Beneport, a leading national benefits education, communication, and enrollment firm, needed to overhaul its internal IT processes. The Florida-based company had experienced a major growth phase and needed to keep pace with client demand. LiquidPlanner was initially brought in to manage a number of IT projects. In a short period of time, LiquidPlanner’s footprint grew …
Turns out that many universities sponsor clubs that are building a new generation of fighting robots as a means to help students put their engineering chops to work (and of course, enjoy the spectacle of robot-on-robot combat). One such club can be found at the University of Illinois. Their iRobotics club is composed of nearly 60 students who …
“We’re a small team of six so it’s critical that we not only understand the current amount of work on everyone’s plate but we also need to be able to predict with a degree of confidence what our future state looks like,” says Diona. In the Spring of 2011, Diona realized that their existing work …
Keyes is the president of Purdue Solar Racing, a highly decorated student-led engineering team at Purdue University that is quite literally building the future. Keyes and a team of 35 engineering students are among the top teams competing in the Shell Eco Marathon, an annual competition in which student teams from around the world compete to …
After LiquidPlanner, a Rotork manager spends more time improving his team’s global manufacturing process, less time chasing down updates. The expectation? Cutting six months to a year off of production cycles. Just a year ago, Steve Watkins was using a simple spreadsheet to manage his team’s international production cycle. It wasn’t going well. As R …
Travis Nation is the Deputy CIO for Enterprise Services in Puget Sound’s Technology Services department, a 35 person team whose primary responsibility is to make sure the university’s IT services keep humming along. In addition to serving as Deputy CIO, Nation is also a certified PMP so he understands how to navigate teams through complex …
Christina Griggs is the CFO for Inflow a growing inbound marketing agency based out of Denver, Colorado. Her team is focused on growing client’s brands across a range of industries through paid, digital, and organic search strategies. The 20 person team is like many professional service firms: they’re constantly balancing a combination of retainer and project work. …
About the Company ETEL Limited is a leading provider of distribution transformers for the New Zealand, Australian, and South Pacific markets. Typical customers include lines companies (a.k.a. power network companies); renewable energy generators, mining companies; and industrial contractors. Of the 8,000 units that ETEL ships per year, roughly 80 percent are standard product; the remainder …
Company Note: This company does not allow its name to be used for third-party marketing purposes. However, as a satisfied LiquidPlanner user, it has agreed to share its experiences with LiquidPlanner anonymously. Company A manufactures semiconductor test and measurement equipment in several global locations. With nearly 500 employees and offices in several countries, the company …