Setting up an active content

management system and upgrading it to Liferay 5.2 for  resulting in lesser search response time.

Client overview

The Agriculture group has been at the forefront of the dynamic and sustainable

industry of agriculture for over 30 years. It is one of the leading agribusiness

organizations, serving the needs of more than 300 food and agriculture businesses.

The client’s portal serves as an interface between producers of pork, consumers and

industry experts globally through a platform that delivers up-to-date information.

Users of the portal can search for information, nd reference material and review fact

sheets. They can also seek out events related to the pork industry.  The objective here

is to collaborate with its clients, map strategies and goals, thereby aiming to win in a

dynamic and competitive industry.

Business challenges

The current application’s objective was to serve a rich user experience on their

portal. The client was experiencing problems in the lines of less usability and

ineective content management system. This was comprehended with absence of

advanced search and paucity of surveys & reports.

Furthermore, there were other technical issues, which fell short of expectations as

outlined below:

Constraint to upload video, audio or other electronic les as a component

of the asset

Poor response time pertaining to search functionality

The client needed a solution, which could improve usability, enhance usage of

content management system, incorporate advanced search, and provide provision

for Surveys & Reports in order to overcome existing limitations

Solution

Migration to Liferay 5.2 was the most realizable option to meet the overcome the

challenges for the client. This platform could support Content Management and we

had an option to create surveys. The usability feature of the application was

improved. The response time of search was reduced to 5-10 seconds from a tall

order of 45-50 sec.

Industry

Agriculture

Challenges

Inoperative Content

Management System

Usability

Non-existent Advanced

search & Survey features

Solution Overview

Migration to Liferay 5.2 to provide

a suite of content management

system with all capabilities

Benefits

Expected increase  in 

Registrations and hits

on site

Dynamic content

Consistent look and feel

Tools used

Liferay 5.2, JSP, Servlets, Hibernate, AJAX, and MS SQL Server 2005

Benefits

User retention expected to grow by more than 43%

Expected number of hits and registrations to increase by 8% and 4%

respectively, due to the improved usability

New functionalities like upload (any le type), Surveys and Content

Management functionality (Authoring, Collaborating, Editing, Approval

and Publishing)

It reduces time-to-publish, allowing you to get content published faster

Consistent management of metadata through content template structures

Denition of workow tasks for collaborative creation, often coupled with

event messaging so that content managers are alerted to changes

in content

Generation of content as PDF on demand preview before publishing

Improvement in the response time for the Search functionality from 45-50

seconds to 5-10 seconds