Business Objects Helps Pave the Way for Performance Management at Georgia Department of Transportation; BusinessObjects XI Release 2 and Business Objects Global Services to Drive Key Initiatives.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. -- 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 Georgia Department of Transportation The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is the government agency responsible for building and maintaining state roads in the U.S. state of Georgia. Their headquarters is located across the street from the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. (GDOT GDOT Georgia Department of Transportation (USA) GDOT Greensboro Department of Transportation (North Carolina) ) is using BusinessObjects(TM) XI Release 2 to track the performance of the agency's many transportation projects. The organization can now more accurately manage initiatives like road and bridge development, contract bidding processes, and ensure on-time completion of projects. As part of the engagement with GDOT, the Business Objects Global Services team managed the implementation of BusinessObjects XI Release 2 and designed the data flows for performance management. In addition, GDOT executives use BusinessObjects XI Release 2 to closely manage financial and cash flow forecasting Cash flow forecasting is the modeling of a company’s future financial liquidity. Cash usually refers to the company’s total bank balances, but often what is forecasted is treasury position which is cash plus short-term investments minus short-term debt. for billions of dollars in state programs. This is especially critical for projects that fall into the state's transportation improvement program (STIP), which are high profile initiatives for the state. GDOT also depends on BusinessObjects XI Release 2 performance management solutions, including BusinessObjects Performance Manager and BusinessObjects Dashboard Manager, to ensure the agency is on track to meet goals for 14 strategic objectives including customer service, operations delivery, financial resources, employee development, and consultant relationships. These areas are traditionally tracked by upper management in the organization, but now business intelligence is being widely used by the rank and file of the agency. This is contributing to a cultural change within the organization. "With the view of business data and relationships offered by BusinessObjects Performance Manager and BusinessObjects Dashboard Manager, we are seeing a shift in the thinking of many of our employees," said Jim Davis, Strategic Development Administrator at Georgia Department of Transportation. "The technology gives deeper insight for business managers and engineers to see how their activities map to success of larger agency projects. People are more interested in 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. and measurement than ever before, and how they can apply them to improve our organization." The GDOT used Business Objects Global Services and solutions to determine how information could be accessed more quickly and by more people throughout the agency. Key metrics like the status of a highway pre-construction program were typically gathered using Microsoft Access A database program for Windows, available separately or included in the Microsoft Office suite. Access is programmable using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Access can read Paradox, dBASE and Btrieve files, and using ODBC, Microsoft SQL Server, SYBASE SQL Server and Oracle data. queries that would then be transferred to Excel spreadsheets. Business Objects Global Services worked with GDOT to create one streamlined and consistent process for all departments in the organization. Another challenge was accessing data quickly from a PeopleSoft system, which was owned and managed by the Georgia's State Accounting Office. Once a request was submitted, it could take months to get the results. Now by using BusinessObjects Data Integrator Business Objects's Data Integrator is a data integration and ETL tool that was previously known as Acta. The Data Integrator product consists primarily of a Data Integrator Job Server and the Data Integrator Designer. XI, GDOT can move the data over and into a data warehouse. The information can then be queried directly by GDOT employees. Business Objects provided the GDOT with an enterprise information management solution that enables faster, more accurate information access for the agency. "GDOT is a great example of how a full suite of Business Objects products working together can really affect change in an organization," said Jay Johnson Jay Johnson can refer to:
About Georgia Department of Transportation The Georgia Department of Transportation is committed to providing a safe, seamless and sustainable transportation system that supports Georgia's economy and is sensitive to both its citizens and its environment. For general information on the Georgia DOT, please visit our website (www.dot.state.ga.us). Business Objects: Improving Performance in State & Local Government Business Objects is a leading provider of business intelligence (BI) software to state and local governments across 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. . BI improves the ability of government agencies to manage budgets, cases, procurement, and 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. , as well as financial and operational performance. For more information about Business Objects business intelligence solutions for the government, please visit: http://www.businessobjects.com/government/. About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company, with more than 39,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500. Business Objects helps organizations of all sizes create a trusted foundation for decision making, gain better insight into their business, and optimize performance. The company's innovative business intelligence suite, BusinessObjects(TM) XI, offers the BI industry's most advanced and complete solution for performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis, and enterprise information management. BusinessObjects XI includes the award-winning Crystal line of reporting and data visualization See information visualization. software. Business Objects has also built the industry's strongest and most diverse partner community, and 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. The Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports, Intelligent Question, and Xcelsius are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects in the United States and/or other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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