Business Objects Customers Take Off with Performance Management; Management Dashboards Help Organizations Gain Insight and Optimize Performance.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. & PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. -- Organizations that want to know where they have been, where they are today, and where they are headed tomorrow need only look at the gauge on their Business Objects dashboard to check their status. Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA )(Euronext Paris Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which merged with the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form Euronext NV, which is the second largest exchange in Europe behind the London Stock Exchange. ISIN Isin (ĭs`ĭn), capital of an ancient Semitic kingdom of N Babylonia. The city became important after the third dynasty of Ur fell to the Elamites and the Amorites (c.2025 B.C.). The phase from c.2025–c.1763 B.C. code: FR0004026250-BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that thousands of its customers are optimizing business performance by using dashboards powered by Business Objects. And those numbers are growing rapidly -- Q4 2004 sales of Business Objects enterprise performance management solutions grew 27 percent compared to the same quarter a year ago. Dashboards, or digital cockpits, help business users monitor and improve performance proactively. From the Fortune 500 to those organizations just starting out, dashboards are playing a key role in helping organizations increase revenues, grow profits, and gain a competitive advantage. To learn more about how dashboards can help your organization, visit the Business Objects website and download white papers, take a product tour, or sign up for a web seminar at http://www.businessobjects.com/dashboardmanager/. "You wouldn't drive a car without a dashboard to tell you if you're low on oil and gasoline, so it's no surprise that today's most successful organizations are turning to Business Objects to optimize performance with our dashboards," said Rene Bonvanie, chief marketing officer for Business Objects. "Management dashboards provide the visibility needed to help everyone in an organization with the ability to monitor and understand business activities. Hindsight is always 20/20. Dashboards give organization a look at what's on What's On (Traditional Chinese: 熒幕八爪娛) is a weekly half-hour TV series that airs on Fairchild Television. Format Originally started in 1996, the show is currently the longest-running program in Fairchild Television history. the horizon." BusinessObjects(TM) Dashboard Manager makes it easy to deliver dashboards across the enterprise by helping organizations monitor business performance, understand business drivers, and deploy management dashboards. This is especially critical for small-and-medium sized organizations which have the same needs as a multi-billion dollar company in deploying a business intelligence solution at the lowest possible total cost of ownership. Following are some comments from Business Objects dashboard customers: Edward Hospital Current Edward Hospital and Health Services (EHSC) commonly referred to as "Edward" is a major healthcare provider located in southwest suburban Naperville, Illinois. History Board of Directors and Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract "As a busy hospital network in the western suburb of Chicago that operates out of 24 locations, handles approximately 434,000 patient visits each year, and manages the services of 800 physicians, it is imperative that we have the information we need at a moment's notice," said Mary Schulte, manager of IT programming Services at Edward Hospital & Health Services. "That is why we deployed a customized business intelligence dashboard powered by BusinessObjects Dashboard Manager to improve billing and better manage patient accounts." FedEx Express FedEx Express, based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, is the world's largest cargo airline. It is a subsidiary of the FedEx Corporation and delivers packages and freight to more than 220 countries each day[1]. "We rely on management dashboards from Business Objects for access to immediate information across the sales and marketing, IT, and operations department Operations department See: Back office. operations department See back office. ," said Janny Ekelson, systems development manager at FedEx Express EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. . "Dashboards help us gather the latest information on customer activity, including sales performance by account executive and revenue generated per account. Dashboards have also helped management improve decision making and reduce response time when action is required." JCDecaux "To improve our operational and financial performance, we chose a dynamic business intelligence tool to enable our analysts to quickly evaluate the popularity of our billboard sites and compare advertising costs with the revenue that was generated," said Patrick Cardinael, director of IT strategy and Industrialization industrialization Process of converting to a socioeconomic order in which industry is dominant. The changes that took place in Britain during the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and 19th century led the way for the early industrializing nations of western Europe and at JCDecaux. "With dashboards from Business Objects, our users can now monitor global profitability metrics and break it down by region and geography." Lands' End
"Our dashboards include an early alert system that utilizes key performance metrics to target items selling faster than expected and gives our managers the ability to adjust product levels far earlier than they were able to do in the past," said Frank Giannantonio, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. of Lands' End. "Performance management has enabled us to have far greater insight into our key products inventory, and that enables our mangers to make more timely decisions. As a result, we've had a stronger growth and experienced overall improvement in customer service and satisfaction." Triad Financial "The Six Sigma process and interviews with executive staff helped us define our key performance metrics," said Matthew March, manager of information management and delivery for Triad Financial. "However, it is the executive dashboard built with BusinessObjects Dashboard Manager that enables us to present this information in an easy-to-use, easy-to-understand format, complete with drill-down capabilities for individual metrics and alerts to ensure key indicators are picked up immediately. Moreover, with Business Objects we are able to share one version of the truth with our entire organization, which is critical to ensuring that we receive a payoff for all the effort we have put into our Six Sigma initiative." West Bromwich Building Society West Bromwich Building Society is a UK building society, with its headquarters in West Bromwich, in the West Midlands in England. It was the official club sponsor of West Bromwich Albion F.C. for seven seasons from 1997–2004. "Our dashboard from Business Objects provides the West Bromwich Building Society with daily access to one company-wide view of key performance indicators Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are financial and non-financial metrics used to quantify objectives to reflect strategic performance of an organization. KPIs are used in Business Intelligence to assess the present state of the business and to prescribe a course of action. allowing us to proactively manage our business within a highly competitive industry," said David Eggleston, systems development manager at West Bromwich Building Society. "This up-to-date information enables us to identify and maximize business opportunities, mitigate the risk associates with lending exposure, and meet regulatory requirements." About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. With more than 30,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500, Business Objects helps organizations gain better insight into their business, improve decision making, and optimize enterprise performance. The company's business intelligence platform, BusinessObjects(TM) XI, offers the BI industry's most complete and trusted platform for reporting, query and analysis, performance management, and data integration. BusinessObjects XI includes Crystal Reports(R), the industry standard for enterprise reporting. Business Objects has also built the industry's strongest and most diverse partner community, with more than 3,000 partners worldwide. In addition, the company offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects. Business Objects has dual headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and Paris, France. The company's stock is traded on both the Nasdaq (BOBJ) and Euronext Paris (ISIN:FR0004026250-BOB) stock exchanges. More information about Business Objects can be found at www.businessobjects.com. Business Objects and the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, WebIntelligence, Crystal Reports, Crystal Enterprise, Crystal Analysis, RapidMarts, and BusinessQuery are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects S.A. or its affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. in the United States and/or other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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