Cass Unveils Truly Integrated, Wireless Expense Management.ST. LOUIS -- Cass Information Systems, Inc. (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 : CASS), a leading provider of enterprise expense management, now delivers a truly integrated telecom expense management solution for both fixed and wireless telecom expenses. Cass clients can now view and manage all telecom expenses - for both fixed and wireless devices - from a single console, rather than two disparate systems. Wireless expense management can be purchased separately from Cass or integrated with Cass services for fixed telecom expense management. The new service was developed to meet the needs of Fortune 1000 companies and others that prefer an integrated solution for both fixed and wireless. Cass enables complete visibility, allowing organizations to obtain a comprehensive view of all telecom carriers, inventory and expenses from one platform. "With this new offering, we're helping employers control what is typically their fastest-growing and most difficult to manage telecom expense - wireless services," commented Jim Dwyer For other uses, see Jim Dwyer (disambiguation). Jim Dwyer (born March 4, 1957 in New York City) is an American journalist who is a reporter and columnist with The New York Times. , vice president, Cass Telecom Information Services See Information Systems. . "Our service addresses growing concerns within the supply chain - such as utilizing pooled plans and enforcing both service contracts and corporate policies governing wireless usage." "A multi-year system development and quality assurance project culminated in the seamless delivery of an integrated solution," Dwyer noted. "The growth in corporate-liable plans is causing more organizations to further evaluate their processes to gain efficiencies in serving employees as well as apply tighter process controls," he added. Enterprise-wide Wireless Management and Consolidated Reporting Combining the services of a professional telecom staff, proven industry best practices and highly automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. processes, Cass delivers a service that actively monitors plan utilization, down to the individual employee level. Cass' web-based portal normalizes data across carriers and presents a carrier-neutral view. Clients can view both fixed and wireless spend by carrier, department or cost center, or service type (voice, data or SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. ), and track trends as well. All reports are customized with the client organization's hierarchy and nomenclature nomenclature /no·men·cla·ture/ (no´men-kla?cher) a classified system of names, as of anatomical structures, organisms, etc. binomial nomenclature , and can be downloaded directly to spreadsheets. Features of Cass Wireless Expense Management Include: * Easy-to-Use Employee Service Portal - Employees log onto a portal that serves as the employer's online wireless catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. and make selections based on corporate-sanctioned options for wireless plans, devices, and accessories. Requests for approval are routed to managers, and email notification provides employees with order status. * Change Management - Cass has a refined process to manage moves, adds, changes, disconnects (MACDs) for services and devices, enabling accurate inventory maintenance. * Carrier Management - Cass manages vendor billing disputes and the recovery of credits. * Usage Optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. - Cass systems include functionality to optimize plan utilization, making it easy to target devices with zero monthly usage for disconnection dis·con·nect v. dis·con·nect·ed, dis·con·nect·ing, dis·con·nects v.tr. 1. To sever or interrupt the connection of or between: disconnected the hose. 2. and identify opportunities for plan modification of high-volume power users or low-volume casual users. * GL/Cost Accounting - Cass automates the process to allocate actual cost per device to the appropriate cost center and user. About Cass Cass Information Systems is the leading provider of transportation, utility and telecom invoice payment and information services. The company, which has been involved in the payables services and information support business since 1956, disburses over $27 billion annually on behalf of customers from processing centers in St. Louis; Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. ; Boston; Greenville, S.C. and Wellington, KS. The support of Cass Commercial Bank, founded in 1906, makes Cass Information Systems unique in the industry. Cass is part of the Russell 2000(R) Index and was recently ranked #65 on the 2009 Fortune Small Business FSB (FrontSide Bus) See system bus. FSB - front side bus 100 list of the fastest-growing public companies in America. More information is available at http://www.cassinfo.com. |
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