(L-R) Awards host AndrewRyan; Greg Mook, head of risk, regulation and compliance, and KarenMorris, legal project manager, Vodafone; awards judge MelanieFarquharson, 3 Kites Consulting; James Finlayson, solicitor,Vodafone
Finalists: Addleshaw Goddard; Gowling WLG(highly commended); Hogan Lovells; Macfarlanes; Pinsent Masons;Shearman & Sterling; Shoosmiths; White & Case.
Vodafone Global Enterprise took home the knowledge managementinnovation title for developing a business tool that allows staffto see quickly and clearly what products it is able to sell in whatcountries.
With more than 130 products for sale across the group and 208potential territories to offer services in, finding the answer tothat question was previously time consuming because it meantconsulting with legal, tax, regulatory, billing and productdepartments. The tool known as Canary means employees can nowcheck this information in just five clicks or less, a process thatpreviously took around three days to complete. An analyst from thegroup's legal department was drafted to build a database thatcollated product information for all 208 territories, allowingusers to see if a service can be offered in a certain territory,which Vodafone entities can provide the service contract, and if alocal contract and invoice can be produced. Legal team members thenvolunteered to check all the information, ensuring Canary wasaccurate and complete. The company now plans to integrate Canarywith other internal systems to improve data quality for its salesteam.
Enables faster delivery. Accessible by the business. Reduceslawyer time on low level tasks. A great example, one judge summedup.
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