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	WebFOCUS Streamlines Financial Reporting for Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Information Builders

WebFOCUS Streamlines Financial Reporting for Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries	Healthcare & Hospitals
Use Cases	Predictive Maintenance Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the third largest Native American tribe in the country, was facing challenges with timely and informed decision-making due to rapid business growth and expansive government services. During a previous data migration from a SunGard IFAS system to a J.D. Edwards financial system, a lot of important information had been intentionally left behind. As support for the legacy platform underlying the SunGard system became harder to come by, the IT department had to find a stable alternative to keep the data accessible for the foreseeable future. The initial objective with its new BI solution was to facilitate better reporting for the finance team. Read More
About Customer	The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is the third largest Native American tribe in the United States, with more than 200,000 members worldwide. The Nation spans more than ten counties and employs over 6,000 members in various sectors including gaming, defense contracting, housing, hospitals and clinics, community centers, manufacturing, and consulting. As a fully functioning government, Choctaw serves a variety of services such as healthcare, education, emergency services, and public safety. The Nation's rich history dates back hundreds of years, but the combination of rapid business growth and expansive government services inherent in its structure have made timely and informed decision-making increasingly difficult to achieve. Read More
Solution	The Choctaw Nation’s IT team developed a business intelligence (BI) and information management solution with the help of Information Builders. They used WebFOCUS for J.D. Edwards, a set of tools that provides all the power and functionality of the standard WebFOCUS BI platform but is optimized for J.D. Edwards applications. The Information Builders team demonstrated how easy it is to generate complex reports from J.D. Edwards and many other data sources, and then visualize the results in HTML, Adobe PDF, XML, spreadsheets, and other formats. The team converted the data trapped in their previous enterprise resource planning (ERP) system into a Microsoft SQL Server database, using WebFOCUS to recover the reports that they deemed most necessary. The new reporting environment provides direct access to information that financial analysts found difficult to access before. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Applicable Industries

Healthcare & Hospitals

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the third largest Native American tribe in the country, was facing challenges with timely and informed decision-making due to rapid business growth and expansive government services. During a previous data migration from a SunGard IFAS system to a J.D. Edwards financial system, a lot of important information had been intentionally left behind. As support for the legacy platform underlying the SunGard system became harder to come by, the IT department had to find a stable alternative to keep the data accessible for the foreseeable future. The initial objective with its new BI solution was to facilitate better reporting for the finance team.

About Customer

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is the third largest Native American tribe in the United States, with more than 200,000 members worldwide. The Nation spans more than ten counties and employs over 6,000 members in various sectors including gaming, defense contracting, housing, hospitals and clinics, community centers, manufacturing, and consulting. As a fully functioning government, Choctaw serves a variety of services such as healthcare, education, emergency services, and public safety. The Nation's rich history dates back hundreds of years, but the combination of rapid business growth and expansive government services inherent in its structure have made timely and informed decision-making increasingly difficult to achieve.

Solution

The Choctaw Nation’s IT team developed a business intelligence (BI) and information management solution with the help of Information Builders. They used WebFOCUS for J.D. Edwards, a set of tools that provides all the power and functionality of the standard WebFOCUS BI platform but is optimized for J.D. Edwards applications. The Information Builders team demonstrated how easy it is to generate complex reports from J.D. Edwards and many other data sources, and then visualize the results in HTML, Adobe PDF, XML, spreadsheets, and other formats. The team converted the data trapped in their previous enterprise resource planning (ERP) system into a Microsoft SQL Server database, using WebFOCUS to recover the reports that they deemed most necessary. The new reporting environment provides direct access to information that financial analysts found difficult to access before.

Impact #1	The Choctaw Nation now has a new reporting environment that provides direct access to information that financial analysts found difficult to access before.
Impact #2	The improvements realized under the new system have been so profound that the Nation now plans to deploy analytic applications throughout the enterprise to support everything from day care centers to casinos.
Impact #3	WebFOCUS is likely to be gradually incorporated into all of the Nation’s businesses in the near future, resulting in smarter staffing, better insight into corporate performance, and an enhanced understanding of customer behavior.

Impact #1

The Choctaw Nation now has a new reporting environment that provides direct access to information that financial analysts found difficult to access before.

Impact #2

The improvements realized under the new system have been so profound that the Nation now plans to deploy analytic applications throughout the enterprise to support everything from day care centers to casinos.

Impact #3

WebFOCUS is likely to be gradually incorporated into all of the Nation’s businesses in the near future, resulting in smarter staffing, better insight into corporate performance, and an enhanced understanding of customer behavior.

Benefit #1	The Nation has realized a cost-savings of at least $200,000 through rapid report development and more accurate accounting practices.
Benefit #2	Several new WebFOCUS reports enable the finance department to close the financial books 80 percent faster than before.
Benefit #3	Many of these reports used to take days to create; now they take minutes.

Benefit #1

The Nation has realized a cost-savings of at least $200,000 through rapid report development and more accurate accounting practices.

Benefit #2

Several new WebFOCUS reports enable the finance department to close the financial books 80 percent faster than before.

Benefit #3

Many of these reports used to take days to create; now they take minutes.

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WebFOCUS Streamlines Financial Reporting for Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

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