ensure most relevant searches
  • Display list of recently added articles
  • Submit ratings and comments on published articles
  • Automatically calculate articles rating
  • Capture key word searches for reporting
  • Automatically provide search suggestions from previous searches 
  • Email private comments or questions to articles authors
  • Tabs, displays, forms, and end-user actions that are customizable using point-and-click-wizards
  • Mobile-enabled allowing searches and reports from a variety of mobile browsers
  • Ability to distribute end-user search and review functionality to department dashboards, user consoles, or other locations in your environment

SPECIFICATIONS
  • Requires CorasWorks Workplace Suite v10.3.1+
  • Requires CorasWorks Data Integration Toolset v1.6+ 
  • Requires CorasWorks Mobile Adapter to enable mobile features 
  • WSS or MOSS (Standard) or MOSS (Enterprise)
  • SharePoint Designer 2007

R3BS KnowlegeBase v2.1 Data Sheet - Printable Version


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