Avanade Goes Live With Novient's Service Process Optimization Solution in Only 45 Days.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2000 Novient's Solution Will Help Manage Firm's Rapid Expansion Novient, Inc., the premier software provider of Internet-based 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. (SPO SPO System(s) Program Office SPO System(s) Project Office Spo Schizosaccharomyces Pombe SPO Srpski Pokret Obnove ) solutions for the service economy, today announced that Avanade Inc. has successfully implemented Novient's software to help manage its rapid growth. Since making its debut last March, Seattle-based Avanade has grown to more than 600 employees and has worked on more than 30 client engagements. Avanade, a joint venture between Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, (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 ) and Andersen Consulting See Accenture. , which will be renamed Accenture on January 1, 2001, was created to deliver scalable, leading-edge technology and Internet-based solutions based on the Microsoft.net enterprise platform. Novient's service process optimization solution enables its customers to optimize their service operations and better manage their workforce to achieve superior business results. Through workforce design, scheduling, and management, Novient helps clients to maximize project revenue, improve project efficiency, and increase customer satisfaction. "Avanade is growing rapidly. We see Novient as a valuable tool in our resource planning Resource planning may refer to:
The flexibility and ease of use of Novient's solution resulted in the application being implemented throughout Avanade North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. in only forty-five days. "We are excited that Avanade has chosen to work with Novient," said R. Halsey Wise, chief executive officer for Novient. "Our proven solution will enable real-time, worldwide collaboration of Avanade's people, projects, knowledge, and process throughout its entire organization." About Novient Novient Inc., www.novient.com, is the premier software provider of Internet-based service process optimization solutions for the service economy. Through workforce design, scheduling, and management, Novient's customers maximize project revenue, minimize labor cost, improve employee retention, and increase customer satisfaction. Novient's service process optimization application, Novient eServices(TM), enables an organization to gain visibility into future service projects, optimally match available people and skills to project requirements, and automate the service delivery process. Novient's peer-to-peer Internet collaboration infrastructure, Novient iServerNet(TM), enables an organization to optimally design and assemble a virtual service community by connecting its internal people with business partners, independent contractors A person who contracts to do work for another person according to his or her own processes and methods; the contractor is not subject to another's control except for what is specified in a mutually binding agreement for a specific job. , and customers regardless of location. Together, Novient eServices and Novient iServerNet deliver the only proven solution that enables real-time, worldwide collaboration of people, projects, knowledge, and process throughout an organization's entire virtual service community. Novient's solution is licensed to over 120,000 consultants in 48 countries. The company's global customers include Andersen Consulting, Ariba, Compaq, 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. , SAP, and Siemens. About Avanade Avanade Inc. is a new company created by Microsoft and Andersen Consulting to deliver scalable, leading-edge technology and Internet-based solutions based on the Microsoft enterprise platform. Avanade develops and delivers enterprise and Internet technology solutions to Fortune 1000 companies, emerging market-makers, and Internet start-ups. Avanade applies deep technical acumen acumen Astuteness, perception, perspicacity to design and implement a scalable technology infrastructure in addition to the business-critical solutions required to improve profitability, gain speed to market, and fuel growth. Avanade has over 550 employees in offices across the US, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . Additional information can be found on the Avanade web site at http://www.avanade.com/. Novient, Novient iServerNet and Novient eServices are trademarks of Novient, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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