Asahi Bank, of Japan has chosen the MobiusElectronic Document Warehouse software suite to manage customer records and documents, including account records from both paper and wire transactions. The Mobius products are available locally through Bateleur Software Solutions.
The system will give users at the Asahi central bank and 330 branches instant, on-line access to 4,000 different kinds of documents and 100,000,000 pages of documents each year, according to bank officials. When fully operational, 5,000 users in all branches will use the system to archive, retrieve, and display all customer management documents. Asahi Bank expects to save 700,000,000 Yen (U.S. $6 million) - approximately 70 percent of related administrative costs - by providing instant access to customer documents and avoiding storage and distribution of paper documents.
The Mobius Electronic Document Warehouse (EDW) is an integrated suite of products that archives and integrates documents of different formats on a wide variety of computing platforms and electronic storage devices, making them available over corporate networks and the Internet.
Asahi Bank will use ViewDirect, the archiving engine and document server, including the option to access documents direct from tape; and DocumentDirect, the Windows-based viewing client. .
"The Mobius software will enable us not only to improve our cost structure and operational performance but also to provide improved customer service and electronic storage of tax documents," said Mr. Matsushima, systems manager at Asahi headquarters. Asahi Bank expects to eliminate the paper storage of tax documents as well as customer management documents.
"This is a perfect example of the solution offered by Mobius EDW architecture to financial institutions that require on-line access to very large volumes of documents that typically include records of wire transactions and tax compliance. Such a project will help any bank to improve operational performance between its headquarters, its branches and most importantly its clients throughout the country," says Sam Selmer-Olsen, director of Bateleur Software Solutions.
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Bateleur
Bateleur Software Solutions, a business unit of Bateleur Software Holdings (Pty) Ltd (www.bateleur.co.za), offers best-of-breed software packages as cost effective solutions to major corporates who handle high volume workloads. Bateleur is highly respected for the company`s experience in creating and delivering successful and innovative business solutions through understanding of the local market. This, complimented by entrenched service excellence, has resulted in substantial growth and expansion of the company. Bateleur Software Solutions is one of five business units. Bateleur Managed Solutions, Bateleur Customised Solutions, Bateleur Financial Solutions and Bateleur Strategic Solutions make up the full compliment of Bateleur group.
Mobius
Mobius Management Systems, Inc. (www.mobius.com) is a leading provider of enterprise-wide Electronic Document Warehouse solutions in support of electronic commerce, customer service and improved productivity. Founded in 1981, the company develops and markets a complete family of software products to integrate and archive large volumes of diverse documents and transactions and make them available over corporate networks and the Internet. Mobius products are used by more than 1,200 organisations worldwide, including banks, insurance companies, financial service providers, utilities and telecommunications companies. More than half of the Fortune 100 companies use Mobius software. Mobius products are distributed in South Africa by Bateleur Software.
Asahi Bank
Established through the merger of the Kyowa Bank, Ltd. and the Saitama Bank, Ltd. in 1991, the Asahi Bank, Ltd. assumed its current name in 1992. Placing emphasis on the interests and satisfaction of its customers, Asahi Bank has developed a strong competitive position in the domestic retail banking market, serving as a helpful financial consultant to individuals and as a knowledgeable partner for clients in the corporate middle market. To support these activities, the Bank has built a network of 935 domestic offices that provide broad, in-depth coverage of the Tokyo metropolitan area - the heartland of Japan`s financial and business activities. In the years to come, the Bank will implement a dynamic strategy to consolidate its position as a leading presence in retail banking.