"The World Class Solution Award for Data Warehousing recognizes innovative, successful data warehouse implementations," said Ron Powell publisher and editorial director of DM Review. "In the critical Query, Reporting and OLAP category, Business Objects, and its customer, Defense Medical Logistics, won without question."
BusinessObjects is distributed in Southern Africa solely through the Business Objects division of USKO Software.
Business Objects was chosen on its submission based on the implementation of BusinessObjects by the Department of Defense Medical Logistics Support System (DMLSS). DMLSS supplies medical equipment and medicine to the 225 Army, Navy, and Air Force hospitals and 400 clinics and multiple outpatient facilities worldwide for the Department of Defense (DOD) medical care facilities.
DMLSS deployed a transaction processing application and data warehouse that uses BusinessObjects to help manage the growing costs of healthcare, enhance healthcare delivery in peacetime and promote wartime readiness and sustainability. Prior to the DMLSS programme BusinessObjects, users gathered information from multiple sources, then re-entered data and often converted it. This led to inaccurate data, was time consuming and lacked the level of detailed reporting necessary to effectively track the costs and services of the health care delivery system.
With the new system using BusinessObjects, DMLSS has achieved significant cost reductions. The more than 4 000 users (e.g. doctors) access online pricing, compare prices from multiple data sources, and make purchases that are cost effective and keep inventory levels down. The new data warehouse gives online access to detailed, descriptive data and pricing information on pharmaceutical and medical/surgical items that previously could be obtained only through extensive manual search methods.
According to Piet Loubser, Business Objects country sales manager is Southern Africa, BusinessObjects significantly contributes to the data warehouse`s ROI by providing robust querying capabilities and flexible reporting tools to non-technical end users, without going through IT. For example, hospital administrators can cost effectively provide supplies when and where needed and track drug expiration -- two activities which formerly constituted a large expense.
About the award
Winners were chosen by a panel of judges who reviewed the submissions detailing actual data warehouse implementations. Judging criteria included innovative use of technology, impact of the solution on company`s effectiveness and viability, improvement in overall business operations, return on investment, and additional benefits provided. Winners will be featured in the January 1999 issue of DM Review.
About Business Objects
Business Objects is the world`s leading provider of integrated enterprise decision support tools. Business Objects products provide non-technical business users with access to information stored in data warehouses, data marts, and packaged business applications. Business Objects provides a complete suite of decision support tools including query, reporting, online analytical processing, data mining, and DSS administration for both client/server and internet environments. Business Objects has sold more than 870 000 licenses to over 6 700 organizations in more than 60 countries worldwide.
Business Objects may be reached by phone at (011) 807-0777 or on the world wide web at http://www.businessobjects.com. The Company`s stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbol BOBJY.
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