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- UVIT Set to Save an Estimated US$10 Million Each Year, Improving Innovation, Customer Service
- UVIT, the temporary, working name for four newly-merged Dutch insurance companies - cooperative of the Unive, VGZ, IZA, and Trias - offers a full range of insurance coverage, including healthcare, homeowners, automobile, and travel insurance. The 2006 regulatory changes were designed to make The Netherlands healthcare system simpler, control costs,...
- Tags: Innovation, Customer Service, Oracle Corp., Health Care, Back-office, UVIT, Insurance, Financial Planning, Operational Accounting, Vertical Industries, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
- Case studies 2009-04-01
- Adobe CIO: The future of RIAs
- Gerri Martin-Flickinger, CIO of Adobe, thinks that in the future Rich Internet Applications are going to have many uses, separate from the browser. For example, users will be able to customize their application interface, and the RIAs will provide visibility into back office applications.
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., CIO, Rich Internet Application, Back-office, Adobe, Larry Dignan, Rich Internet Applications
- Videos 2009-03-24
- The future of RIAs
- Gerri Martin-Flickinger, CIO of Adobe, thinks that in the future Rich Internet Applications are going to have many uses, separate from the browser. For example, users will be able to customize their application interface, and the RIAs will provide visibility into back office applications. by Administrator
- Tags: Rich Internet Application, Back-office, Administrator
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- Extending ECM to the Back-Office Palm Beach Community College's Use of ECM to Improve Human Relations and Other Back-Office Processes
- Palm Beach Community College PBCC serves approximately 47,000 students in one of the largest counties in Florida. They wanted to get more from an ECM investment by using it to enhance back-office processes at Palm Beach Community College. PBCC deployed DocFinity, from Optical Image Technology which is being used to...
- Tags: Palm Inc., Back-office, Optical Image Technology, Palm Beach Community College, Operational Accounting, Finance
- Case studies 2009-03-02
- Get More From the Core: Drivers of Back-Office Transformation
- A core system needs to be robust and have the flexibility and capacity to modularize and standardize processes. It needs to be able to address the needs of demanding and diverse customers and roll out new products quickly and efficiently. The processes a back office handles must be standardized across...
- Tags: Bank, Back-office, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance
- White papers 2009-01-16
- The Changing Face of Treasury Technology
- A slew of market factors are forcing banks and other financial institutions to reexamine their Treasury business and technology strategies to better meet and exceed the requirements of internal and external customers. One believes that there are five critical trends in the marketplace which are forcing this change and banks...
- Tags: Bank, Financial Company, Back-office, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Treasury Offering, Middle Office Functionality, Financial Services, Operational Accounting, Finance
- White papers 2009-01-15
- The ASEAN Retail Banking Agenda
- Banks need to align and integrate processes across channels and the various entities of the entire organization, while leveraging IT to deliver a customer-centric experience. The customer-centric approach is the most effective way to attract and retain clients, while continuing to expand business through related products and services. As banks...
- Tags: Bank, Customer, Back-office, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Banking, Financial Services, Operational Accounting, Finance
- White papers 2009-01-15
- Schahin Engenharia Consolidates Multiple Operations Into a Single Solution, Maximizes Investment
- Schahin Group wanted to guarantee an ample, detailed vision of the supply process, which represents 70% of the group's engineering sector and streamlines contract management, which is critical for the engineering unit, for hundreds of subcontractors at each worksite. The challenge was to consolidate several of the group's activities into...
- Tags: Worksite, Vision, Back-office, Schahin Engenharia, Operational Accounting, Service Management, Investment, Strategy, Finance, Management
- Case studies 2009-01-01
- Cast C-Store Management System 6.0.1.149 (Windows)
- Take full control of your retail business. Retail Man POS contains shop front POS and back office modules including, fast and easy POS and invoicing screens, purchase orders, stock control, diary, double entry accounting, built-in emailing, touch screen, barcode scanner, Pole display, cashdrawer and POS printers support. Generate purchase orders...
- Tags: Point-of-sale, Stock, Microsoft Windows, Purchase Order, Back-office, Cast Software Studio, Investment, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-12-23
- Can free tech keep docs in practice?
