Microsoft Office 365 through SharePoint Online and other Cloud collaboration tools enabled Ascent Yarns to make quicker business decisions. With operations spread across geographies and time zones, timely approvals, access to documents and managing responsibilities were some of the challenges faced by Ascent Yarns. Read more on how Microsoft Office 365 through workflows in SharePoint Online and other collaboration tools enabled them to have a central repository of all the documents with well-defined access, leading to increased productivity and efficiency. If you’re interested in giving your business the Cloud advantage with Office 365, call us toll-free at 1800-102-1100. You can also write to us at indiasmb@microsoft.com or SMS MS Cloud to 56060.

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Weaving a new era of
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Yarns with Office 365

2. In the apparels business, labels are
the most identifiable way in which
consumers make buying decisions.

3. And having consistent
quality in woven labels
across 1,000s of
garments is paramount
to manufacturers across
the globe.

4. Three entrepreneurs
from Ahmedabad
thought the same and
got into the business of
manufacturing
specialized yarn for
woven labels.

5. Based in Gujrat, Ascent Yarns, a
subsidiary of Global Pacific
Nominees, Australia, provides yarns to
important brands like
H&M, Zara, Nike, Levis, Next, Target, GAP
and many more.

6. Over the years, Ascent Yarns has expanded its export
business across Asia Pacific by adding offices in Sri
Lanka, helping it to grow its distribution network.

7. A small business, Ascent works with
16 employees who manage the
business and over 200 employees
who work in the factory.

8. The three managers responsible for
business are based in Melbourne and
travel extensively to manufacturing
locations.

9. And because of their constant travel, decision
making and time management was becoming an
acute problem in ensuring things got done on time.

10. “Access to information was the key
hindrance. With key decision makers
traveling internationally, we needed to
have a full background on each purchase
order or payment. The time difference
meant that simple decisions could take up
to 2─3 days.”
Ashvini Shekhar,
Director, Ascent Yarns

11. On any day, the team
expects to take about
20-25 decisions
between them, so
having updated and
relevant information
was critical at Ascent.

12. They started looking
for a solution that
would provide a
consistent and efficient
way to manage, monitor
and approve decisions
without adding
significant costs.

13. Ascent met with Bitscape
Infotech, a Microsoft Gold
Competency Partner to
explore a solution was
quick to deploy and cost
effective.

14. Bitscape suggested the company move
on to Microsoft Office 365 with
SharePoint Online as a key solution for
collaboration across the organization.

15. “We chose SharePoint Online to minimize decision
making time while still providing the latest
communications and collaboration capabilities.
Their licensing model and monthly payment
option made Office 365 the ideal choice.”
Anup Khushu,
Director, Ascent Yarns

16. Within 10 days all process flows and
workflows related to the approval hierarchy
system were on SharePoint Online.

17. With SkyDrive Pro, the team
could allow users to share
files and documents in a
central location and access
the information from
virtually anywhere.

18. Now rather than physically
carrying documents, employees
could simply scan and upload
documents to access it at any
given time.

19. Decisions were made faster as the
team could quickly decide on
things, based on historical facts
available, which wasn’t possible
earlier.

20. With pay-as-you-go
licensing, additional user
licenses were purchased
against a fixed price every
month as and when
required rather than having
to make bulk investments.

21. And automated processes reduced time
consuming, unnecessary communications
resulting in efficient and effective
management targeted at growth.

22. Today, Ascent Yarns is planning how it can bring
its external partners, suppliers and customers
on board to give more visibility to its
stakeholders.

23. And looking to weave in the next
chapter of its growth story with
Microsoft Office 365.

24. “Office 365 is the
lifeline of our
business.”
Anup Khushu,
Director, Ascent Yarns

25. Read in detail about
Ascent Yarn’s story
Here

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