Nylene Intranet

Posted on Monday, November 30th, 2020

Client	Kimberly Young
Professor(s)	Todd Kelly,
Program	Computer Engineering Technology – Computing Science
Students	Ahmad Ali Syed, Kaitlyn Breker, Jason Waid, Isha Isha, Madhav Sachdeva, Karandeep Singh,

Project Description:

Nylene is the Canadian subsidiary of the Polymeric Resources Corporation (PRC). PRC was founded in 1979, specializing in the production of plastics such as nylon 6 polymers and continuous filament carpet yarns. Before contacting Team 8, there was a lack of organization between employees and their corresponding clients. All interactions were done through their email, there was no file structure, and employees found to have meetings with clients they had already contacted. Team 8’s solution was to create an Intranet Management System, which would organise any interactions between the employees and their clients.

Nylene’s current organization system relies heavily on Outlook 365 and requires employees to manually search through extensive logs of emails in order to retrieve customer data. This system is not time-efficient and results in repetitive calls to clients and management to request information. Another requirement we were tasked with was ensuring user accessibility as many of the employees who will be using the end product will be unfamiliar navigating similar web tools such as an Intranet.

The product was broken down into two phases throughout its production. The first phase was to get the backbone of the website created. This includes a login page, homepage, interaction manager, and a way to create and view the many forms that keep Nylene running. The first phase was filled with many pivots, such as a change in the product development, communication went remote due to the pandemic. However, this did not stop Team Eight, as once we pick up momentum, and reach a state of flow, tasks begin to get done.

The second phase involved further implementation to what the team has. The main objectives were to have a notification system, where employees can keep track with office events, as well as follow-up dates with their forms. Another important objective was to be able to convert the forms created into PDF pages. These pages can then be saved and sent through email to the employee’s clients.

The goal for Team Eight was not to re-invent a new workflow for the employees of Nylene, but to improve upon what they had. The Team has been in constant communication with its client, after every milestone. The product is set to be released to Nylene, and will only require their server to run the application.