JSE-listed Spescom Limited has announced that its US operation, Spescom Software Inc, formerly Altris Software, Inc, has successfully completed the integration of eB, its collaborative document, configuration and records management software suite with Passport, the Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) application from US-based Indus International, a leading provider of EAM solutions in more than 45 countries with offices worldwide.
The first deployment of this integrated solution is at Northeast Utilities in Connecticut in the US. Northeast Utilities is the largest energy services company in New England region of America and a leading provider of energy services and related products.
eB Indus Connect is an application from Spescom that enables Indus Passport users to work within their Indus applications while having the full eB document management back-office architecture and functionality available to meet their document and work management needs on demand. The integrated solution benefits companies by dramatically decreasing the time it takes to access and process information, which significantly lowers operating costs and improves productivity.
Spescom worked with NU and the Indus development team to ensure that the application delivers the security and functionality needed to seamlessly support the diversified business processes for an enterprise solution. eB Indus Connect supports all Indus objects, including invoices, purchase orders, work orders, material safety datasheets and inventory, to name a few. In addition, eB Indus Connect fully complies with the process workflow as defined by Indus for records and controlled documents.
Chris Baker, manager at NU, stated: "The eB Indus Connect interface enables NU to continue to work seamlessly within and share information between both Passport and eB. The ability to add data to either product and have it available immediately in the other application is core to NU's collaborative management systems approach. Moreover, NU was very pleased with Spescom's technical knowledge in developing the interface. In addition to complying with required functionality, Spescom delivered the application on budget and on time."
A powerful example of eB Indus Connect's capabilities is best demonstrated in the backend support for high volume capture of voluminous information, such as invoice processing. An accounts payable processor can enter the critical information for invoices in the Indus Accounts Payable module and then forward all the paper invoices to a centralised scanning group. The centralised scanning group can then process the invoices using high-end scanning software, and once the images are released from scanning, they are automatically and seamlessly attached. Exceptions that may occur from data entry are automatically captured and displayed in Indus Passport for resolution. The capability to attach all invoices in an automated manner by one scan operator saves time and money through increased productivity.
Carl Mostert, Spescom Software's CEO, commented: "The eB Indus Connect product is in line with Spescom's vision to provide integrated out of box solutions with various third-party business applications. This integration enables us to provide users of Indus Passport with our powerful document, configuration and records management capabilities to further improve and streamline their information management processes."
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Spescom is a multi-national technology innovator with direct operations in the US, UK and SA.
The group is publicly listed on the JSE Securities Exchange SA (Spescom Ltd), and on the Nasdaq OTCBB: ALTS.OB (Spescom Software Inc).
Spescom addresses the information and communications technology market providing both products and solutions to connect to the network economy, as well as enterprise software to manage information and knowledge.
Specifically, Spescom provides solutions in the areas of access network; enterprise information management; multimedia transaction recording; broadcast; customer contact centres; and test and measurement.
Spescom markets its products worldwide through appointed partners and distributors under the eB brand for its enterprise software, and the DataVoice brand for its multimedia transaction recording solutions.
Spescom's global customer base consists of multi-national organisations including leading enterprises in the utilities, telecommunications, transportation, financial, banking and insurance sectors.
Worldwide, customers include Siemens, British Telecoms, Network Rail (formerly Railtrack), Lloyds of London, Barclays Bank, Abbey National Bank, WH Smith, Caterpillar, Bechtel, AmerenUE, Entergy, Bombardier, Ocean Energy, Sempra Energy, Telkom, SABC, Old Mutual, Eskom, Transnet, First National Bank.
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Spescom eB
eB is a registered trademark of Spescom Software Inc. eB comprises an extensive set of software components that together form the foundation for an extremely flexible and powerful information management platform. eB's components include: document management; requirements management; records management; item management; change management; configuration management and workflow components. These components are tightly integrated with CAD, GIS, office and e-mail applications to capture and view information. The full functionality of eB is available via a set of APIs that enable the rapid definition and deployment of customer specific solutions and integration with other line-of-business applications including ERP, EAM, SCM and project management products.
Spescom Software Inc
Spescom Software (OTCBB: ALTS) delivers enterprise e-business solutions that provide rapid access to accurate information in context to assets, products and processes, resulting in improved customer satisfaction, productivity and safety. It achieves this through a tightly integrated suite of document, configuration and records management technologies that not only allows it to capture and securely store information, but also organises and structures this information to place it in context.
Key customers include Ocean Energy, Continental Express, AmerenUE, City of Winston-Salem, Sempra Energy, Eastern Municipal Water District, Entergy, Northeast Utilities, London Underground, Network Rail (Railtrack), and many others.
Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this release include forward-looking statements that are dependent on certain risks and uncertainties, including such factors, among others, as market acceptance, market demand, pricing, changing regulatory environment, the effect of the company's accounting policies, potential seasonality and other risk factors detailed in the company's SEC filings.
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