FCG Launches FirstDoc Version 3.0; Enterprise Content Management Solution Leader in Life Sciences Introduces Migration to Documentum's Webtop, Enhanced Usability and Navigation.Business Editors/Science Writers/High-Tech Writers LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 2004 First Consulting Group, Inc. (FCG FCG First Consulting Group FCG Foreign Clearance Guide FCG Fatigue Crack Growth FCG Flux Compression Generator FCG Guinean Civic Forum (Guinea-Bissau) FCG Fisheries Consultative Group (ASEAN-SEAFDEC) ) (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 : FCGI FCGI Fast Common Gateway Interface FCGI Fellow of the City and Guilds Institute (UK) ) announced today the launch of Version 3.0 of FirstDoc(TM), a leading enterprise content management (ECM (1) (Enterprise Change Management) See version control and configuration management. (2) (Error Correcting Mode) A Group 3 fax capability that can test for errors within a row of pixels and request retransmission. ) solution suite in the life sciences industry. The newest version offers functional, usability and navigation enhancements designed to solidify so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. its market-leading position in the industry. The FirstDoc solution, built on the Documentum ECM platform, has been selected by 6 of the top 10 Pharmaceutical companies(1), many of which are implementing the solution as the ECM standard across their enterprise. FirstDoc is the cornerstone of FCG's array of consulting, technology and outsourcing services that are designed to help life sciences leaders improve return on investment at all phases in the drug development lifecycle. FirstDoc is the core technology that provides a unified platform for managing content across all business functions, including R&D, clinical trials, manufacturing, marketing and sales and medical information communications. FirstDoc is the only suite of solutions in the life sciences industry that offers full enterprise functionality in an out-of-the-box, regulatory compliant solution. FirstDoc delivers ECM functionality specific to the life sciences industry without the need for costly customization. FirstDoc 3.0 offers significant usability improvements designed to significantly improve the user experience while performing their job functions by providing greater ease of navigation and simplification of application functions. System administrators will notice significant improvements in performance and can now manage users via the FirstDoc web interface. All of these improvements equate e·quate v. e·quat·ed, e·quat·ing, e·quates v.tr. 1. To make equal or equivalent. 2. To reduce to a standard or an average; equalize. 3. to measurable gains in efficiency and productivity. With the 3.0 release of FirstDoc, FCG has applied its deep domain knowledge to address typical problem areas within the pharmaceutical enterprise. These problem areas have been answered through improvements in features, functions, and automatic integration with other core organizational systems Organizational Systems (OS) is a Ph.D. course of study at Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center in San Francisco, CA. OS "is built around the latest knowledge from both organizational behavior and systems science. , such as electronic publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. systems. With the system's robust new capabilities, companies can streamline submissions, increase ease of publishing, and ensure greater levels of compliance through enhanced system and security checks. "FCG clients rely on FirstDoc for global scalability, including multilingual mul·ti·lin·gual adj. 1. Of, including, or expressed in several languages: a multilingual dictionary. 2. capability and the ability to adapt to local business practices. They also rely on our experts for their domain knowledge and in-depth familiarity of the specific challenges and processes inherent in a pharmaceutical company environment. The combination provides a regulatory-compliant solution that has brought to our clients real productivity gains and increased ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ," said Jeff Klein, Vice President, Global Delivery for FCG's Life Sciences practice. FirstDoc Enterprise Platform Migrates to Webtop The FirstDoc Enterprise platform, the foundation layer for the suite of FirstDoc functional enterprise content management modules, has migrated to the latest version of the Documentum Webtop user interface (Version 5.2.2), providing the system with greater Web-based flexibility and overall navigational improvements that are more intuitive and user-friendly. Since the FirstDoc Enterprise platform is the foundation upon which the functional applications are built and delivered, the new enhancements benefit all FirstDoc modules. In addition, FirstDoc had several new functionality additions, including the ability to create documents through the use of virtual document templates, to transition multiple documents to a new lifecycle state, and to further align the web and desktop client interfaces, allowing an organization to choose which to deploy. The FirstDoc Enterprise suite provides a comprehensive, scalable, end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. for the creation, version control, security and life cycle management for content of all types, including Web information, documents, records, e-mail and digital assets. FirstDoc is compliant with 21 CFR CFR See: Cost and Freight Part 11. About FCG FCG is a leading provider of outsourcing, consulting, systems implementation and integration services for healthcare, pharmaceutical, and other life sciences organizations throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia. Through combinations of on-site, off-site and offshore outsourced services, FCG provides low-cost, high-quality offerings to improve its client's performance. The firm's consulting and integration services increase clients' operations effectiveness with and through information technology, resulting in reduced costs, improved customer service, enhanced quality of patient care, and more rapid introduction of new pharmaceutical compounds. For more information about FCG, visit www.fcg.com or call 800-345-0957. (1) Top 10 Pharmaceutical companies ranked by Pharmaceutical Executive in 2003. Source Pharmaceutical Executive, May 2003 |
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