D&B Offers Data Migration Service for SAP Users.MURRAY HILL Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
New service also provides real-time, online access to D&B information on more than 28 million businesses Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) announced today that it will offer customers of SAP a service for migrating customer and supplier data from existing legacy systems to SAP's R/3. D&B will also offer R/3 users online access to its U.S. and European databases. The new service, which is being demonstrated at SAPPHIRE'97 (exhibit 1406-1408), provides companies with clean, up-to-date and well organized customer and vendor master data that can help them reduce business cycle times, lower transaction costs Transaction Costs Costs incurred when buying or selling securities. These include brokers' commissions and spreads (the difference between the price the dealer paid for a security and the price they can sell it). and improve responsiveness to customers. The service can also enhance a company's data with D&B value-added business information about customers and suppliers. The D&B information can help companies proactively manage risk, identify new market opportunities and leverage purchasing relationships. "D&B's extensive knowledge and experience in data integration and maintenance gives our company a definite advantage. For more than 150 years, D&B has been gathering, integrating and managing data on tens of millions of businesses to support decision making in credit, marketing and purchasing," said Frank Fitzsimmons Frank Fitzsimmons (August 7, 1907 – May 6, 1981), was President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from Jimmy Hoffa's conditional pardon in 1971 until his own death from cancer in 1981. , senior vice president - Global Electronic Commerce at D&B. "Now SAP customers will have access to D&B's expertise and information to help them leverage their new technology and grow their business." For many companies, migrating legacy data is a drain on time, money and resources. D&B's service can migrate data in days, eliminate errors and redundancies and provide clean data formatted to their enterprise system. The D&B D-U-N-S Number, a key component in the company's migration service, is a unique nine-digit number that identifies and links more than 44 million businesses in D&B's global database. The D-U-N-S Number has become a universal business ID that can identify companies by location, industry and country. The D-U-N-S Number also identifies corporate affiliations, linking a parent company to its branches, subsidiaries, divisions and corporate affiliates. It is recognized by the American National Standards Institute See ANSI. (body, standard) American National Standards Institute - (ANSI) The private, non-profit organisation (501(c)3) responsible for approving US standards in many areas, including computers and communications. ANSI is a member of ISO. , the United Nations, the International Standards Organization See ISO. and over 50 industry and trade associations as well as the U.S. federal government. In addition to the new migration service, D&B provides real- time, online access from SAP's R/3 to its risk and financial information on 28 million businesses in the U.S. and Europe. R/3 users can quickly retrieve D&B risk assessment data to support the R/3 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. credit control process or download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. D&B reports that can be stored and shared across the R/3 business application solution. D&B's access application is based on the open FI architecture of R/3 and is a globally certified See certification. SAP interface. R/3 users can choose from more than 60 D&B reports and three levels of risk data packets (Basic, Enhanced and Financials). Users can pull traditional reports such as the D&B Business Information Report and store it with the appropriate customer record. In addition to providing R/3 users with data migration services and value-added business information, D&B is planning to offer R/3 users in purchasing online access to its supplier evaluation Supplier evaluation is a term used in business and refers to the process of evaluating and approving potential suppliers by factual and measurable assesment. The purpose of supplier evaluation is to ensure a portfolio of best in class suppliers is available for use. information during the fourth quarter of 1997. For more information about D&B's information solutions for R/3, businesses can call 1-800-543-3291. Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), a company of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, is the world's leading provider of business-to- business credit, marketing and purchasing information, and receivables management services. The corporation, which also includes Moody's Investors Service Moody's Investors Service A leading global credit rating, research and risk analysis firm. Moody's Investors Service A leading firm engaged in credit rating, risk analysis, and research of fixed-income securities and their issuers. and Reuben H. Donnelley, is headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., employs 16,000 people in 37 countries, and reported 1996 revenue of more than $2 billion. -0- Editors note: D&B press releases are available on the Internet via the Dun & Bradstreet World Wide Web home page (http//www.dnb.com). SAP and R/3 are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG (company) SAP AG - (Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung - German for "Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing") A company from Germany that sells the leading suite of client-server business software. The US branch is called SAP America. . CONTACT: Pamela Spiridon 908.665.5105 spiridonp@mail.dnb.com |
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