Data Into Action Installs Knowledge Management Technology at Toyota USA.FULLERTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 1999--Data Into Action, a Fullerton-based computer systems integrator A Computer Systems Integrator is a position that is responsible for introducing new software applications into the existing or new computing environment. This includes the testing for compatabilty, distribution, and dissemination of related documentation. , Friday announced it is implementing the latest technology in data warehousing and knowledge management at Toyota Motor Sales USA (TMS TMS Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (alternative medicine for depression) TMS Test Match Special (sports - cricket) TMS Texas Motor Speedway TMS Transportation Management System TMS Toyota Motor Sales ) and Toyota Credit Corporation (TMCC TMCC Truckee Meadows Community College (Reno, NV, USA) TMCC Toyota Motor Credit Corporation TMCC Tanah Merah Country Club (Singapore) TMCC Turtle Mountain Community College ) USA headquarters in Southern California. TMCC Controller Robert Dowe said Data Into Action has been contracted to install a system that will allow the company to improve its understanding of the profit contribution of products and customers from many different perspectives. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Doug Simao, president of DIA, said his firm has been working with Toyota for the past two years and already has implemented several systems to monitor and improve dealer profitability, budgeting and costing, decision support and other business and operational systems. According to Simao, Toyota's new system is designed to generate more detailed financial reports to management at corporate, branch office and dealer levels. It is based on the Hyperion Essbase OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) Decision support software that allows the user to quickly analyze information that has been summarized into multidimensional views and hierarchies. OLAP tools are used to perform trend analysis on sales and financial information. (online analytical processing Online Analytical Processing, or OLAP (IPA: /ˈoʊlæp/), is an approach to quickly provide answers to analytical queries that are multidimensional in nature. ) software and works with Toyota's 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) G5 mainframe and Compaq Proliants Essbase servers. Data Into Action, whose clients also include Boeing, Hewlett-Packard, Carl Karcher Enterprises, Conexant (formerly Rockwell Semiconductors) and others, specializes in data warehousing, the process of identifying and organizing a company's bank of computer-based knowledge -- or data -- and making it quick and easy to access by the people who need it. The company is a strategic partner with Hyperion Solutions, a market leader in OLAP and data warehousing products. DIA's corporate headquarters is located at 128 West Wilshire, Suite A, Fullerton, Calif. 92832, Phone: 714/578-9479. Fax: 714/680-8610. Web site: http://www.dataintoaction.com. |
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