``Days-to-Value'' is Just in Time for Planning Season.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Note to Editors: The name of the company is A3(pronounced "A-Cubed Solutions"), which is an "A" with a super-scripted "3". SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 30, 2002 A3 Solutions Incorporated ("A-cubed") (www.a3si.com) today announced its "Days-to-Value" (d2v) offering -- a program for enterprises needing to grow their planning systems See spreadsheet and financial planning system. before the start of their next planning cycle. Even though the start of the planning season is just weeks away, d2v makes it possible for enterprises to grow their planning processes in critical ways. The current economic environment will make this year's planning season even more challenging, especially for those enterprises sensitive to employee-related compensation costs and those facing critical capital investment decisions. "Regardless of business conditions, our customers must remain competitive in their respective markets. And now, more than ever before, managing enterprise performance to targets set forth in a financial plan is the best way to manage operational competitiveness," said A3 CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Robert Lautt. "d2v makes sense for planning teams wanting to stay ahead of the curve." Made possible by proven-in-production A3 Profit Center XP, "Days-to-Value" offers: a richly featured, Fortune 500-proven, snap-on software solution; fixed pricing; a guaranteed delivery schedule; and production within days of agreement. Even with proven technology, there is risk to a buying enterprise that a new technology will accomplish production in a meaningful time frame. At A3, risks are identified and managed up-front. Fixed pricing assures up-front conversations as well as the success of the technology -- even when it is deployed in challenging business environments. For the enterprise committed to planning on Hyperion Essbase, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) DB2 OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) Decision support software that allows the user to quickly analyze information that has been summarized into multidimensional views and hierarchies. OLAP tools are used to perform trend analysis on sales and financial information. , or Showcase, d2v makes incremental Additional or increased growth, bulk, quantity, number, or value; enlarged. Incremental cost is additional or increased cost of an item or service apart from its actual cost. expansion of an existing system a risk-free decision. "More than usual, planning teams have acute need to grow their systems," stated A3 COO Stuart Ratner. "The d2v program is our company's way of guaranteeing incremental expansion of existing planning applications." With d2v, an enterprise can grow its current OLAP-based system with Modeling packages that are powered by A3 Profit Center XP: A3 Capital Modeling, A3 Compensation Modeling, A(3) Expense Modeling, A3 Retail, A3 Target Pushdown, A(3) Allocations. To learn more about A3's d2v program, please dial 1-800/666-CUBE. Otherwise, please send email inquiries to info@a3si.com. Company: A3 Solutions develops and markets A3 Profit Center XP(TM), a software platform that allows Global 10,000 companies to quickly deploy modeling and planning solutions, enterprise-wide. Partners: A3 Profit Center XP software is co-marketed with a number of partner firms, including Hyperion Solutions Hyperion Solutions Corporation is a business performance management software company, located in Santa Clara, California, USA. Many of its products are targeted at the Business Intelligence and Business performance management market. (Nasdaq:HYSL, News), IBM (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IBM, News), Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade , News), and ShowCase, a division of SPSS A statistical package from SPSS, Inc., Chicago (www.spss.com) that runs on PCs, most mainframes and minis and is used extensively in marketing research. It provides over 50 statistical processes, including regression analysis, correlation and analysis of variance. (Nasdaq:SPSS, News). To contact A3 Solutions, visit www.a3si.com or call 1-800/666-CUBE (2823). |
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