AIIM International Announces Best Practices Award Winners; Award Recognizes Innovative Applications Within Enterprise Content Management Arena.Business Editors AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management International, Silver Spring, MD, www.aiim.org) A membership organization founded in 1943 devoted to creating industry standards and disseminating information about the document management industry. 2002 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2002 AIIM International, the Enterprise Content Management (ECM (1) (Enterprise Change Management) See version control and configuration management. (2) (Error Correcting Mode) A Group 3 fax capability that can test for errors within a row of pixels and request retransmission. ) industry association, today announced the recipients of the Best Practices Award -- BOC (Bell Operating Company) One of 22 companies that was formerly part of AT&T and later organized into seven regional companies. See RBOC. Gases, Brittany Ferries Brittany Ferries is a French ferry company that runs ships between France, the UK, Ireland and Spain. History 1970s and 1980s The company was founded in January 1973 by Alexis Gourvennec, and began sailings between Roscoff in Brittany and Plymouth in the South , Shanghai Shanghai (shăng`hī`, shäng`hī`), city (1994 est. pop. 12,980,000), in, but independent of, Jiangsu prov., E China, on the Huangpu (Whangpoo) River where it flows into the Chang (Yangtze) estuary. Media & Entertainment Group, and US Airways airways Anatomy The 'pipes'–trachea, bronchi, bronchioles–through which air passes to and from the alveoli. See Small airways. . The Best Practices Award was established to recognize innovative applications of document and/or process management technologies to solve critical business requirements. Winners were honored at a luncheon during the AIIM 2002 Conference and Exposition. "Once a year, AIIM International awards outstanding achievements by its members who have made significant contributions to the industry and to the Association," said John Mancini, President of AIIM International. "The term `Best Practice' denotes a standard of excellence that has been achieved within an organization and refers to a process that can be quantified, adapted, and repeated. We are excited to bestow be·stow tr.v. be·stowed, be·stow·ing, be·stows 1. To present as a gift or an honor; confer: bestowed high praise on the winners. 2. this award to these four winners who exemplify ex·em·pli·fy tr.v. ex·em·pli·fied, ex·em·pli·fy·ing, ex·em·pli·fies 1. a. To illustrate by example: exemplify an argument. b. excellence through their technology." -- BOC Gases -- nominated by Documentum BOC Gases utilizes Documentum 4i eBusiness Platform to help enable BOC to build standardized gas processing plants. Through the development of functionalities and e-tools that allow plant information to be shared seamlessly across the organization, the new system has played a significant role in the standardization efforts. -- Brittany Ferries -- nominated by AXS-One Brittany Ferries has worked closely with AXS-One to build an Internet-based system, using the AXSPoint(TM) Travel solution, to automate the whole process of issuing monthly statements and invoices and managing queries with its 3,500 strong agent community. The AXSPoint Travel solution improves cash collection, saves on administration costs, enhances the company's ability to address agents' questions quickly, and allows Brittany staff to focus on value-added activities. -- Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group -- nominated by IBM Corporation The Shanghai Broadcast Lab was the first to implement a digital asset production and management system in China. The successful deployment of the system enables Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group to become a provider of digital content nationwide and worldwide to both broadcast community and to telecom industry. It set an example for all Shanghai's TV and radio stations, publishing houses, and newspapers, owned by Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group, to go digital. -- US Airways -- nominated by Arbortext US Airways was able to overhaul documentation production, creating a central data store of content components that can be searched, managed, tracked and improved more easily, by using Arbortext Epic software. With Arbortext, the speed and quality of maintenance has reached new heights. US Airways helped pioneer the ATA-100 specification that is widely used today. This specification defines a consistent format for easier interchange of aircraft documentation. About AIIM International AIIM International is the global Enterprise Content Management Association connecting the users and suppliers of e-business technologies and services. AIIM International represents the specific area of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) within e-business -- the technologies used to create, capture, customize, deliver, and manage enterprise content to support business processes. These technologies are key enablers of e-business and include: content/document management, business process management, enterprise portals See corporate portal. , knowledge management, image management, data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse , and data mining. A neutral and unbiased source of information, AIIM International produces educational, solution-oriented events and conferences, provides up-to-the-minute industry information through publications and its industry web portal See portal. , and is an ANSI/ISO-accredited standards developer. Additional information about AIIM is available on the Web at www.aiim.org. |
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