Business Objects Customer Wins Agency Award from Government Computer News
SAN JOSE, Calif. - October 27, 2004 - The editors of Government Computer News have selected a Business Objects customer, United States Air Force Knowledge Services (AFKS), as a winner of its Annual Agency Awards. AFKS is one of ten government agencies honored for its innovative IT accomplishments, success in improving efficiencies, and use of electronic government to enhance operational performance. By implementing Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJ Euronext Paris ISIN code FR0004026250-BOB), a leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, AFKS has improved its aircraft maintenance, support, and inventory management.
The Air Force Material Command (AFMC) is responsible for the maintenance of more than 6,000 aircraft and millions of parts at 184 air bases around the world. In order to optimize the number of mission-ready aircraft, the U.S. Air force needed to increase visibility into its inventory and supply chain processes. . Business Objects worked with Bearing Point, one of the world's largest business consulting and systems integrators, to develop a solution enabling AFKS to consolidate data from 26 legacy systems located across their supply chain. The solution has given the AFMC a single view of the activities, processes, and daily tasks across the organization and more accurate, real-time information to manage supply chain performance. Now the AFMC can assess aircraft readiness, monitor aircraft configuration, analyze individual aircraft histories, and provide commanders with better knowledge about specific aircraft availability. Additionally, officers rely on BusinessObjectsTM Dashboard Manager, a solution that presents critical performance metrics in an easy-to-read, graphical style, to help them analyze conditions and address issues before they become problems.
Using Business Objects to improve performance, AFKS has received the following benefits:
- AFMC can proactively replace and repair equipment
- Single source of real-time supply chain information
- Estimated 144% return on investment for program
- Increased readiness of aircraft and effectiveness of war fighters
"AFKS and Business Objects have given us a single view of all our supply chain data so we can more effectively manage our airplane maintenance and support," said Eric Wilson, program manager of AFKS. "With the information and analysis from AFKS we can replace landing gear on aircrafts before there is a safety issue. It's more important than ever that the Air Force is always mission-ready and Business Objects helps us to achieve this."
"Government Computer News commends the AFKS project for giving officers more visibility into their operations, "said Thomas Temin, editor in chief and senior vice president of Government Computer News. "All of our winners this year showed an uncommon degree of attention to what users really need. AFKS is using business intelligence in innovative ways to improve public service and security."
"Government agencies are under increasing pressure to improve efficiency and manage performance more tightly," said Greg Lorden, vice president of Government for Business Objects. "That's why many government agencies at all levels are turning to Business Objects. Our business intelligence solutions enable organizations to track, manage, and understand all aspects of their operations. We are pleased that AFKS has been recognized for its measurable success in this, and that Business Objects played an important role in the agency's success."
Business Objects: Improving Performance in the Federal Government Business Objects is a leading provider of business intelligence software to the U.S. Federal Government. Business intelligence improves the federal government's ability to track, understand, and manage projects, budgets, procurement, human resources, and reporting to Congress. The Department of Defense and every major U.S. federal cabinet department use Business Objects software to help improve performance. Key customer deployments include the Army, Navy, Air Force, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services, and the U.S. Department of Treasury.
Business Objects and its partners are helping federal professionals exceed the requirements of the President's Management Agenda for competitive sourcing, strategic management of human capital, improved financial management, citizen centered e-Government, and budget-performance integration. For additional information on Business Objects BI solutions for the government, please visit: http://www.businessobjects.com/govt/.
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