- Can free tech keep docs in practice?What's this "we," Kemosabe?[i]But any labor negotiation covers both wages and working conditions, and if we can give on the latter maybe we can get some serious talk started on the former.[/i]Insurers are behind the 8-ball when big-name hospitals demand three times the compensation...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Insurance, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, back-office staff, back-office
- Discussion threads 2008-11-18
- ViArt Shop Free 3.5 (Windows)
- ViArt Shop Free is a powerful, flexible and easy to use template-driven PHP shopping cart system, which is fully customisable to suit almost any design or function. It includes many advanced features such as a powerful content management system, a forum, helpdesk support system, integration with Froogle, and full built-in...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Shopping Cart, Back-office, Integration, ViArt, ViArt Shop Free, Operational Accounting, Help Desk, Finance, It Operations
- Software downloads 2008-11-14
- NetSuite vs. SAP â€Â" really a question of back office economics
- NetSuite vs. SAP â€Â" really a question of back office economicsThat's what Zach saidBrian - the sweet spot is exactly where Zach said he is aiming the offering in yesterday's earnings call.ClarifyI meant Zach talked about the situations you are suggesting - it's like the old Navision surround strategy only...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Zach, back-office economic, NetSuite Inc., back-office, SAP AG
- Discussion threads 2008-11-04
- NetSuite vs. SAP â€" really a question of back office economics
- Show me the money NetSuite is announcing later this week a program that offers some SAP R/3 users or potential users a chance to use NetSuite’s applications at a price point equal to 50% of the maintenance fees SAP would have charged them. ...
- Tags: Revenue, NetSuite Inc., SAP R/3, SAP AG, Back-office, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-03
- Self Service and Just-in-Time Supply Management Make Northwestern Memorial's Clinicians More Efficient, Achieves ROI in Three Years
- A supply chain without cost controls can affect a healthcare provider's financial stability, so Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago uses a materials management system to ensure its fiscal health. Carefully selected information systems have contributed to Northwestern Memorial's recent success. In 1999, when the hospital realized its back office functionality...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., ROI, Health Care, Back-office, JIT, Operational Accounting, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Roi/Tco, Benefits, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Managerial Accounting, Human Resources
- Case studies 2008-11-01
- SOA and a Rules Engine Facilitate Process Redesign
- A large financial services company with a batch-driven back-office system was having several problems exposing profitability information to their customers in a timely manner. During the nightly batch processing, the transactional data, which was exposed by a portal, was literally unavailable. Data warehouse integration within the back-office system was hard-coded...
- Tags: PSC Group, Application Server, PSC Inc., SOA, Back-office, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Middleware, Operational Accounting, Portals, Web Services, Application Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Internet
- Case studies 2008-10-14
- ENAV S.p.A. Improves Control Processes With Unified Enterprise Resource Planning Solution
- ENAV S.p.A. wanted to standardize and simplify internal, back-office procedures and automate project management processes. The challenge was to improve the capitalization of resources in large-scale investments, which totaled US$1.72 billion between 2004 and 2007 and improve control of project costs and increase the effectiveness of controls by integrating the...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., ERP, Back-office, ENAV S.p.A., Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Finance
- Case studies 2008-10-01
- Aeroplan Leverages Service-Oriented Architecture to Deliver Next-Generation Loyalty Services
- Aeroplan wanted to attract a broader range of consumers, offer more ways to earn miles, and expand its business partnerships to provide a greater variety of rewards. To execute this strategy, Aeroplan needed a technology infrastructure with the flexibility, scalability, and robust commerce capability to support countless consumer preferences and...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., SOA, Back-office, Aeroplan, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Operational Accounting, Software, Finance
- Case studies 2008-09-01
- Retail Man POS 1.80.70 (Windows)
- Take full control of your retail business. Retail Man POS contains shop front POS and back office modules including, fast and easy POS and invoicing screens, purchase orders, stock control, diary, double entry accounting, telephone directory, built-in emailing, touch screen, barcode scanner, Pole display, cashdrawer and POS printers support. Generate...
- Tags: Point-of-sale, Stock, Microsoft Windows, Purchase Order, Back-office, Ezisolution, Investment, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-08-01
- Oracle Insurance Policy Administration System Overview
- While some technology providers "Web-enable" old architectures and designs, Oracle has redefined the core processing landscape for the insurance industry by designing its insurance policy administration solutions from the ground up. New technology coupled with modern architecture produces a completely flexible, 100 percent Web-based back-office solution that is free from...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Back-office, Insurance, Financial Planning, Operational Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
- White papers 2008-08-01
- Whitepaper: The Benefits of Integrating Back-Office Systems
- Most early ecommerce solutions were deployed as stand-alone systems and played only a minimal role in business strategies and operations. Over the past several years, however, the strategic value of conducting business online has become clear. As online transactions have become more pervasive, the demand for integrating ecommerce into other...
- Tags: Benefit, Back-office, E-business, Web Technology, Operational Accounting, E-business/E-Commerce, Finance, Internet
- White papers 2008-07-29

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