Customer story / Architecture

SLAM team members collaborating in an architecture studio.

About

10 US offices: SLAM operates as a multidisciplinary architecture and design firm with a national presence. 300 employees: The service operation supports a distributed team across the firm. IT support: The team manages incidents, requests, and shared technical knowledge.

The challenge

Limited in-house tooling

The existing system lacked the robustness needed for incident response.

Knowledge gaps

Customers and IT staff needed a dependable shared knowledge base.

Manual responses

The team wanted automation for recurring service requests.

Disconnected communication

Support needed to work across email, phone, and Microsoft Teams.

The implementation

Intuitive organization

After evaluating five competing solutions, SLAM chose HappyFox for its intuitive queues, priorities, statuses, knowledge base, and service catalog.

Connected channels

Email, phone, and Microsoft Teams became part of one service workflow.

Automated actions

Smart Rules and canned actions reduced repetitive response work.

Shared knowledge

Knowledge-base articles supported agents and requesters.

Results and benefits.

Service requests processed in one year
5,000
Average monthly requests
420
Employees supported
300
Offices served
10

Reported outcomes

Faster adoption

SLAM reports that the team was operating in HappyFox within hours.

More efficient response

The new workflow improved how quickly incidents could be handled.

Stronger knowledge sharing

Historical answers became easier to reuse for new issues.

Scalable service

The system supported 5,000 annual requests across ten offices, with the majority of tickets resolved autonomously.

Stable daily service

The system seldom required a support call, and the HappyFox team responded quickly when help was needed.

Customer quote

“HappyFox brought a level of sophistication to our IT support system that was previously unimaginable. The comprehensive knowledge base, dynamic intake forms, seamless integration with Microsoft Teams, and robust service desk features have not only streamlined our operations but also significantly enhanced our response capabilities. These tools have allowed us to automate responses, efficiently organize tickets, and leverage historical data to quickly resolve new issues, setting a new standard for excellence in IT support.”
John StergakisCIO, SLAM

Why HappyFox

  • Intuitive & Easy to Use
  • Comprehensive Knowledge Base
  • Service Catalog
  • Automations
  • Robust Service Request Intake