The Kirloskar Group Migrated to Google Workspace to Enable Efficient Business Operations and Proactive Decision-Making
Challenges
Before the pandemic hit, all of the Kirloskar Group was on a variety of different messaging, document editing, and sharing platforms. However, the management was focused on making a shift to an easier, more efficient singular solution. At that time, they were facing challenges in regards to cluttered email storage, unfriendly video conferencing tools and the overall absence of reliable cloud storage. The team also needed tools for streamlining communication and better internal collaboration. They faced issues with insecure data storage and a lack of user-friendly tools. With the lockdown in place, Kirloskar wanted a platform that could support their new work from home norms with better cost optimization and increased data security.
Searce Solution
The Kirloskar Group wanted to eliminate the flaws and costs of their existing platform. With these concerns in mind, Searce introduced the group to Google Workspace, an integrated platform with the best-in-class collaboration tools for business productivity, loved by billions of users. Google Workspace helped them:
- Easily migrate from their existing platform: Searce initiated the transition in 3 batches – first, the IT teams were moved, followed by the CXOs and senior management. After carefully assessing the changes, the employees were finally moved to the Google Workspace. The shift was for 1000+ employees across 14 Kirloskar companies within 60 days.
- Simple and efficient collaboration tools: Google’s rich, included tools such as documents, spreadsheets, and slides allowed the teams to use them across devices, with or without the internet.
- Allowed better, faster ways to communicate: A total of 2500+ mailboxes were migrated and it simplified overall collaboration and storage of data. While being remote, the Kirloskar Group could still work as a team and communicate via emails, Google Meet and Google Chat. This paved the way for faster decision making too.
- Ensured a systematic way to work: With 20+ training sessions, all performed remotely, employees were able to learn and apply Google Workspace tools from day 1. With tools such as Google Docs, Slides, Sheets and Forms, the group could organize their data and resources better, making work more efficient and employees more productive.
- Secure cloud storage: For a company that has been thriving for more than 130 years, the group had an enormous amount of data in their system. With Google Workspace, they could secure all their data using endpoint management along with having a centralized administration console.
Business Impact
With the shift to Google Workspace, the Kirloskar Group saw some notable changes in their operations, employees and the way of doing day-to-day tasks. The change management was quick and helped the brand see some great results very quickly. The transition also helped in:
- Streamlining management operations: 12+ business units are now centrally managed by administrators for email account provisioning, backups and messaging compliance. This has made everyday operations simple and more productive.
- Reducing dependency on third-parties platforms: Additional overheads of third-party messaging security tools were omitted as Google Workspace has in-built security provisions. Various other office editing tools, data backup and management tools were also omitted.
- Seamless and secure access: Access from anywhere resulted in a seamless way to work. The 2-step verification (MFA) process added another level of protection for data safety. Ensuring access from anywhere resulted in the same data being accessed from any source, reducing system dependencies and multiple VPN access.
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