Archdiocese of Baltimore Completes Lawson Implementation.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ST. PAUL St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2003 Lawson Applications Enable Nation's First Roman Catholic Archdiocese to Improve Workforce Efficiency, Communication Lawson Software's applications (Nasdaq:LWSN) are giving the Archdiocese of Baltimore more time to focus on its ministry by automating core administrative tasks. The Archdiocese recently implemented Lawson 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. , Enterprise Reporting With the dramatic expansion of information technology, and the desire for increased competitiveness in corporations, there has been an increase in the use of computing power to produce unified reports which join different views of the enterprise in one place. , ProcessFlow Professional and Portal to streamline its human resources and benefits functions. This allows the organization to better serve its employees by making employee data more readily available and improving collaboration across administrative departments. The Archdiocese of Baltimore, as the Premiere See, has the distinction of being the first Roman Catholic Archdiocese in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . It comprises the city of Baltimore and nine Maryland counties and serves nearly 500,000 people through more than 160 parishes, nearly 100 schools and various social service agencies. "With more than 23,000 employee records spread out across a number of disparate databases, we needed a standardized system that would better organize employee information and make it more accessible," said William A. Glover, director, Archdiocese of Baltimore Division of Information Technology. "Lawson's experience within the non-profit sector The nonprofit sector, also called the third sector, civic sector or voluntary sector, is a third area of an economy, distinct from the public sector and the private sector. It is made up of all of the non-profit organizations in the economy. helped it quickly respond to our unique needs and provide the right solutions to increase our efficiency." The Archdiocese completed the first phase of its Lawson Human Resources implementation on April 28, 2003, migrating more than 23,000 employee records from multiple systems to one centralized system In telecommunications, a centralized system is one in which most communications are routed through one or more major central hubs. Such a system allows certain functions to be concentrated in the system's hubs, freeing up resources in the peripheral units. . Lawson technology extensions, such as ProcessFlow Professional, provide the Archdiocese with pre-built workflow functionality that automates new hires, terminations and other personnel-related actions. Lawson Enterprise Reporting enables Archdiocesan staff to access custom reports based on clergy personnel, HR and insurance data. Portal, Lawson's Web-based user interface, helps the organization foster relationships with and among its employees by providing an enterprise-wide communication channel and online information center. "The Lawson applications are dramatically improving the level of service and support we provide to our Archdiocesan employees," Glover said. "Our HR group now finds it easier to collaborate with the insurance and payroll departments, and the Enterprise Reporting functions enable our clergy personnel office to communicate with pastors and deacons much more efficiently." Within the next year, the Archdiocese will roll out Lawson Employee and Manager Self-Service, which enables employees to view and maintain their own HR data via the Web and allows managers to track and maintain information about their direct reports. "Lawson is delivering solutions for the public sector that deliver on its vision of ease of adoption," said Steve Jolly, Lawson public sector director of market development. "Our customers are successful in adopting Lawson's applications because our solutions ease the path to improved effectiveness and efficiency rather than merely easing the path to data entry." Lawson serves more than 140 public sector customers, including four of the 25 largest school districts in the United States and five of the top 20 state organizations. School districts, cities, counties, state governments, publicly owned Publicly owned can refer to:
About Lawson Software (Lawson Software, St. Paul, MN, www.lawson.com) A software company that specializes in ERP for vertical markets including health care, retail, public sector, professional and financial services. Lawson Software provides business process software solutions that help services organizations in the healthcare, retail, professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , public sector, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and other strategic markets achieve competitive advantage. Lawson's solutions include enterprise performance management, distribution, financials, human resources, procurement, retail operations, and service process optimization Process optimization is the practice of making changes or adjustments to a process, to get results. Optimization is the use of specific techniques to determine the most cost effective and efficient solution to a problem or design for a process. . Headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., Lawson has offices and affiliates serving North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Additional information about Lawson is available at www.lawson.com. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements contain statements of intent, belief or current expectations of Lawson Software, Inc., and its management. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from the potential results discussed in the forward-looking statements. The company is not obligated ob·li·gate tr.v. ob·li·gat·ed, ob·li·gat·ing, ob·li·gates 1. To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force. 2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; oblige. to update forward-looking statements based on circumstances or events that occur in the future. In addition to factors discussed above, risks and uncertainties that may cause such differences include but are not limited to: a decline in general economic conditions; uncertainties in the software industry; global military conflicts; terrorist attacks in the United States, and any future events in response to these developments; changes in conditions in the company's targeted service industries; increased competition and other risk factors listed in the company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and as included in other documents the company files from time to time with the Commission. |
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