100,000+ Lucent Technologies Employees Go Online for Benefits Enrollment.MURRAY HILL Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
Communications Technology Noun 1. communications technology - the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry Leader Taps The Power of Interactive Intranet Solution From Logical Design Solutions Lucent Technologies Inc., the company that "makes the things that make communications work" is making its Intranet work for U.S. employees during its open enrollment period that starts Tuesday. A new Intranet application, developed by Morristown, N.J.-based Logical Design Solutions, is letting all of Lucent's more than 100,000 U.S. employees compare health and insurance options and enroll, online, in the plan of their choice. With the Intranet application, employees can easily compare and contrast benefits and premiums from the more than 12 major health insurance providers and more than 140 health maintenance organizations (HMOs) that Lucent offers as part of its benefits package. Employees can use an interactive calculator calculator or calculating machine, device for performing numerical computations; it may be mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic. The electronic computer is also a calculator but performs other functions as well. to see the effect each plan's deductions would have on their paychecks. Further, an "extranet" link to health providers allows employees to obtain detailed information from the insurance carriers, including listings of doctor networks and hospital affiliates. The "intelligent, self-service" human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. application designed by Logical Design Solutions for Lucent contains secure profiles of every employee and grants employees access to only the information and transaction capabilities relevant to them. When employees want to enroll in a new insurance plan, they can do so on line, directly from the application. "Because of the number of employees we have and the number of healthcare plans we offer, we needed to find a high-end technical solution that would give our people a quality self-service alternative," said Kathy Gill, a principle with Lucent Technologies' human resources operation. "The Intranet application is a powerful tool in enabling 'self-service' benefits administration," said Mimi Brooks, president and 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. of Logical Design Solutions. "With our self-service HR Intranet platform, employees are empowered to get the information they need to make better decisions. And HR staff can focus on strategic business objectives and value-added initiatives instead of basic information requests and transactions." Lucent tested the concept of on-line benefits enrollment in a 10-site test pilot last year. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Gill, 40 percent of employees with access to the Intranet used the application to gather information and conduct enrollment-related transactions. "Logical Design Solutions did a tremendous job in making the application inviting and easy to use, even for novice computer users," said Gill. "The company's expertise in the HR field was invaluable in setting up the extranet relationship with insurance providers, and incorporating the complex content and transaction capabilities needed for benefits enrollment. LDS LDs See: Liquidated damages really understood our work flows and systems and provided a true end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. ." Founded in 1990, Logical Design Solutions is a privately held business consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , focused on providing Global 2000 clients with customized, enterprise-wide, self-service Intranet solutions to improve productivity and empower the end-user with decision-support capabilities. The majority of LDS's current projects involve developing Intranet and Extranet solutions for such targeted functional areas as human resources, finance, sales & marketing, and customer service. In 1997, the company's HR Intranet solutions were recognized in HR Executive Magazine as the "Top Human Resources Advance of the Decade." Lucent Technologies designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. and software, consumer and business telephone systems and microelectronics components. CONTACT: Logical Design Solutions Janice Kriegman, 973/971-0100 ext. 214 jkriegman@lds.com www.lds.com or The Garfield Group Steve Goodman Steve Goodman (July 25, 1948 – September 20, 1984) was an American folk music singer-songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. The writer of "City of New Orleans", made popular by Arlo Guthrie, Goodman won two Grammy Awards. , 609/396-0946 ext. 12 sgoodman@garfieldgroup.com |
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