Johnson Controls Selects Cardiff LiquidOffice to Put Paper Online and Reduce the Costs Associated With Form-Driven Processes.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BRENTFORD, ENGLAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2002 Global Manufacturing & Production Organization Adopts Cardiff Software's Business Process Automation Solution for Their Form-Driven Processes Cardiff Software Ltd., a leading global provider of business process-automation solutions, today announced that Johnson Controls Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI) is a United States company, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, specializing in the design, manufacturing, and installation of automotive systems, automotive batteries (Optima[1] based in Denver, Colorado) and climate control systems. , a global market leader in automotive systems See ITS, embedded system, drive-by-wire, adaptive cruise control, collision avoidance system, autonomous vehicle, heads-up display, DSRC, lane departure system, CAN bus, FlexRay and SYNC. and facility management, will use the Cardiff LiquidOffice(TM) eForms System to automate form-based processes, beginning with its plant at Burton upon Trent Burton upon Trent, urban area (1991 pop. 47,930), Staffordshire, W central England, on the Trent River and the Grand Trunk Canal. Brewing, begun there by Benedictine monks, is the most famous industry. From the 11th cent. , England. The solution is being implemented by Cardiff Software reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. O2 Consulting. Cardiff LiquidOffice will be used to streamline the processing of Johnson Controls' purchase requisition As part of an organization's internal financial controls, the accounting department may institute a purchase requisition process to help manage requests for purchases. Requests for the creation of purchase of goods and services are documented and routed for approval within the forms, greatly reducing the time spent on administrative procedures and eliminating the manual handling of paper documents. A Web-based solution, LiquidOffice will enable employees at Johnson Controls to use Internet technology to track purchase requisitions at every stage in the sign-off and procurement process, thereby eliminating the costs associated with manual, paper-based procedures. Cardiff LiquidOffice is a complete eForm management software system that allows organizations to design, route, track, approve and sign electronic forms online via a standard Web-browser. Its open-standards architecture uses standard PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. and HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. formats that enable manufacturing organizations such as Johnson Controls to seamlessly integrate LiquidOffice with existing IT infrastructure and back office quality management control systems. Anthony Cartwright, IT project co-ordinator at Johnson Controls, comments: "The manual handling of purchase order forms was very labour intensive and resulted in many forms being filled out incorrectly, the sign-off process taking too long and difficulties in tracking the progress of forms. With LiquidOffice, our employees will now be able to fill in purchase requisitions online, send them through for electronic approval and track them throughout the whole process to delivery. It is also planned to integrate the system with our back office applications, further eliminating the errors associated with manual paper processes." Cartwright continues, "What attracted us to LiquidOffice was its complete scalability that enables us to add users and forms to the system as business requirements dictate. In terms of 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). , we expect LiquidOffice to pay for itself in less than one year. The next stage in this process is to migrate all of our internal form-based processes, such as timesheets, holiday request forms and expense reports into LiquidOffice, further driving efficiencies and cost reductions." Nick Marsh, managing director of O2 Consulting, comments, "Cardiff LiquidOffice's powerful functionality and O2's expertise in delivering business process-automation projects have combined to offer Johnson Controls a solution that provides a quick return on investment and the scalability to meet Johnson Controls' immediate and future requirements." About Johnson Controls Johnson Controls Inc. is a global market leader in automotive systems and building facilities management The management of a user's computer installation by an outside organization. All operations including systems, programming and the datacenter can be performed by the facilities management organization on the user's premises. and control. In the automotive market, it is a major supplier of seating, interior systems and batteries. For non-residential facilities, Johnson Controls provides control systems and services focused on comfort, energy and security management. Johnson Controls (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : JCI JCI Journal of Clinical Investigation JCI Johnson Controls, Inc. JCI Junior Chamber International JCI Joint Commission International JCI Japan Concrete Institute JCI Journal of Communication Inquiry JCI Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Limited ), founded in 1885, has headquarters in Milwaukee, Wis. Its sales for 2002 totalled $20.1 billion. About O2 Consulting O2 Consulting delivers business process automation solutions to businesses of all sizes. Utilizing the latest technologies and core products from established market leaders, they build solutions that support, enhance and automate the business processes of their clients. About Cardiff Software Ltd. Cardiff Software is a leading global provider of business process-automation solutions. Cardiff helps organizations gain tremendous advantages by automating their core business processes. Cardiff has a global distribution network spanning every continent and more than 20,000 customers worldwide. For more information on Cardiff, see http://www.europe.cardiff.com. |
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