December 01, 2014

Managing all that knowledge!

Sue Novak

Technology Consultant

ADP (10,001+ employees)

Score 3 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Pros and Cons

Aptean offers simple access to Knowledge Management for our Clients, Customer Support teams as well as internal support teams. Allows our knowledge management team the ability to provide consistent and up-to-date processes and troubleshooting tips for our associates as well as ADP Clients.
Aptean provides an easy to use user interface with tools for authors that mimic Microsoft Word (Cut, Paste, Spell Check, Bullets, Indentation etc). It also provides an easy to user user interface for our associates in accessing the Knowledge Management solutions. The Search tool is very powerful and allows the users quick access to the information they need!
In the more than 3 years that we have been using Consona/Aptean, we have had very little down time. This is important to our authors as well as end users in being able to access the information. Allowing the authors the ability to update the information in near real time is another key feature of keeping our information current.

We have experienced some slowness with importing pictures into our Aptean application. While they do eventually complete, it is very timeconsuming when several images are needed. Definitely tries our patience, or consider not including them at all!
Some of the formatting issues transfering our information from Word to Aptean are still challenging and require too much manual intervention than necessary.

We expereienced an upgrade by Aptean in March 2014 and it actually created issues with our interfaces to Word and well as performance issues. As of November, we have most of the performance issues resolved, however our interface with Word is still not working. It takes alot of upfront work to convert with Word and with the upgrade that was affected. Authors are still frustrated with many issues in the formatting and editing of existing data. A vital tool to update the product home pages has not been available except for sporadic late night periods since the upgrade in March. Overall, many authors are not happy with this knowledge management tool.

Return on Investment

Increased Employee Effciency adding ability to look up processes and troubleshooting tips is invaluable.
Ability to share information with our Client Facing interface, which results in better customer service. Encouraging ADP associates and clients to become more self sufficient is what we're all about!
Ability to keep the information current with the effciency of the product.

Likelihood to Renew

Many business units are using the Aptean product for knowledge management and a change now would be too crucial to the processes that the associates are becoming familiar with using. We have spent a lot of time promoting our Aptean Knowledge Management tool and interfaced it with our call tracking system.

Users and Roles

Client facing support Associates were the initial target, however, product support and implemenation associates use the Knowledge Management tool we've created in all Business Units within ADP. We have shared client facing information as well. In our National Account division, this information is interfaced with our client facing user interface software.

Business Processes Supported

Knowledge Management - Processes and troubleshooting information are included in this.

Innovative Uses

Interfaced with our Client Facing tool
Interfaced with our Call Management System

Operating Systems	Unspecified
Mobile Application	No

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