Bombardier Aerospace Selects Actuate's performancesoft pbviews to Enhance its Corporate Performance Management and Balanced Scorecard Initiatives.TORONTO -- performancesoft Inc., a division of Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ACTU ACTU Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri) ACTU Association of Catholic Trade Unionists ACTU Australian Capital Territory Union ) and the leading provider of Performance Management solutions, announced today that Bombardier Aerospace Bombardier Aerospace is a division of the Bombardier group, with the third largest workforce (behind Boeing and Airbus) and the fourth largest in yearly delivery of commercial airplanes (behind Boeing, Airbus and Embraer). has selected performancesoft pbviews to manage its Balanced Scorecard Balanced Scorecard A performance metric used in strategic management to identify and improve various internal functions and their resulting external outcomes. The balanced scorecard attempts to measure and provide feedback to organizations in order to assist in implementing initiative. Bombardier Aerospace chose pbviews for its Balanced Scorecard initiative in order to simplify and improve performance reporting within the organization and to enable the clear articulation articulation In phonetics, the shaping of the vocal tract (larynx, pharynx, and oral and nasal cavities) by positioning mobile organs (such as the tongue) relative to other parts that may be rigid (such as the hard palate) and thus modifying the airstream to produce speech of strategic priorities, action plans and associated performance indicators for Bombardier Aerospace and its Business Units. pbviews will help Bombardier to: visually facilitate the presentation of corporate strategy to employees through Strategy Maps, show the relationships between measures through cause-and-effect diagrams, produce Executive Summaries through the use of pbviews Briefing Books and link measures to owners, increasing accountability and transparency organization-wide. "After careful consideration, we selected performancesoft's pbviews for its simplicity, ease of use and quick implementation. We began using the software in April 2005 and are already seeing positive results. We are confident it will help us achieve greater strategic focus and improve the way we do business," said Ton Diening, Director, Business Metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. , Business Governance and Performance, Bombardier Business Aircraft. "It is no coincidence that Bombardier Aerospace has established itself the leader in its industry," said Michael Tipping, President & 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. , performancesoft Inc. "When organizations look to Corporate Performance Management as a means of streamlining operations and enhancing accountability, they not only position themselves better for market uncertainties, they also establish themselves as responsible corporate citizens, which ultimately helps drive shareholder confidence and customer satisfaction. pbviews is the proven tool for enterprise-wide Corporate Performance Management deployment, and will help Bombardier Aerospace maintain its position as an industry leader." About performancesoft Inc. Founded in 1993, performancesoft, a division of Actuate Corporation, is the acknowledged leader in the Performance Management and Balanced Scorecard categories, with the richest, most intuitive and easiest to use product, and the largest number of successful deployments worldwide. Its state of the art software, practical expertise and unparalleled customer support make pbviews the solution of choice for today's performance driven organizations, which include: Motorola, General Motors, Verizon Communications
Verizon Communications, Inc. , Wachovia, GlaxoSmithKline and many more. For additional information, visit www.performancesoft.com. About Actuate Corporation Actuate Corporation is the world leader in 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. and Performance Management Applications that empower 100% of users to achieve breakthrough corporate performance. Actuate provides the most scalable, reliable, flexible and high-performing reporting capabilities for every application in the enterprise. Customers use Actuate to deliver information in context to users inside and outside the firewall as Performance Management and Customer Self-Service applications A software application that allows a user to obtain information or complete a business transaction on the computer that has traditionally required the help of a human representative. Voice response systems and Web sites are widely used for self-service applications. See kiosk. , managed spreadsheet applications and Java reporting applications. Actuate has over 3,500 customers globally in a range of industries including banking, insurance, manufacturing, communications, and government. Founded in 1993, Actuate has headquarters in South San Francisco South San Francisco, city (1990 pop. 54,312), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1908. South San Francisco has several industrial parks; its manufactures include medical supplies and equipment, foods, paint, paper products, consumer goods, and clothing. , Calif., with offices worldwide. Actuate is listed on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol ACTU. For more information on Actuate, visit the company's Web site at www.actuate.com. Copyright(C) 2006 performancesoft, Inc. All rights reserved. performancesoft, pbviews, Actuate and the Actuate and performancesoft logos are registered trademarks of Actuate Corporation and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other brands, names or trademarks mentioned may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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