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| Advance America – ROI Showcase
Advance America implements Oracle 10g grid computing to ensure the company's IT operations would not hold back their business growth plan.
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$2.98 million in net benefits projected over 5 years |
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131% Net ROI projected |
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50% reduction in hardware costs at new centers |
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60% cut in field operations support costs |
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99% faster resolution of IT field issues |
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| Mastercard International – ROI Showcase
Mastercard International deployed Oracle Internet Expenses, an Oracle E-Business Suite application to improve its T&E system that was heavily reliant on manual processes. The online system ensures greater productivity and efficiencies.
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Investment payback in 12 months |
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118% increase in staff productivity, enabling consolidation of T&E processing centers |
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51% decrease in cost of processing T&E reports |
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| Tsingtao Brewery – ROI Showcase
Tsingtao invested in a tightly integrated enterprise platform based on Oracle E-Business Suite applications for financial management, procurement, inventory, sales ordering, and manufacturing to consolidate its supply chain processes on one platform which grew quite complex through its global expansion strategy that included the acquisitions of dozens of companies.
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Decreased finance's month end close time by 80% |
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Saved US$1.9 million in material purchase costs |
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Reduced inventory levels by 30% |
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Decreased production waste by US$1.8 million |
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Improved cash flow by 20% |
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planning boosted production capacity by 100,000 tons |
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| CF Chefs, Inc. – ROI Showcase
To increase future growth, CF Chefs wanted to streamline its manufacturing processes and provide better intelligence to executives. CF Chefs chose JustFoodERP, a Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner and certified solution powered by Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision®, now part of Microsoft DynamicsTM to accomplish this strategic goal and is well positioned for continuous, profitable growth.
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Expects 82% ROI in first 5 years of investment |
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Expects 15% decrease inventory levels |
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Expects 66% reduction in time and resources spent on inventory |
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Streamlined operational processes, saved hours on recalls annually |
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Enhanced business intelligence promotes sound decisions |
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| PRIDE Enterprises – ROI Showcase
PRIDE needed to replace its mainframe based manufacturing system with a solution that would supply detailed business information, support ecommerce, and help the company compete more effectively. By using Microsoft® Business Solutions-Axapta®, PRIDE created an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution that provides detailed business information across the organization, increasing efficiency and supporting new business opportunities.
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Reduced hardware costs – $200,000 for hardware compared to $400,000 for other options |
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Trimmed software costs – 50 percent less than for other solutions |
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Reduced its ancillary systems from 60 to 5 |
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Decreased maintenance costs through easier customization and database maintenance |
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Decreased training time due to employees' familiarity with other Microsoft software |
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| Xerox Europe - ROI Snapshot
Xerox Europe consolidates onshore and offshore resources using EDS' Best Shore approach to provide a robust support structure for critical legacy applications while simultaneously increasing the resources available for the new deployment.
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31% total savings of $5.04M over previous support agreement |
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Four year NPV of $3.98M |
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At least 98 percent availability for Xerox's 96 business critical applications |
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| FranklinCovey –ROI Snapshot
FranklinCovey needed to reduce application support costs and redirect resources to its business units without impairing service. It turned to EDS to implement a Best Shore support model, allowing the delivery of multi-tiered support from a variety of global locations, and optimizing resources to solve critical business needs and changes in applications software.
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20% cost savings or $4.2M over the previous support contract costs |
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99%+ performance on critical SLAs, including response and resolution time, availability and service hours |
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13% increase in support personnel offering with higher skill sets |
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98% customer satisfaction |
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