San Diego Transit and Trolley On Board with Mincom Ellipse.Business Editors DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2002 Mincom, a global technology partner for asset-intensive industries, has signed a contract with the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB MTDB Metropolitan Transit Development Board ) to supply its enterprise solution to MTDB's subsidiary bus company, San Diego Transit San Diego Transit is a public bus service operated the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) for the San Diego area. San Diego Transit has following operating divisions: SDTC San Diego Transit Corporation SDTC Standard Duty Title Code SDTC Spatial Data Transfer Standard SDTC Solihull Dog Training Club (Birmingham, UK) SDTC San Diego Telcom Council ) and the San Diego Trolley The San Diego Trolley is a trolley-style light rail system operating in the metropolitan area of San Diego, California. The operator, San Diego Trolley, Inc. (SDTI) is a subsidiary of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS). , Inc. This signing further strengthens Mincom's position in the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. transit sector. The multi-million dollar contract is for the purchase and supply of Mincom Ellipse ellipse, closed plane curve consisting of all points for which the sum of the distances between a point on the curve and two fixed points (foci) is the same. It is the conic section formed by a plane cutting all the elements of the cone in the same nappe. for financial, HR, maintenance, and materials management; Mincom LinkOne, a graphical content management and distribution solution; Mincom's Fuel and Oil Management Adaptor; and Integic Corporation's e.POWER solution, an advanced workflow tool. MTDB's Director of Finance and Administration, Renee Wasmund, says she is confident these purchases will increase the operating efficiencies of the two subsidiaries, optimize grant visibility and utilization, and improve customer service for all transit riders in the San Diego area. "Mincom Ellipse will provide us with real-time visibility of key performance indicators Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are financial and non-financial metrics used to quantify objectives to reflect strategic performance of an organization. KPIs are used in Business Intelligence to assess the present state of the business and to prescribe a course of action. and will help promote an environment of information sharing across departmental boundaries," said Wasmund. Samuel Johnson, Director of Information Technology for MTDB, also believes Mincom Ellipse will bring benefits to both subsidiaries. "Continuous support and re-development of interfaces have historically created significant ongoing costs, impacting our data integrity and accessibility. All back-office business functions are fully integrated in Mincom Ellipse without the use of interfaces. This eliminates many of the day-to-day challenges that organizations with limited IT resources face," he said. Johnson believes that because Mincom Ellipse is fully integrated and can be fully Web deployed, it will reduce ongoing support requirements and decrease the cost of running back-office business systems while improving responsiveness to departmental users. "Long term, MTDB looks forward to establishing a strong strategic relationship with a single vendor who offers a single integrated business application and common technologies that will remain fully integrated," he said. Mincom's President of North America, Rick Rogers, believes Mincom's strong transit focus in the region helped secure the deal. "Mincom has an excellent track record in the transit sector. We are committed to our customers' success, and our industry-specific solutions help eliminate departmental silos and align organizational performance with overall agency strategic objectives, making it an ideal solution for the transit sector. "We have been successful in implementing our solutions and creating long-term business partnerships. We recently completed two such implementations with Long Beach Transit Long Beach Transit is a municipal transit company providing fixed and flexible bus transit services in Long Beach, California, United States, other communities in South and Southeast Los Angeles County and Northwestern Orange Counties. in California and Transit Authority of River City in Louisville, Kentucky," he said. In the case of SDTC and SDTI SDTI Serial Data Transport Interface SDTI Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc. SDTI San Diego Trolley Inc. SDTI Serial Digital Transport Protocol , Mincom will be working with business partner EAM (1) (Enterprise Asset Management) The management and control of the information technology assets within the enterprise. The asset management repository includes a description of the asset as well as contract information pertaining to its acquisition. Resources to help implement Mincom's fully integrated Mincom Ellipse solution. About Mincom Mincom Limited is a global technology partner for asset-intensive industries. Mincom provides enterprise solutions focused on improving business outcomes for mining, oil and gas; utilities; transportation; and defense and government industries. Since its inception in 1979, Mincom has been providing both products and services to customers in over 40 countries. Headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, Mincom has over 1,000 employees in 18 offices globally. Its home page is www.mincom.com About San Diego Transit Corporation (SDTC) San Diego Transit Corporation (SDTC) is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of the Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB) and an operator in the Metropolitan Transit System (MTS (1) See Microsoft Transaction Server. (2) (Modular TV System) The stereo channel added to the NTSC standard, which includes the SAP audio channel for special use. 1. MTS - Message Transport System. 2. ), which also includes the San Diego Trolley. It operates 31 fixed bus routes over 735 route miles with an active fleet of 294 buses. SDTC's operations are reviewed by a seven-member board of directors appointed by MTDB from the public and business sectors. About San Diego Trolley, Inc. (SDTI) The San Diego Trolley light rail system has been operating since July 26, 1981. Over it's 19 years of service, the system has expanded to a 48-mile (77.2 km) LRT LRT Light-Rail Transit LRT Likelihood Ratio Test LRT Light Rapid Transit LRT Lower Respiratory Tract LRT Lehrstuhl für Raumfahrttechnik LRT Long Range Transportation LRT Light Railway Transit LRT London Regional Transport LRT Loving Relationships Training network serving the San Diego County region. Among its many distinctions, SDTI was the first new LRT system to operate both LRT service and nighttime freight service through a temporal separation arrangement. The LRT system is operated and maintained by SDTI, a wholly owned subsidiary of the San Diego Metropolitan Development Board (MTDB). About MTDB Created in 1976, the San Diego Metropolitan Development Board (MTDB) provides policy and overall management coordination of the public transportation system in the San Diego metro service area. The MTDB Board of Directors has the policy-setting responsibility for the operation and development of MTDB's transit operating subsidiaries, as well as for the planning and approval of capital expenditures by or on behalf of these entities. It is the umbrella agency to area's two largest transit operators: San Diego Transit Corporation (SDTC) & San Diego Trolley, Inc. (SDTI). Both were formed under California law as not-for-profit public corporations and function as subsidiaries of MTDB. |
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