ABSA Investment Management Services (AIMS), ABSA`s Linked Investment Service Provider (LISP) has selected Peregrine Systems to implement Prisma Solution`s TELEform 6.0 to solve data collection problems which involve scanned and faxed documents used in a workflow application with data from other sources.
Kobie-Marie Hamman from AIMS, says "From the outset it was important for AIMS to be more than just another linked product company. We had to invest in superior technology to be able to provide investors with industry unique investment solutions, tailored to suit an investor`s specific risk profile".
"TELEform was implemented as part of our solution for collecting investment application data from scanned or faxed documents", adds Johan Kuhn from Peregrine Systems.
"TELEform designs standard forms, verifies forms through a workflow process and exports data to most databases. One of the most important benefits of TELEform is the recognition accuracy of hand written forms and the visibility of incoming work", says Hugo Leuner, Managing Director of Prisma Solutions.
With TELEform, documents and forms are automatically sent to established document management, workflow and archive systems, while extracted data is connected directly into core business, back office and database applications. TELEform converts received images into data quickly, allowing organisations to increase productivity while reducing costs.
"We are very pleased with TELEform and are currently evaluating the use of TELEform Internet Solution in the next few months, as this provides for a data collection arm on the web," concludes Hamman.
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Prisma Solutions
Newly formed Prisma Solutions was officially launched in July 1999 after MD, Hugo Leuner, sold the flagship company Goaldata two months previously. Goaldata was formed in 1988 as a Value Added Distributor specialising in the distribution and support of a range of network based fax products.
In conjunction with their strong and committed reseller base Prisma Solutions has achieved a leading position in South Africa in the implementation of office automation solutions to a multitude of companies ranging from small businesses through to large enterprises with many thousands of users. By selecting only the world`s best products in their specific categories, the company can ensure complete customer satisfaction and the high productivity gains guarantee a rapid return on investment.
Two years ago, the company entered the lucrative and rapidly growing market of automated data capture with a product called TELEform, which was developed by American software giant, Cardiff Software. High volumes of hand written or typed forms received by fax, scanner, file, Adobe PDF or even HTML (Internet) forms, are read by the program, verified and converted into digital format and written to a number of popular databases.