How BGRS (Brookfield) united global operating teams utilizing best-of-breed process solutions to operate as a set of end-to-end technology and project management functions for scale, transparency, and efficiency.

"Having our global teams all working from the same page is critical to our success. Put It Forward exceeded way beyond where others died.”

David Hrynk - Director of Program Management

Sirva Worldwide, Inc. (formerly BGRS a division of Brookfield Asset Management Inc.) provides HR and mobility professionals with the resources, guidance, and support they need to achieve the best possible relocation for talent, and for the companies that move them. As a leading global relocation management and moving services company, we bring together personalized program solutions, expansive global reach, innovative technology, and an unmatched supply chain to transform businesses of any size and empower talent moving to their next opportunity. From corporate relocation and household goods to home sale and commercial moving and storage, our portfolio of brands (including Sirva, Allied, northAmerican, Global Van Lines, Alliance, Sirva Mortgage and SMARTBOX) provide everything needed to move talent and deliver experience.

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (Brookfield) is a global alternative asset manager with assets under management who offer a range of public and private investment products and services.

Burr Ridge, Illinois, United States

Toronto, Canada

Results by the numbers

Manual Process Removal

All manual steps in the end-to-end process were automated.

Centralized Reporting

Reporting reflects the status of projects and programs in a unified view to manage cost, gain efficiencies and reduce overruns.

License Cost Reduction

Duplicate license costs across platforms were eliminated resulting in lower TCO.

Integrations and Systems

Challenges

Broken understanding from separate teams working in siloed systems
Inefficiencies in disconnected end to end processes
Break in operational continuity between on-premise and cloud solutions
Slow manual processes

Unifying end-to-end processes across teams and siloed technology into a single set of understood events is critical scaling operations.

BGRS is an organization that works across global supply chains, jurisdictions and organizations that executes at the most personal level with their clients families.

The solution landscape reflected well organized processes at the team level which needed then to start operating together.

The complexity was unifying processes across multiple platforms and also in working with localized automation technologies needing to be part of a global process.

Using Put It Forward we were able to bring together the different technologies, working teams and processes to work seamlessly with one another. While introducing new process automation technology we were able to further unlock value through Put It Forward.

Solutions

No code connectors to bridge systems
Centralized process management
Process analytics and reporting
Cloud and on-premise integration solutions

Put It Forward Intelligent Automation Platform enabled BGRS to consistently manage process through changes in it's technology landscape. Starting from a mixed cloud and on-premise environment to all cloud and then when introducing localized process automation.

The Put It Forward components leveraged at BRGSs are;

Integration Designer - Connectors and business logic rules
Process Manager - process orchestration
Data Services - Project and process linking

Results

Cost reduction from the number of manual steps and redundant software licenses
Best of breed tools for each team to work with
Efficiency gain and utilization rate improvement within processes

BGRS was able to leverage the Put It Forward platform to drive efficiencies, create scale and harmonize processes to improve the quality of execution and unlock value.

Our customers get more than what they pay for

Put It Forward not only offers the intelligent enterprise automation platform but also the resources, support and guidance today’s businesses require to succeed with automation.

Unmatched support & service to ensure any issue you encounter is immediately addressed & problems are resolved ASAP.

Industry best practices & operational guidance for your team to benefit from our learned experience working with 100s of leading businesses.