b'IT DEPARTMENT SPECIALKelly Groups Bespoke Designed Systems and Applications Sincetheinceptionofthedepartment,whileenablingmanagerstoefficientlyotherapplications,KVBfeedsintoour the biggest development project deliveredmonitor and assign work to field engineers.IFSsystemandupdateswagesforour by our team was the introduction of IFS,Onceengineerscompletetheirassignedengineering crew. On the other hand, KRS a comprehensive suite of internal systemsjobs, they can also use these applications to(Kelly Reporting Solutions) was one of the facilitatingtheswiftcommunicationreport back to their managers. firstapplicationswedevelopedfornon-betweendifferentdepartmentsactivitiescomplexworksforourServiceDelivery andensuringbusinessprocessesareForexample,ourKVB(KellyVisioncontract,whereanengineercompletes followed by each department. From financeBusiness)applicationhasbeenbespokeinstallations without any other workstreams andpayrolltopropertymanagement,builtforcomplexjobsinvolvingmultipleinvolvement.KRSiscurrentlyonits3rd stagesofwork,fromcivilstocablingversion and the department will continue activities. KVB was designed to supportimprovingitsfeaturesdependingonthe multiplecontractsacrossthegroup.users feedback and clients requirements. The purpose of having systems such asInnovation Beyond Operations KVB in place is to simplify the flow of informationbycollectingOur web development team also provided alargeamountofcomplexinnovativesolutionsbeyondoperational An example of the IFS Portal dashboard datainoneapplication.Likesystems, addressing the needs of Kelly Fleet andourHSQE(Health,Safety,Quality, and Environment) department. TBT (Tool BoxTraining)whichhostsourvehicle defectsreportingformsandanyonline IT,andbeyond,IFSisatraining to be completed by The Groups versatileapplicationwidelyworkforce.Allthebespokeapplications usedacrossTheGroup.pass information back to IFS in real time.FunctionsavailableinIFS allowourKellyGroupAn example of the Total Mobile Dashboard AtKellyGroup,ourbespokeinternal workforcetocompletesystems are not just tools; they are the core essentialtaskswithintheof our efficiency, enabling officeenvironment,submitustoadapt,grow,and requests and manage their absence throughKAD showing live vehicles in operation across the UK meettheevolvingneeds theportal.BeforetheinceptionofIFS,of our diverse operations, our operations relied on time-consumingandcurrentandfuture Excelsheetsanddatabases.Recognisingclients needs. the need for an innovative solution as the businessexperiencedarapidnationwide growth,ourITdepartmentfirstadapted databases to web-based systems; first HR Netandotherofficesystems,ultimately introducingtheIFSsystem3yearsago, whichbecameanintegralpartofKelly Groups daily operation. Custom-Built Cloud Solutions Just like IFS, all of Kelly Groups workforce managementsystemsarecustom-built and cloud based. Each contract has itsKVB in use on the Openreach contractownworkforcemanagementsystem, allowingback-officestafftoupload necessarydocumentationforeachjob The Networker Winter 2023 13.'