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Service business: a new operations platform, live on time

PPS Consulting India got a US service business live on a new platform for bookings, operations and customer records before its new services launched. We tested the platform with the vendor, turned historical records held only as scanned documents into structured data, and trained each role to use the platform on their own.

At a glance

Live on time

with historical records migrated from scanned files and each role trained

Client
A high-volume US service business
Where
United States
The work
Adoption
Led by
Rashmi Kulkarni

What was the problem?

The business was changing how it operated and had chosen a new platform for bookings, operations and customer records. With transactions already under way, the platform had to be fully working before the new services went live.

The historical records existed only as scanned PDFs of service agreements, bookings and terms. The platform still needed testing and fixes from the vendor, and the team had never used it.

What did we do?

  1. Diagnose

    A full review of the platform's features against how the business actually operates.

  2. Build

    A test plan and quality checklist, worked through with the vendor to find and fix issues. Data extracted from the scanned records, structured and migrated, with logins set up by role. Real transactions simulated with live data before go-live.

  3. Adopt

    Step-by-step standard operating procedures (SOPs), a training manual for each role, and interactive training sessions built around each person's responsibilities.

The method, phase by phase

What did we build?

Platform rollout: from scanned records to go-live Illustrative schematic, not a client document
  1. Feature review
  2. Test plan and fixes with the vendor
  3. Data extracted from scanned records
  4. Structured and migrated
  5. Real transactions simulated
  6. Training by role
  7. Go-live

What changed?

  • Live in time for the new services.
  • Historical records migrated accurately, so service carried on without a break.
  • A team confident enough to use the platform on its own.
  • Minimal disruption during the switch, a five-star review and further work.

Is this relevant to you?

It is if:

  • You are moving to a new system with a deadline you can't move.
  • Your history lives in paper or scanned documents.

Where would we start with you?

With the PPS Backbone Review: four weeks, a fixed fee of ₹1,50,000 to ₹3,50,000 plus GST and expenses, one fix working by the end, and a plan with owners and measures that is yours to keep, whether or not we build it with you.

How the Review works

85% adoption

up from under 40%, two years after the agency bought the tool

Marketing agency: Smartsheet adoption from under 40% to 85%

Relevant if you bought ClickUp, Monday.com, Smartsheet or similar, and most of the work still happens in chat and email.

Professional and business services · United States

9 workstreams, one cadence

nine project managers reporting in one format, with a one-page status for the CFO every week

Global finance transformation: nine workstreams on one plan

Relevant if you are running several initiatives at once and each one reports differently.

Professional and business services · Global

All results

  • 100+ engagements
  • 62,000+ delivery hours
  • Top 1% Expert-Vetted on Upwork
  • 100% job success, independently verified

Across Upwork and direct contracts, including the people on our project teams.

  • MIT MicroMasters, Supply Chain
  • Six Sigma Black Belt
  • PRINCE2 Practitioner

Questions about this case

How do you migrate data that only exists as scanned documents?

By extracting the fields that matter from each document, structuring them in a clean format, checking them, and only then loading them into the new platform. Here that covered service agreements, historical bookings and terms.

By Rashmi Kulkarni, PRINCE2 Practitioner · Last updated

Tell us two things.

What you're trying to achieve in the next 90 days, and what's breaking in execution. We'll tell you plainly what we'd fix first.

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