Chrysler roll-out worldwide decision support solution.DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 1995--In an initiative geared to unlock corporate data and leverage it for analysis and decision making, Chrysler Corp., Detroit, is deploying a TRACK Business Intelligence solution from IOC IOC abbr. International Olympic Committee IOC n abbr (= International Olympic Committee) → COI m IOC n abbr (= Inc., Orlando, Fla. Chrysler's TRACK application, known internally as the Dealer Warranty Information Network, is geared to reduce warranty costs by providing information to corporate, regional, and district management. These managers can now gain insight into the firms complex warranty information through dynamic maps, interactive charts, stop-light screens, reports, statistical analysis, and intelligent-agent driven exception monitoring. Operating in client/server mode, the application slices and dices through mainframe IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) DB2 database tables of up to 60GB in size using IBM RS/6000 Unix gateways. Additional application features include user driven profiles and dynamic links to desktop packages such as Lotus 123. TRACK is a high-end Business Intelligence environment which features an object oriented See object technology and object-oriented programming. client/server architecture An environment in which the application processing is divided between client workstations and servers. It implies the use of desktop computers interacting with servers in a network in contrast to processing everything in a large centralized mainframe. See client/server. . Executive Information (EIS (1) (Executive Information System) An information system that consolidates and summarizes ongoing transactions within the organization. It provides top management with all the information it requires at all times from internal and external sources. ) and Decision Support (DSS (1) (Digital Signature Standard) A National Security Administration standard for authenticating an electronic message. See RSA and digital signature. (2) (Digital Satellite S ) solutions can be rapidly deployed using plug-and-play components and vertical market applications from TRACK's Object Warehouse. Backed worldwide through development and marketing agreements with IBM Corp., Armonk, N.Y., TRACK is available across Windows, OS/2, Unix, and AS/400 platforms. The product aids business command and control through its ability to synergize and integrate data from a wide range of relational databases, multidimensional models, groupware Software that supports multiple users working on related tasks in local and remote networks. Also called "collaborative software," groupware is an evolving concept that is more than just multiuser software which allows access to the same data. , and external sources. Chrysler initially ran a pilot project with TRACK after it beat out competition in the proposal stages of selection. With the pilot providing proof of concept, Chrysler awarded services contact for the project in which IOC and IBM worked closely to lay out the architecture and design for the system. The application was assembled from components with additional custom TRACK development. Despite the complexity of the undertaking, this phase of the project reached completion on schedule, on budget, and with excellent performance. Now Chrysler is rolling the solution out worldwide and has officially signed an enterprise license for TRACK covering 2,100 managers. CONTACT: IOC Inc., Orlando, Fla. Adrian Marshall, 407/236-9753 |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion